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A. ESTATE OWNERSHIP
1. Deeds of Title (Pre-White Ownership)
1 7 June 1721
Letter from the Earl of Anglesey to Capt. Richard White, Bantry, asking for
the remainder of the money due to him for the sale of a lease to White.
2 24 May 1727
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Letter from Arthur, 5 th Earl of Anglesey, to Capt. Richard White, Bantry. He
is replying to an offer of three lives for a lease of lands by White, which he
greets negatively. The ownership of the lands may be in some doubt “for my
Lord [Altham] will never have any right to any Part of the lands set by my
Grandfather to [Cott George] Walters”.
3 22 Aug. 1727
Letter from Edward [Dixis], Dublin, to Capt. Richard White, Bantry, relating
to a mistake in the payment of rent by White due to the Earl of Anglesey.
4 11 Aug. 1729
Letter from the Earl of Anglesey to Capt. Richard White, Bantry, refusing for
now the sale of lands to White. He may change his mind in the future as “yr.
rent has been better paid than any one tenant”.
5 12 April 1738
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6,7
Deed of Bargain and Sale made between Richard, Earl of Cork and
Burlington; Dorothy Countess of Cork and Burlington, and Sir William
Heathcote, Burley, Southampton in the one part, and Richard White, Bantry,
in the other part. Relates to lands under lease in the Barony of East Carbery,
for a term of one year, commencing on the [12 th ] April instant. Rental, one
peppercorn to be paid only on the last day of the term, if demanded. Signed
and sealed by Cork Burlington and Heathcote only.
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6 12 April 1738
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Lease made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington, and Sir William
Heathcote, Burley, Southampton in the one part, and Richard White, Bantry in
the other part. Relates to lands under lease in the barony of East Carbery, for a
term of one year, commencing on the [12 th ] April instant, paying one
peppercorn only on the feast day of St Michael. Signed and sealed by Cork
Burlington and Heathcote only. A Memorial of the deed was entered into the
Registry Office in Dublin on 23 rd June 1738.
7 13 April 1738
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Release made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington, Dorothy
Countess of Cork and Burlington, and Sir William Heathcote, Burley,
Southampton in the one part, and Richard White, Bantry in the other part.
Relates to lands under lease in the barony of East Carbery. White agrees to
pay £4,489. 10. 0.
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8 26 March 1739
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Tripartite agreement made between [Ffrancis] Annesley, Inner Temple,
London, of the first part, Richard White, Bantry, of the second part, and
Jonathon [Burward], Bury St. Edmund, Suffolk, and [Hugh] Corry, parish of
St. Giles, Middlesex of the third part. Annesley agrees to lease, in
consideration of 5 shillings, to [Burward] and Corry the towns and lands with
all settlements in the Barony of Beare, Co. Cork, for a term of one year,
paying one pepper corn on the feast of St. Michael. White agrees to lease, in
consideration of 5 shillings, to [Burward] and Corry all the towns and lands
with all settlements in the Barony of East Carbery or elsewhere in Co. Cork
bought by White from Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington, and conveyed by
the Earl and Sir William [ ] Baronet to White. White leases the land for a
year, for one peppercorn, payable on the feast of St. Michael.
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9 26 March 1739
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[Bargain and Sale] made between Francis Annesley, Inner Temple, London, in
the first part, Richard White, Bantry, in the second part, and Jonathan
Burward, Bury Saint Edmund, Suffolk, and Hugh Corry, parish of Saint Giles
in the Fields, Middlesex, in the third part. For the sum of five shillings
Annesley agrees to a Bargain and Sale of lands in the Barony of Beare to
Burward and Corry. Terms for one year is one peppercorn payable on the feast
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of Saint Michael. For the sum of the five shillings, White agrees to a Bargain
and Sale of lands in the Barony of East Carberry to Burward and Corry for one
year for one peppercorn payable on the feast of St. Michael.
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10 27 March 1739
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9
Agreement relating to the Condition of Sale of land in the Barony of Beare
and Bantry made between Francis Annesley, Inner Temple, London and
Richard White, Bantry. Over the next four years, White agrees to pay
Annesley the sum of £3,000 with interest. White agrees to pay an annual rent
of £100 to Annesley until [payment of the purchase money].
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11 27 March 1739 – 25 Feb. 1764
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8
Release made between Ffrancis Annesley, Inner Temple, London, in the first
part, Richard White, Bantry, in the second part, and Jonathon Burward, Bury
Saint Edmund, Suffolk, and Hugh Corry, in the Parish of St. Giles of the
Ffeilds, Middlesex, in the third part. White agreed to buy the fee simple of
[lands leased to Burward and Corry] from Annesley, for £7,000, together with
interest of £5 per hundred for a year. On receiving 5 shillings from Burward
and Corry, Annesley leases lands in the Barony of Beare, on the 26 th March
[in trust for White for 500 years. White leases to [Burward] and Corry lands in
East Carbery and elsewhere, on payment of 5 shillings, in trust for Annesley,
for 500 years]. Includes mss and typed copies. Also Reconveyance of lands in
East Carbery by Mary Corry (widow of Hugh Corry), Robert and Elizabeth
[Brice], and William, Lord Baron Annesley, Castlewellan, Co. Down, to
Richard White, Bantry. White used these lands as security against payment to
Francis Annesley of £7,700 for lands in the barony of Beare and Bantry in
1739.
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12 28 May 1751
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Deed of Bargain and Sale for various lands in the Barony of Beare and Bantry.
Richard White, Bantry, agrees to pay £4,725 to William Annesley, Castle
William, Co. Down and Arthur Annesley, Inner Temple, London.
13 28 May 1751
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Deed of Bargain and Sale made between William Annesley, Castle William,
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Co. Down, and Arthur Annesley, Inner Temple, London, of the one part, and
Richard White, Bantry, in the other part. In consideration of £4,725 paid to the
Annesleys by White, they release lands owned by Arthur, 1 st Earl of Anglesey
and leased to Colonel George Walters, in the barony of Bear and Bantry, to
White. Includes typed transcript.
14 9 Oct. – 1 Nov. 1754
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Assignment made between James French, Rath and [Barstole], Great Britain,
and William Gash, [Kinnebegg] in the one part, and Richard White, Bantry,
and Richard Blair, Bantry, in the other part. In consideration of £472. 17. 6
part paid by Blair, to French, on behalf of White he conveys the lands of
[Kinneighbegg] and the judgement of £600 obtained by Samuel Broome
against William Gash, assigned to French. Blair agrees to act on behalf of
French in order to obtain the judgement of £600. Includes a note confirming
Mary French to act as “Lawfull Attorney” on behalf of James French for his
affairs in Ireland.
15 30 Oct. 1754
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Assignment of the lands of [Kineighbeg] in the barony of East Carbery by
Richard Tonson, Dunkettle, to Richard White, Bantry, for £45. It includes the
title to the mortgage by William Gash (tenant on the lands) with Samuel
Broome, and the further lease agreed between Tonson and Gash.
16 1 Nov. 1754
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Agreement made between William Gash, Droumfea, and Richard White,
Bantry. In consideration of £600, the total sum paid by White to Gash’s
creditors, Gash surrenders his interest in the lands of Kinnebegg to White. It is
understood that once this has been agreed, White will lease the lands to Gash,
for three lives renewable, from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent of £46. 18.
6, payable every 29 th September and 25 th March. These lands were originally
leased by John Gash (father of William) from Richard, Earl of Cork and
Burlington on the 26th Oct. 1730.
17 6 June 1764
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Lease made between William, Lord Baron Annesley, Castlewellan, and Arthur
Annesley, Lincolns Inns Fields, Middlesex, England in the one part, and
Richard White, Bantry, in the other part. For a payment of 5 shillings, the
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Annesleys’ agree to lease to White the town and lands of Sennagh, in the
possession of Richard Wood and William Wood, and the town and lands of
Knockneduffe, in the possession of William Hamilton. It is for a term of one
year, at a yearly rent of one pepper corn, payable on the feast of St. Michael
the Archangel.
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18 29 Sept. 1773
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Deed of Declaration of Rents made between Richard Eyre, Mount Hedges, in
the first part, Edward Eyre (eldest son and heir of Richard) in the second part,
and Simon White, Blackrock, and John Rye, Ryecourt, in the third part. In
consideration of 10 shillings paid to the Eyres, they grant several lands,
woods, houses, bogs, a half share of the profits from fairs in Macroom, and the
lands of Gurteenroe, all in the Barony of Muskerry, to White and Rye. The
yearly rent is £300, payable in perpetuity half yearly on the 1 st November and
the 1 st May. The Eyres reserve the right to enter the lands, excepting
Gurteenroe, for three named lives.
19 19 Nov. 1773 – 2 Jan. 1774
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Letters from Richard Eyre, Mount Hedges, Macroom, to Simon White,
Blackrock, Bantry. There is a problem with titles to lands in Kerry that White
is to purchase from Eyre. Includes note from Geoffrey Shelswell White on the
dates of the letters.
20 19 May 1787
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Lease made between Edward Eyre, City of Dublin, and Frances White
(widow), Black Rock, Co. Cork. It is for the 60 plowlands and 9 gneeves of
the town and lands of Beerhaven, 9 plowlands of the town and lands of Castle
Dermott, and the town and lands of [Crosshaven]. It is for three lives with a
covenant of renewal, at a yearly rent of £700, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. It is signed and sealed by both parties. Includes
copy of deed. Features an endorsement that the lease was entered in the
Register Office, Dublin on 21 st May 1787
21 March 1858
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Detailed account and costs involved in the purchase of the Abbey Lands of
Bantry from the late Lord Middleton from 1845-1858.
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2. White Deeds of Title
2.1 Releases
22 13 April 1738
Release of lands (listed) in the Barony of East Carbery by Richard, Earl of
Cork and Burlington, Dorothy (his wife), and Sir William Heathcote, to
Richard White, Bantry, in consideration of £2,450. 2. 0.
23 10 June 1825
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A Release made by Edward Dunne, his wife, Frances, and Francis Dunne, of a
bond made between Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), Richard, Lord
Longueville and Francis Dunne, for £4,000, on the 7 th July 1801. The balance
remaining to be paid on the bond by the Earl of Bantry is £1,031. 16. 6, plus
the interest of £113. 19. 11.
24 30 July 1825
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Deed of Surrender made between Robert Reeves, Merrion Square, City of
Dublin and Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), for the sum of 5 shillings, for
the lands of Inchiclough, consisting of sub-denominations of [Spanaclick] and
Lehane, in the Barony of Bere. Reeves had leased these lands from Hamilton
White in 19 th Nov. 1785, for a 1000 years, for a yearly rent of one peppercorn.
25 [13 Aug. 1825]
Release of lands in the Barony of East Carbery under mortgage by Teresa
Leahy and Thomas Leahy (as Executor of Eliza Leahy) to James Evan Baillie
and Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), in consideration of £4,150. The Earl of
Bantry paid £1,000 to Thomas Leahy, in order to secure the sum of £3,150
owed to Leahy, on the 22 nd and the 23 rd March 1810. He leased lands in East
Carbery to Leahy as a security of repayment.
26 7 – 20 Sept. 1825
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A Release of part of £1000 and Interest bequeathed by the Will of the late
Hamilton White to Martha Goold Adams, née White (neice of Hamilton
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White). Goold Adams and John Cook Wallis (executor of the Thomas Wallis
of Minehill, Co. Cork) release Richard, Earl of Bantry and his son Richard,
Lord Viscount Berehaven from the legacy. Includes a certificate confirming
payment of the legacy to Mr. Justice Bennet from the will of Hamilton White.
27 30 Sept. 1825
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Release made by William Young, Bantry; Anne Hungerford (Widow),
Clonakilty; Stephen Jermyn Masters, Kensale; Thomas Barter, Berehaven;
Margaret Audley (Widow), Bantry; Richard Bagley (Watchmaker); City of
Cork, Tonson Lewis, Lewistown, and Mary, his wife, of the £3,000
bequeathed in the Will of Hamilton White. It was paid by the Earl of Bantry
and Richard, Lord Viscount Berehaven.
28 14 – 16 March 1838
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Release made between the Reverend Somers Payne, Upton, of the first part,
Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard, Lord Viscount Berehaven in the
second part, and Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, of the third part.
Hedges Eyre agrees to pay to Payne the sum of £343. 12. 0. In turn Payne
releases to Hedges Eyre, the Earl of Bantry and Lord Viscount Berehaven all
interests he has on the following lands; Knockamuck, Reenraur,
Kinnathbrogell, Kinathfinine, the slip, Whiddy Island, Horse Island, Rabbit
Island, and Hog Island, all in the Barony of Bere, and all other lands recited in
the Will of the late Hamilton White (brother of the Earl of Bantry). Also a
Bond and Warrant for security for £2,700 payable to Somers Payne by the Earl
and Viscount.
29 16 March 1838 – 1857
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Receipt for £3,000 received by the Commissioners of her Majesty’s Woods,
on behalf of Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard White, Lord Viscount
Berehaven. It was paid by John Grethard Harris, George James Sullivan and
John Stewart, as the rent due on the lands of Kilcaskane since the expiration of
a lease made 15 th December 1713. Attested copy made in 13 th February 1856.
Includes conveyance by the said Commissioners on behalf of the Whites to
Harris, Sullivan and Stewart of the lands of Kilcaskane and [Crilicoanagh] for
the sum of £5,000, forever, or subject to an indenture to be drawn up between
the principal parties. Also copy assignment of the interest of £2,673. 5. 3 (a
bond of security on repayments to monies owed to Harris, Sullivan and
Steward) to Rev. Somers Payne by the Earl and Viscount (1839). Also a draft
release made by Richard 2 nd Earl of Bantry, John Warren Payne, and James
Henry Payne. They release Harris, Sullivan, Stewart, Frederick Gilbert and
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Thomas Harding, from £2673. 5. 3. They also forfeit any action in court on
this sum.
30 24 Nov. 1891
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Release made between Jane, Countess of Bantry and William Henry Hare, 4 th
Earl of Bantry. She releases him of £10,000 he owes her, without any
conditions. The Earl borrowed the sum from Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun
charged against the Estates in the Baronies of Bere, Bantry and Muskerry. The
Countess paid off debt and took charge of it.
31 18 July 1956
Draft of a Release to be made between Egerton Shelswell-White in the first
part, Arethusa Leigh-White, in the second part, Rachel Leigh-White in the
third part, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White in the fourth part, and the Governor
and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and others, in the fifth part. Egerton
Shelswell-White releases the stocks, shares and securities specified in the
Schedule to Clodagh Shelswell-White, freed from the jointure rentcharge of
£500 of Arethusa Leigh-White, and the yearly rentcharge of £100 of Rachel
Leigh-White. Clodagh agrees to release the shares from the power given to her
by the Re-Settlement in 1926 to charge the property settled with the sum of
£20,000 for younger children. Approved and amended in red ink on behalf of
Egerton Shelswell-White by McMahon & Tweedy.
32 22 Feb. 1965
Copy Release of Rent Charge of £100 per annum from the Bantry Estate by
Rachel V. R. Leigh-White, Reenacoppal, Durrus, Co. Cork, to the Governor
and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited
(the Trustees). Includes copy.
33 20 Oct. 1981
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Empty brown envelope, written on the back of it is “Deed of Release
29/7/1965 To R J 20/10/81”. It is addressed to McCann, Fitzgerald, Roche &
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2.2 Deed Poll/Freehold
34 5 March 1790
Draft Indenture made between Richard White in the first part, George
Newman, Dublin, in the second part, and William Aukin, Dublin, in the third
part. White grants to Newman the feehold of all towns and lands of White’s
[in the Baronies of Bere and East Carbery], for ten shillings. These were
already in Newman’s possession for one year under an agreement made then,
for five shillings. Newman may become perfect tenant of the freehold of the
said lands “to the end that one or more good and sufficent Common Recovery
may be had”. Aukin has freedom to go in and demand from Newman and
White money owed on the lands.
35 20 Sept. 1825
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Memorial Deed Poll made by Martha Goold Adams (widow), Ely Place, City
of Dublin, and John Cooke Wallis (executor of the Will of Thomas Wallis),
Minehill, Co. Cork. They release lands under control of Richard, Earl of
Bantry and Viscount Berehaven charged with a £1000 legacy (from the
marriage of Goold Adams née White). Signed and sealed by John Cooke
Wallis and witnessed by Richard Wallis Goold Adams.
2.3 Mortgages
36 8 Sept. 1790
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Mortgage of £4,000 with interest of £6 per hundred every year, taken out by
Richard White, Bantry, from John Baker, on lands listed in the Barony of
[Bere and Bantry], Co. Cork. Baker is to have sole use of the profits of the
lands unless White has paid off the mortgage sum with interest by the 8 th Sept.
next.
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37 23 March 1810
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309
Mortgage in fee upon lands in the Barony of East Carbery from Richard
Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, Bantry, to Thomas Leahy, the Terrace of the
South Surburbs of the city of Cork, to secure £1,450 sterling and interest.
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38 7 Dec. 1825
Assignment of Charges created by Hamilton White on the Bantry Estate in
trust to secure mortgage of £50,000 to James Evan Baillie. William Young and
others representing the daughters of Richard Blair (entitled to £3,000 from the
Estate of Hamilton White) and representatives of the late Martha and Francis
White (entitled to £1,000 and £1,500 respectively charged on the Hamilton
White estate) assign their entitlements to James Leman. He is acting on behalf
of Baillie in order to secure the payment of the mortgage of £50,000 taken out
by Richard Earl of Bantry, on the 30 th August 1825. Includes Copy Bond of
securing payment to Baillie by the Earl and Viscount. Also a deed of
Assignment made between the Reverend John Vane, Wrighton, Somerset,
William Joseph Denison, Denbies, Surrey and William Vizard, Lincolns Inn
Fields, Middlesex, in the one part, and James Evan Baillie, Seamore Place,
Middlesex, in the other part. For the consideration of 10 shillings, Vane,
Denison and Vizard assign to Baillie the judgement for the sum of £50,000
against Richard, Earl of Bantry.
39 July 1837
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Copy Memorial of an Indenture of Release and Assignment on the 1 st June
1837 made between James Evan Baillie, Seymour Place, May Fair, Middlesex,
in the first part, James Leman (Trustee for Baillie), Lincolns Inn Fields,
Middlesex, in the second part, Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard White,
Lord Viscount Berehaven, in the third part, John Greathed Harris, Old Palace
Yard, Westminister; George James Sullivan, Farnborough Hall, Southampton,
and John Stewart, Portman Square, Middlesex, in the fourth part, and Edward
Wright (Trustee for Harris, Sullivan and Stewart), [Verulam] Buildings, Grays
Inn, Middlesex, in the fifth part. It lists the lands of the Baronies of Bere and
Bantry, and East Carbery that have been mortgaged by the Whites to Baillie
from 1825. It also lists the indentures from 1825.
40 16 March 1838 – 1 Feb. 1839
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Declaration of Trust made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Viscount
Berehaven with Frederick Silver, James Street, Westminister, and Thomas
Harding, Eaton Square, Pimlico, of the sum of £2,673. 5. 3 new £3. 10. per
cent annuities in the books of the Governor and company of the Bank of
England, for securing the interest on a mortgage debt of £60,000. Also an
Assignment of the interest of the Earl and Viscount in the £2,673. 5. 3 sum
standing in the names of Silver and Harding, to Rev. Somers Payne.
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41 6 June 1874
Copy consent of Robert White in the matter of the Estate of Richard, Earl of
Bantry (Owner and Petitioner) in the Landed Incumbered Estates Court. White
agrees that the sum of £32,000, the balance owed on past mortgages, will
remain outstanding on the unsold portion of the Bantry Estates. Witnessed by
John Warren Payne.
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42 15 Nov. 1876
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77
Mortgage of £2,000 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per hundred per annum, taken
out by Robert White, Adrigole, from Rev. William Bennett Chester, Birr
Rectory, Parsonstown, Kings County, and John Litchfield, [Ballymaloe]
House, Co. Cork, on monies of £36,000 and lands in the Manor of Bantry.
White agrees to pay the interest from the 1 st May next if the full amount has
not been paid. Includes schedules of the lands and deeds involved in the
mortgage.
43 1 Oct. 1877 – 26 Sept. 1888
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45, 91, 92
Mortgage of £1,200 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Samuel Perrott, Thorncliffe, Co. Cork; Daniel
Conner, Ballybricken, Cork, and William Clutterbuck Cornwall, Richmond,
Monkstown, Co. Dublin, against monies and lands in the Manor of Bantry.
Includes the assignment in 1888 by Daniel Conner (surviving Mortgagee) of
the principal sum of £1,200, the benefit of the securities and the lands
involved in the 1877 mortgage to the said Daniel Conner, Thomas Perrott
(Major in the Royal Artillery) and William Conner (Medical Doctor),
Manningtree, Essex. Also mentioned are the deeds, monies and lands securing
the mortgage.
44 1 Oct. 1877
Mortgage of £600 taken out by Robert White, Adrigole, with William John
Welland, Tudor Lodge, Ballybrack, Co. Dublin and the Rev. Thomas James
Welland, the Parsonage Saint Thomas, Belfast, Co. Antrim, against monies
and lands of the Manor of Bantry. White agrees to pay the amount with
interest of £5 per cent per annum every half year on the 1 st April and the 1 st
October. Includes schedules of the deeds and lands involved in the mortgage.
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45 1 Nov. 1879
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43, 91, 92
Mortgage of £3,100 and interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, and Samuel Perrott, Thorncliffe, Co. Cork; Daniel
Conner, Ballybricken, and William Clutterbuck Cornwall, Richmond,
Monkstown, Co. Dublin, against monies and lands in the Manor of Bantry.
Includes an assignment by Daniel Conner (surviving Mortgagee) of the
principal sum of £3,100, the benefit of the securities and the lands involved in
the 1877 mortgage to the said Daniel Conner, Thomas Perrott (Major in the
Royal Artillery) and William Conner (Medical Doctor), Manningtree, Essex.
Also mentions the deeds, monies and lands securing the mortgage.
46 19 Feb. 1881
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Copy Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds office requested by Lane
(Solicitors) on acts by Robert White or Robert Hedges White, with the
Malcolms, George James Sullivan, John Stewart, William Rolle Malcolm,
Harry Samuel Cummins Clarke Jervois and Lord Boston from 1838 to 1870
affecting the lands of the Manor of Bantry.
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47 17 Feb. 1881
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60, 71
Mortgage of £4,700 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Henry Stokes, Ballyard, Co. Kerry, and Usher
Williamson, Old Dromore, Co. Cork, against a charge on the Bantry Estate
amounting to £36,000. James Lane and William Guest Lane, South Mall, Cork
were acting as solicitors. Includes schedules of the deeds and the lands
involved in the mortgage charge.
48 19 Feb. 1881 – 1885
Attested Copy of a Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds office of acts by
Robert White affecting lands in County Cork from 1838 to 1880. Schedule of
Deeds and Documents relating to the Estates of the Earl of Bantry and the
charges of £32,000 and £4,000 assigned to the Honourable Robert White by
the Deed of 14 th May 1870, and other charges thereon now in the hands of
Messrs. James and William Guest Lane (solicitors). Includes notes written on
the back of the last two pages, on money owed on the Macroom Estates, and
the share dividend of the Berehaven mines.
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49 30 May 1881
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84
Mortgage of £1,200 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with William Goulding and Joseph William
McMullen, both of the city of Cork, against a charge on the Bantry Estate
amounting to £36,000. Includes schedules of the deeds involved in the
mortgage charge.
50 30 July 1881
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86
Mortgage of £3,000 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Denham William Jephson, Mallow Castle, and
William James Franks, Carrig Park, Co. Cork, against a charge on the Bantry
Estate amounting to £36,000. Includes schedules of the deeds and lands
involved in the mortgage charge.
51 1 Dec. 1882
Mortgage of £1,200 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Edward Lane, late of the city of Cork and now
of 24 Francis Road, Edgebaston, Birmingham, England, against a charge on
the Bantry estate amounting to £36,000. White agrees to repay in full the
mortgage to Lane by the 1 st November 1883 with interest. Includes schedules
of the deeds and lands involved in the mortgage charge.
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52 18 Oct. 1883
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63, 74
Mortgage of £1,200 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with John Francis Popham (Barrister-at-Law), New
Square, Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, and Michael Edward Lewis (Major in her
Majesty’s Militia), United Service Club, Stephens Green, Dublin, against a
charge on the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000. White covenants to pay to
them the full amount back on the 14 th October 1884, with interest. James Lane
and William Guest Lane, South Mall, Cork, are acting as solicitors. Includes
schedules of the deeds and lands involved in the mortgage charge.
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53 1 Aug. 1884
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78
Mortgage of £1,000 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with the Rev. Dacre H. Powell, rector of St. Mary’s,
Shandon, Cork, against a charge on the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000.
White agrees to pay to Powell the interest on any portion of the mortgage left
unpaid by 1886, half yearly on the 1 st January and the 1 st July. James Lane and
William Guest Lane, South Mall, Cork, are acting as solicitors. Includes
schedules of deeds and lands involved in the mortgage charge.
54 1 July 1885
see also
80
Mortgage of £1,200 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Miss Adeline Ellen Godley (Spinster), 3
Richmond Hill, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, against the charge on the Bantry
Estate amounting to £36,000. White agrees to pay the sum in full to Godley on
the 1 st January 1886, with interest. Any money due after that date will be paid
half yearly on the 1 st January and the 1 st July. James Lane and William Guest
Lane, South Mall, Cork, are acting as solicitors. Includes schedules of the
deeds and lands involved in the mortgage charge.
14
6pp
15pp
55 1 Jan. 1887
see also
87
Mortgage of £500 with interest of £5. 10. 0 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Miss Elizabeth Aldworth Hardy (Spinster),
Prospect Villas, Rushbrook, Cork, against the charge on the Bantry Estate
amounting to £36,000. White agrees to repay in full to Hardy the mortgage on
the 1 st July 1887. Any amount still owed will be paid half yearly on the 1 st
January and the 1 st July. Includes schedules of the deeds and lands involved in
the mortgage charge.
16pp
56 2 June 1887
see also
73
Mortgage for £1,000 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Michael Hanley (General Merchant), Castletown
Berehaven, against a charge on the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000. White
owed £1,000 to Hanley in “goods, cash and on a general account”. White
agrees to pay the sum with interest to Hanley on 1 st July 1888, and if any
remains due after this date, to pay it half yearly on the 1 st January and the 1 st
July. Includes schedules of the deeds and lands involved in the mortgage
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charge, and the parties this charge has already been mortgaged with by White.
57 28 Sept. 1887
Mortgage of made between Robert White, Reen Lodge, Co. Cork, and his
wife, Anne White, Reen Lodge. He assigns to her the sum of £32,000 secured
by indenture of 14 th May 1870, with interest, and the five sums of £1,000,
£600, £400, £1,000, and £1,000 by the indentures of 31 st May 1858, and of
18 th July 1861, with interest. He also assigns the Manor of Bantry and its
appurtances as laid out in schedules in the indenture of 27 th Aug. 1857, and
others, except what has been sold by the Incumbered Estates Court. These are
held by Anne White until the proviso of redemption has been met. This
proviso is that Robert White agrees to pay to her on the 28 th Aug. next £500
with interest at the rate of £5 per cent. Robert White is assured that the sums
of £32,000 and £4,000 are owed to him by William Henry Hare White
Hedges, 3 rd Earl of Bantry.
58 [21 Nov.] – 14 Dec. 1887
Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds office of acts by Timothy Harrington
from 1838 to [1887], by Mortimer Gallwey Downing 1872 to 1877, by Denis
McCarthy from 1872 to 1877, by Robert White from 1877 to [1887] and 1879
to [1887], by Eugene O’Sullivan from 1858 to 1872, by George McSwiney
and Mary McSwiney from 1870 to 1872, by Mary Hodnett from 1872 to 1879,
effecting the Royal Naval Hotel, Castletown Berehaven. It is requested by
Lane and Co. Solicitors.
59 15 Dec. 1887
see also
79
Mortgage of £500 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, taken out by Robert
White, Adrigole, with Mrs. Alice Mason (Widow), Cooleen, Bruree, Co.
Limerick, against the charge on the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000.
White agrees to repay in full to Mason the mortgage on the 1 st January 1889,
with interest. Any amount still owed will be paid half yearly on the 1 st January
and the 1 st July. Includes schedules of the deeds and lands involved in the
mortgage charge, and the mortgages taken out by White on the charge already.
60 18 Feb. 1889
see also
47, 71
Copy Transfer of Mortgage made by Mrs. Letitia Stokes (Widow and
60 contd..
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Executrix of Henry Stokes), Askive, Kenmare, to Archibald Robert Hamilton
Bland, 33 Rosary Gardens, South Kensington, Middlesex, and Francis
Christopher Earle Bland, 5 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, City of Dublin. She
transfers a mortgage of £4,700 charged on the Bantry Estate, by Henry Stokes
(deceased), taken out by Robert White.
61 [18 April 1889]
Common Search in the Registry of Deeds office for acts by Robert White to
affect any premises in County Cork from the 1 st Jan. 1879 to the 11 th April
1889. It is requested by Lane and Lane (Solicitors).
62 20 April 1889
see also
63, 74, 75,
Mortgage of £2,400 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Adrigole, with Rev. John Pattison, Kiltallagh Glebe,
Castlemaine, Co. Kerry, William John Quin, Innishannon, Co. Cork, and
James Lane (Solicitor), 26 South Mall, Cork, against a charge on the Bantry
Estate amounting to £36,000. William Guest Lane, 26 South Mall, is
appointed Receiver. White agrees to repay in full the amount on the 1 st
October next, with interest. Any amount due after this date will be paid
quarterly with interest, on the 1 st January, 1 st April, 1 st July and the 1 st October.
Includes schedules of the deeds and lands involved in the mortgage charge,
and the mortgages taken out by White on the charge to date.
63 20 April 1889
see also
62, 74, 75
Assignment of a Mortgage of £1,200 by John Francis Popham and Michael
Edward Lewis to the Rev. John Pattison; William John Quin and James Lane.
Popham and Lewis further assign, at the request of Robert White to Pattison;
Quin and Lane, the sum of £32,000, interest due and judgements assigned on
the 27 th August 1857, and the 18 th July 1861, and the full benefit of the
covenant of the 27 th August 1857. Secondly, the sums of £1,000, £600, £400,
£1,000 and £1,000 assigned on the 31 st May 1858 and the 18 th July 1861.
Popham and Lewis, at the request of Robert White assign to Pattison, Quin
and Lane the Manor of Bantry, it rights and privileges, the capital and lands
described in the first and second schedules of the indenture of 1857, with
benefit of receivership clauses of the indenture of 1857.
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64 9 May 1890
Copy Transfer of a Mortgage by William Hume Franks, 1 Durham Place,
Kingstown, Co. Dublin, to William Henry Beamish (Land Agent), 95 South
Mall, City of Cork and William Guest Lane (Solicitor), 26 South Mall, City of
Cork. It is for £3,000 taken out by Robert White with Franks’ father, Thomas
John Franks, and others, in 1870. Franks transferred the mortgage debt and the
securities, amounting to £36,000, a charge on the Bantry Estate. Includes
schedules of the lands involved in the mortgage charge.
65 1 July 1890
see also
85
Mortgage of £200 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, by Jeremiah Francis
Leonard, Reen Lodge, Adrigole, and Robert White, Adrigole, with Miss Jane
Louisa Wherland (Spinster), Warrens Place, City of Cork, against a charge on
the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000. They agree to repay her the full
amount, with interest, on the 1 st January next. Any amount due after that date
will be paid with interest half yearly, on the 1 st January and the 1 st July.
Includes a schedule of the deeds involved in the mortgage charge and typed
copy.
66 22 June 1891
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Mortgage of £200 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, taken out by
Jeremiah Francis Leonard, and Robert White, both of Roseville, Shanakiel,
Sundays Well, with Frederick Caffelle (House and Land Agent), Patrick
Street, City of Cork. James Lane is the authorised agent of Leonard and White
to receive the interest on the principal money. They agree to pay in full with
interest to Caffelle the £200 on the 1 st January next. Any amount due after the
date will be paid with interest half yearly, on the 1 st January and the 1 st
November. Includes a schedule of the deeds involved in the mortgage charge.
67 1 July 1890
see also
89
Mortgage of £600 with interest of £5 per cent per annum, taken out by
Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Reen Lodge, Adrigole, and Robert White,
Adrigole, with Mrs. Mary Cuming (Widow), Woburn Place, City of Cork,
against a charge on the Bantry Estate amounting to £36,000. They agree to pay
to her the full amount on the 1 st January next. Any amount due after this date
will be paid half yearly, with interest, on the 1 st January and the 1 st July.
Includes a schedule of the deeds involved in the charge.
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68 11 July1890
Assignment of the full benefit of a covenant on the part of the late William
Henry Hare White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry for the payment of the sums of £32,000,
£1,000, £600, £400, £1,000 and £1,000 (of a sub-mortgage taken out on the
14 th May 1870), and full right to recover and receive and give effectual
receipts for the sums in the name of Robert White and Jeremiah Francis
Leonard. It is made by Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Reen Lodge, Adrigole,
Robert White, Reen Lodge, Adrigole, and parties mentioned by Schedule, to
Herbert Charles West, (Solicitor), City of Dublin. West is to hold this upon
trust as security of payment to the parties of the Schedule. Lists the parties
within a Schedule from 1876-1890, giving dates, parties involved, amounts
and addresses. Includes a copy of the assignment.
69 11 July 1890 – 20 April 1891
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Agreement made between Robert White and Jeremiah Francis Leonard, and
William Smiddy (Victualler), Grand Parade Market, Cork. They demise to
Smiddy the Royal Naval Hotel, Castletown Berehaven, for 99 years, subject to
a proviso for redemption. If they should pay Smiddy £2,000 with interest of £5
per cent per annum before the 1 st January next, he will surrender the premises
back to them. If not paid, they will pay the interest half yearly on the 1 st
January and the 1 st July. They will insure the premises for £1,200. If the
interest should be paid on time, Smiddy agrees not to press for the full £2,000
until after five years from the date of this indenture. Includes a schedule of
lands and premises referred to in the document; and an indenture agreed in
1891 that White and Leonard agree to pay any interest due on the security of
£36,000 on the mortgage of £2,000 within 90 days of it being due. Also a
schedule of debts taken out by White and Leonard.
70 13 Oct. 1891
see also
88, 94
Mortgage of £400 with interest of £10 per cent per annum, taken out by
Robert White, Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Alicia Leonard (Wife), all of Lee
View, Sundays Well, City of Cork, and John Michael Sullivan (Shopkeeper),
Castletown Berehaven, with Andrew Collins (Clerk of the Petty Sessions),
Skibbereen, against a charge on the Bantry Estate, amounting to £36,000.
They agree to pay to Collins the full amount with interest, on the 1 st April
next. Any amount due after this date will be paid with interest half yearly on
the 1 st October and the 1 st April.
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71 17 Jan. 1892
see also
47, 60
Reconveyance of a mortgage of 17 th February 1881 for £4,700 by Archibald
Robert Hamilton Bland and Francis Christopher Earle Bland, with Jeremiah
Francis Leonard, for £4,820. 6. 0. It was Robert White who took the mortgage
out with Henry Stokes and Usher Williamson against £36,000 and premises on
the Bantry Estate. Includes two schedules listing the lands involved in the
mortgage of 1881.
72 10 March 1892
Deed of Charge made by Jeremiah Francis Leonard, to secure payment of
sums due to the Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, on interest in the Manor
of Bantry and the lands in the two schedules, which they can sell to recoup
their money. Leonard agrees to pay them on the 30 th June and the 30 th Dec. the
interest due.
7pp
73 29 Dec. 1892
see also
56
Release of a mortgage of £1,000 by Michael Hanley (Merchant),
Castletownbere, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, Cork,
in consideration of £1, 054. 3. 4. Robert White made a mortgage of £1,000
with Hanley on monies and lands coming to him through inheritance on the
2 nd June 1887. Includes schedules of deeds of mortgage taken out on the
Bantry estates, and the lands.
74 31 Dec. 1892
see also
62, 63, 75
Reconveyance of a mortgage of 18 th October 1883 for £1,200 by Rev. John
Pattison, Kiltallagh, Co. Kerry, and William John Quin, Skevanish, with
Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £1,206. 3. 6. They grant to Leonard the monies
and lands mortgaged by Robert White to John Francis Popham and Michael
Edward Lewis for £1,200 in 1883. Includes schedules of the lands mortgaged.
75 31 Dec. 1892
see also
62, 63, 74
Reconveyance of a mortgage of 20 th April 1889 for £2,400 by Rev. John
Pattison and William John Quin to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £2,412. 7. 0.
They grant to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by Robert White to
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Rev. John Pattison, William John Quin and James Lane for £2,400 in 1889.
James Lane died on the 20 th September 1891. Includes schedules of the lands
mortgaged.
76 6 Jan. 1893
Release of a mortgage of £1,200 by Francis Prithe Tydd (Solicitor), Clonmel,
Co. Tipperary, and Hugh McKean, Dame Street, Dublin (Executors of the late
Henry Lane, Cork city), to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, in consideration of
£1,208. 15. 0. Robert White made a mortgage of £1,200 with Henry Lane on
the 1 st Dec. 1882, on monies and lands coming to White as inheritance.
Includes schedules of lands mortgaged.
77 9 Jan. 1893
see also
42
Reconveyance of a mortgage of £2,000 of the 15 th November 1876 by Rev.
William Bennet Chester, Bishop of Killaloe, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for
£2,029. 5. 0. He grants to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by Robert
White to Rev. William Bennet Chester and John Litchfield for £2,000 in 1876.
Includes schedules of the lands mortgaged.
78 9 Jan. 1893
see also
53
Release of £32,000, £1,000, £600, £400, £1,000, £1,000, and the Manor of
Bantry with its lands mentioned in the schedules attached to the document,
made by Rev. Canon [Dacre] Hamilton Powell (Rector of Saint Marys,
Shandon) to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, in
consideration of £1,021. 18. 9. On the 1 st Aug. 1884, Robert White took out a
mortgage on the amounts and lands with Rev. Powell, for £1,000, and this is
the payment and interest due. Includes schedules of lands mortgaged.
79 10 Jan. 1893
see also
59
Release of a mortgage of £500 by Mrs. Alice Mason, Cooleen Bruree, Co.
Limerick, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, in
consideration of £510. 8. 4. A mortgage for £500 was made between Robert
White, and Mrs. Alice Mason, Cullen Bruree, Co. Limerick, on the 15 th
December 1887, on monies and lands in the possession of White. Includes
schedules of deeds of mortgage taken out on the Bantry Estates, and lands
79 contd..
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mortgaged.
80 17 Jan. 1893
see also
54
Release of a mortgage of £1,200 by Henry Ross William Adair, 65 Lower
Mount Street, Dublin, and Harry Crew Godley (Captain in her Majesty’s 48 th
Regiment, stationed at Aldershot), to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View,
Sundays Well, Cork, in consideration of £1,204. 10. 0. Robert White made the
mortgage of £1,200 with Adeline Ellen Godley on the 1 st July 1885. Adair and
Godley are Trustees of the Marriage Settlement made between Gerald William
Browne and Adeline Ellen Godley on the 19 th April 1892. Includes schedules
of lands mortgaged.
81 17 Jan. 1893
see also
44
Reconveyance of a mortgage for £600 of 1 st Oct. 1877 by William John
Welland, Tudor Lodge, Ballybrack, and Rev. Thomas James Welland, Lord
Bishop of Down Connor and Dromore, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £610.
They grant to Leonard the monies and land mortgaged by Robert White to
them for £600 in 1877. Includes schedules of the lands mortgaged.
82 18 Jan. 1893
Reconveyance and Release of a mortgage of the 28 th September 1887 for £500
by Anne White, Ulusker, Co. Cork, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £558. 10.
0. She grants to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by Robert White to
her for £500 in 1887. Includes schedules of the lands mortgaged.
83 18 Jan. 1893
Reconveyance of a mortgage for £200 of the 22 nd June 1891 by Frederick
Caffelle (House and Land Agent), Patrick Street, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard,
for £214. 12. 6. He grants to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by
Leonard and Robert White to him for £200 in 1891. Includes schedules of the
lands and monies mortgaged.
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84 19 Jan. 1893
see also
49
Reconveyance of a mortgage of £1,200 of the 30 th May 1881 by Joseph
William McMullen, City of Cork, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £1,209.
15. 0. He grants to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by Robert White
to him and William Goulding for £1,200 in 1881. Includes schedules of the
lands mortgaged.
85 19 Jan. 1893
see also
65
Reconveyance of a mortgage of the 1 st July 1890 for £200 by Jane Louisa
Wherland, Warrens Place, City of Cork, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for
£205. 16. 8. She grants the monies and lands mortgaged by Leonard and
Robert White to her for £200 in 1890. Includes a schedule of the mortgage
deeds and amounts that are on the estate and mortgaged to Wherland.
86 19 Jan. 1893
see also
50
Reconveyance of a mortgage of the 30 th July 1881, for £3,000 by William
Henry Beamish (Land Agent), and William Guest Lane (Solicitor), both of the
South Mall, Cork, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £3,065. 16. 3. They grant
to Leonard the monies and lands mortgaged by Robert White to [Denham
William Jephson Norreys] and William James Franks for £3,000 in 1881.
Includes schedules of the lands mortgaged.
87 19 Jan. 1893
see also
55
Reconveyance of a mortgage for £500 on the 1 st January 1887 by Elizabeth
Aldworth Hardy, Prospect Villas, Rushbrooke, Queenstown (Cobh), Cork, to
Jeremiah Francis Leonard, for £502. 2. 5. She grants to him the monies and
lands mortgaged to her by Robert White for £500 in 1887. Includes schedules
of the lands mortgaged.
88 19 Jan. 1893
see also
70, 94
Release of a mortgage of £400 by Andrew Collins (Clerk of the Petty
Sessions), Skibbereen, to Alicia Leonard, (wife of Jeremiah Francis) and John
Michael Sullivan (Shopkeeper), Castletownberehaven, in consideration of
88 contd..
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£460. On the 5 th Jan. 1891, Leonard assigned £4,000 of Robert White’s
interest in mortgage monies, to Sullivan. On the 13 th Oct. 1891, White,
Leonard and Sullivan took out a mortgage of £400 against the earlier
mortgages from Collins.
89 19 Jan. 1893
see also
67
Release of a mortgage of £600 by Mrs. Mary Cumming, Woburn Place, City
of Cork, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, Cork, in
consideration of £617. 10. 0. Leonard and Robert White took out a mortgage
of £600 on the 1 st July 1890 with Cummings against monies and lands
inherited by White and assigned to Leonard. Includes schedule of deeds of
mortgage on the Bantry Estates.
90 19 Jan. 1893
Release of a mortgage of £2,000 by William Smiddy (Victualler), Grand
Parade Market, to Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, in
consideration of £2,000. Robert White and Leonard took a mortgage of £2,000
out on the 11 th July 1891, with Smiddy, on an earlier mortgage of £36,000 in
1870 on lands in the Bantry estate. Includes a schedule of the lands
mortgaged.
91 18 Feb. 1893
see also
43, 45, 92
Transfer of a mortgage by Daniel Conner, Thomas Perrott and William
Conner, to Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund Longfield, in
consideration of £1,200, at the request of Jeremiah Francis Leonard and John
Michael Sullivan. The mortgage was taken out by Robert White with Samuel
Perrott, Daniel Conner and William Clutterbuck Cornwall on the 1 st October
1877 for £1,200, against a charge on the Bantry Estate. Includes schedules of
the lands involved in the mortgage charge.
92 18 Feb. 1893
see also
43, 45, 91
Transfer of a mortgage by Daniel Conner, Thomas Perrott and William
Conner, to Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund Longfield, in
consideration of £3,100, at the request of Jeremiah Francis Leonard and John
Michael Sullivan. Robert White took out the mortgage with Samuel Perrott,
92 contd..
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Daniel Conner and William Clutterbuck Cornwall, for £3,100 on 1 st November
1879, against charges on the Bantry Estate. Includes schedules of the lands
involved in mortgage charges.
93 [6 Nov. 1911]
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Copy of a Memorial of Transfer on the 20 th Jan. 1893 made between Jeremiah
Francis Leonard, Lee View, Sundays Well, in the first part, John Michael
Sullivan (Merchant), Castletownberehaven, in the second part, and Arthur
Edward, Baron Ardilaun, St. Annes, Clontarf, Dublin, and Richard Edmund
Longfield, Longueville, Mallow, in the third part. Sullivan assigns £4,000 to
Ardilaun and Longfield, part of £32,000 and sums added together as £4,000.
He also assigns the £32,000 and interest to them. Includes two schedules of
lands involved in the deeds of mortgage.
94 13 Feb. 1923
see also
70, 88
Copy of a memorial of an Indenture of Settlement on the 5 th Jan. 1891 made
between Jeremiah Francis Leonard, Royal Naval Hotel, Castletownbere, in the
first part, John Michael Sullivan (Merchant), Castletownberehaven, in the
second part, and Alicia Leonard (wife of Leonard), in the third part. Leonard
assigned £4,000 to Sullivan, one moiety of the sums of £32,000 and more,
with a bond and judgement and all other securities, with full power and
authority to demand the £2,000, from Leonard. Sullivan is to hold it in trust.
One fourth part to Alicia Leonard, free from control of her husband. The other
three fourths are to be used for the maintenance and education during the
minority of Anne White Alice Mary Ellen Gertrude Leonard and Robert
Augustus Richard William Leonard. Leonard conveys the Manor of Bantry
and lands involved in indentures of 1857, 1825, 1837, and 1838. Includes mss
list of Bantry Submortgages.
2.4 Grants
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95 27 Sept. 1851
see also
96, 97, 964, 982, 988
Grant made between Richard White (2 nd Earl of Bantry) in the first part,
Elizabeth White, Inchiclough (Wife, Executor of the late Richard White, and
Guardian to their children) in the second part, and Richard White, second son
of the late Richard White, in the third part. Under the Renewable Leasehold
Conversion Act, the 2 nd Earl grants eleven twelfths to Elizabeth White, and
one twelfth to Richard White, of part of the lands of Reenavanny on Whiddy
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Island and Hogg Island, Co. Cork, forever. It is a yearly fee farm rent of £73.
16. 11, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The
original lease was made between Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry and Hamilton
White, 26 March 1796.
96 27 Sept. 1851
see also
95, 97, 964, 982, 988
Grant made between Richard White (2 nd Earl of Bantry) in the first part,
Elizabeth White, Inchiclough (Wife, Executor of the late Richard White, and
Guardian to their children) in the second part, and Richard White, second son
of the late Richard White, in the third part. The 2 nd Earl grants eleven twelfth
parts to Elizabeth White and one-twelfth part to Richard White of the lands of
Lower Gurteen with an acre of bog in Ardhoulihane in the Barony of Bantry,
forever. It is a yearly fee farm rent of £55. 7. 8, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. The original lease was made between Richard
1 st Earl of Bantry and Hamilton White 2 nd Jan. 1789.
97 27 Sept. 1851
see also
95, 96, 964, 982, 988
Grant made between Richard White (2 nd Earl of Bantry) in the first part,
Elizabeth White, Inchiclough (Wife, Executor of the late Richard White, and
Guardian to their children) in the second part, and Richard White, second son
of the late Richard White, in the third part. The 2 nd Earl grants eleven twelfth
parts to Elizabeth White and one twelfth part to Richard White of a piece of
ground lying in the west of Bantry town, where Hamilton White had built a
corn store, in perpetuity. It is a yearly fee farm rent of £0. 9. 3, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The original lease was made
between Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry) and Hamilton White (his brother),
26 th March 1796.
3. Will, Settlements and Associated Documents
3.1 Wills
3.1.1 White Family Wills
98 13 Sept. 1671
Typed summary of details of the Will of John White, Ballenbracke, [Cork],
found in the Welply Collection, Genealogical Office. The original is dated 13 th
25
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September 1671, and the probate to Joanna White is dated 6 th June 1688.
Geoffrey Shelswell-White has made notes at the bottom of the page (11 th May
1945).
99 23 Nov. 1704
Typed copy of the last Will and testament of Simon White, Knocksentry, Co.
Limerick, made by N. B. White, Marsh’s Library, Dublin (July 1945). Simon
White appoints his son John White his Executor. He wishes to be buried with
his two wives at the Parish Church of Castleconnell. He leaves to his eldest
son Thomas the lands of Glanstale, Co. Limerick. To his son Henry, the
houses and gardens of Knocksentry, Culectrumy and Cahiroiletine held by
lease by White. To his sons William, £264, Richard, £160, Samuel, £270, and
to each an equal fourth part of the yearly profits from the lands of
Knocksentry. To his youngest son Benjamin £50 and the stone workhouse on
“the Key by the Keay Gate of Lymericke…” To his daughter Sarah Cotton,
“all the furniture and the bed in the Greate Chamber” and £90. To his
grandson Caicer Holland, his silver hilted sword. To John White, his Executor,
his watch, ring and cane. A codicil is included but has not been proved and so
will not be acted upon by John White. Notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White.
100 12 [Feb. 1708] – 5 Dec. 1716
Typed copy of the last Will and testament of Samuel White, Ballysimon,
Liberty of [Limerick], made by N. B. White, Marsh’s Library, Dublin (July
1945). Samuel White appoints Hezekiah Holland and his brother William
White his Executors. He leaves an annual income out of the lands of
Knocksentry and the mills of Ballysimon. He leaves all his personal estate to
his children, Samuell, Susanna and William. Includes [affidavit] by Robert
Jocelyn, city of Dublin, declaring that the Executors to Samuel White’s will
had entered a caveat in the Praerogative [sic] Court of Ireland, and since then
Hezekiah Holland has renounced the execution of the will. Also has a Grant of
Administration of the goods within the will to Maria Jocelyn alias White, wife
of Thomas Jocelyn, relict of Samuel White. Notes made by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White.
101 20 Sept. 1718
Typed copy of the last Will and testament of John White, Cappagh, Co.
Tipperary, made by N. B. White, Marsh’s Library, Dublin (July 1945). John
White made Rebecca White (his daughter) Executrix of his Will. He left her
all his real and personal estate, subject to bequests and debts. To his daughter
101 contd..
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Catherine White, he leaves £1,000 and one moiety of his household goods at
Cappagh. To his son, Newport White, £500. To his son Richard White, £200
and his interest in the lease of the lands of Longford, Co. Limerick, held from
Sir. [Thomas] Deane. There are notes at the margins made by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White.
102 1 Jan. 1775
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Mss true copy of the Will of Richard White (Grandfather of the 1 st Earl),
Bantry. It is addressed to Dominick Burke, Dawson Street, Dublin. He leaves
to Margaret Longfield (his daughter) 100 guineas, Frances White (his
daughter-in-law) 100 guineas, to Richard Longfield (his son-in-law) 20
guineas and to Richard Blair (his nephew) 20 guineas, all for mourning. To
Richard White (his grandson) the annual rent of £160 from lands in the
Baronies of Bantry and Berehaven, payable half-yearly once he reaches
sixteen years of age. This is to be administered by his Executor, Simon White
(his son), who is to benefit from the lands until his son Richard reaches
sixteen. Should Richard (his grandson) die before he reaches his twenty-first
birthday, then the benefit is to be transferred to Simon White (also grandson),
and on to Hamilton and Edward White (his other grandsons), if each die
before their twenty-first birthdays. To Simon White and Hamilton White (his
grandsons) the annual rent of £100 each payable half-yearly on attaining the
age of sixteen. Provisions are made should they die before attaining the age of
twenty-one. To Hamilton White (his son) he leaves various lands in his Estate
of Carbery and £1000. Should Hamilton die without issue the lands are
transferred to Simon White (the Executor). Hamilton is to give £5 annually to
Simon White and his heirs out of the lands of Inchiclogh. To Simon White (his
eldest son and Executor) and his heirs he leaves the majority of his lands and
rents (named in the will), and the residue of his personal and real Estates
subject to debts and legacies.
103 1 Sept. 1776 – 25 Oct. 1776
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Copy Will of Simon White (Father to the 1 st Earl of Bantry), Blackrock, Cork.
He leaves to his wife Frances the sum of £100 annually from the profits of his
Bantry Estate, which is left to his eldest son, Richard. If Richard should not
have issue, then the estate passes to his second son, Simon, and on to
Hamilton, and subsequently his youngest son Edward Eyre should they be
without issue. To Simon, he leaves his lands in the Barony of
[Loughanachney], Co. Kerry, and if no issue, then to Hamilton, Edward Eyre
or all his daughters. To Hamilton and Edward Eyre, £2,000 each on attaining
21 years, out of the profits of the Bantry Estate. If any on them die before
attaining age, then the sum should be divided amongst the rest of the surviving
sons. To his daughters Margaret, Helena, Martha, and Frances the sum of
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£2,000 each on attaining 21 years with the consent of their mother or guardian
raised out of the Bantry Estate. If they should die or marry without consent
before attaining the age, then their sum will be divided equally amongst the
surviving young sons. Simon omitted to appoint a Trustee to his Will.
Attached to the will is a decree from Richard Archbishop of Armagh,
appointing Frances (Simon’s widow) as Trustee. She must settle all debts
owed by Simon before the bequests of the Will.
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104 21 Nov. 1776
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Mss Will of Hamilton White (Uncle to the 1 st Earl of Bantry), Bantry. He
appoints Richard Longfield and Margaret Longfield his Executors. To his
sister, Margaret Longfield, he leaves all his lands in the Barony of Carbery,
Co. Cork. To his nephew Richard White, he leaves £100 without interest. To
his nephews Simon White and Hamilton White, he leaves £250, without
interest. To his nephew Edward Eyre White, he leaves £300, without interest.
They are to receive the sums on attaining the age of twenty-one years. To his
nieces Margaret White, Helena White, Martha White and Frances White, the
sum of £500 each without interest on their reaching the age of 18 years. If any
of his nephews or nieces die before attaining full age, their amount is to be
divided equally between his nieces. He devises 100 guineas to Richard Blair
and 20 guineas to his servant Michael Sullivan, for mourning. The remainder
of his fortune real and personal is bequeathed to Margaret Longfield.
105 9 June 1789
Confirmation made between Richard White, Seafield (nephew and heir at law
of Hamilton White), the Honourable John Bennet (Justice of his Majesty’s
Court of King’s Bench in Ireland), and Robert Reeves, City of Dublin (both
being Trustees of the Will of Hamilton White). White ratifies the Will of the
late Hamilton White in order to receive the estate of the late Hamilton White.
106 5 July 1811 – 7 April 1814
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Conveyance made between Robert Reeves (surviving Trustee of the Will of
Hamilton White) and Richard White, Lord Viscount Bantry. In consideration
of 10 shillings, Reeves conveys all the lands (see document) bequeathed to
Richard White, Lord Viscount Bantry and those bequeathed to Edward Eyre
White (his brother, deceased) from the Will of Hamilton White. Also an
assignment of a charge of £1,000 and an annuity of £100 by Andrew
McCutchan, Longford, to Joseph Litton (Merchant), city of Dublin, in
consideration of £1,000. The charge and annuity are on the lands of the late
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Hamilton White, Bantry. It became vested in McCutchan through his wife,
Helen Little Blair (the widow of Hamilton White Blair, whose inheritance it
was). The lands are listed in the document
107 14 March 1825
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Release of £500 part of the sum of £3,000 charged on the Earl of Bantry’s
Estates by the Will of the late Hamilton White. White bequeathed a portion of
£3,000 to the daughter of Richard Blair, Bantry. Frances Blair assigned her
portion to Christiana Sandy, who died in 1805 leaving the £500 to her son
John Sandy.
108 [Dec. 1856]
Mss Observations and Counsel Instructions regarding the Will of Richard
White (1 st Earl of Bantry) by John Litton (Solicitor), Dublin. It lays out what
part of the Bantry family Estates the Earl has power to devise in reversion
upon failure of male issue to his Brothers seceding under the limitations of the
Settlement of 19 September 1836. He is advised to organise his interest in the
portion of Lady Bantry’s one fourth share in the Trotter Estate, in Counties
Kildare and Dublin.
109 23 June 1869 – 1 March 1883
Photocopy Copy of the Will of William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry). He
appoints Richard Longfield and Henry Lavallin Puxley as Executors. To his
wife Jane, he leaves various large amounts of money from the Bantry Estates,
as annuities and jointures. To his younger children he leaves the sum of
£5,000 appointing as Trustees Rev. Godfrey Charles Smith, St. Albans
Rectory, and Edward Meadows Dunne, Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin. To his
daughters Elizabeth, Olivia, Ina and Jane, he leaves the sums of £5,000; £923.
1. 6; £2,500; and £3,000 in equal shares, on attaining the age of 21 years. If
one should marry before attaining age, she is to receive only £2,005. To his
son William, he leaves the East Muskerry Estates. William is also bequeathed
the Abbey lands and Reenmeen. If he should die before attaining age, then
they are to pass to Elizabeth (his daughter) if she should be living. If not, they
are to be divided out to his surviving daughters. He leaves the sum of £7,966.
11. 4 out of the Macroom Estates to William on attaining age. His house at
East Ferry is left to his wife Jane. All jewellery is left to his wife. There are six
codicils to the will from 1871-1883. In last codicil, he leaves £6,000 to the
Representative Body of the Church of Ireland.
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110 13 Oct. 1897
111 1920
Copy Will of Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry). She appoints Olivia
Charlotte Ardilaun and Ina Maude Ferrers (her daughters) as joint Executrixes,
with full power over her property. She leaves all her jewellery, furniture and
mementoes from the Estate to her daughters and their families. They also get
any amount of money she has (details in the Will). Any outstanding arrears of
her jointure on the Bantry Estate should be cancelled and merged into the
estate. Includes typed copy.
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Copy of the probate Will of Edward Egerton Leigh-White. He appoints
Frederick Adolphus Barbazon Turner, Clonattin, Gorey, Co. Wicklow, and
Arethusa Leigh-White (his wife), to be his Trustees. He leaves various sums of
monies to Turner, and the Church of Ireland and staff, out of £800 Buenos
Ayres Great Southern Railway ordinary stock. He leaves the remainder of the
stock and the sum of £3,500 to his sister, Margaret Elizabeth Marton. His
personal estate is left to his wife and family.
112 31 March – 12 Sept. 1925
Copy Will and Codicils of Olivia Charlotte, Lady Ardilaun, Widow, St. Annes
Clontarf and 42, St. Stephens Green, Dublin. She appoints her nephew
Benjamin John Plunkett, Bishop of Meath, and her Agent, Blayney Hamilton,
Bettyville, Raheny as Executors and Trustees of the Will. Hamilton will
receive a legacy of £400 on accepting the trusteeship. She leaves endowments
to the Parish of Raheny, three hospitals in Dublin, and colleges in Dublin. She
declares all property that came from Macroom Castle is hers. She wishes her
journals and private papers to be destroyed, except those marked for Clodagh
Leigh-White. She leaves plants, jewellery and furniture to various family
members and friends. She leaves her Estate of Reeneen, Co. Cork, to her
Godson Simon Hedges Eyre White, Glengarriff Castle. She leaves the bulk of
her estate to the Reverend Benjamin John Plunkett, her executor. There are 4
codicils: leaving £20,000 to the Church of Ireland in trust; leaving a Herbert
Family Picture to John Charles Herbert, Earl of Powis; further details of
bequeathed jewellery; £500 in trust for hospital use, and further money
endowments to relatives.
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113 25 July 1927 – 13 Oct. 1954
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Correspondence between Geoffrey H. Shelswell-White, Ministry of Finance,
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Amnan, Transjordan, and Sutton Solicitors, Dublin, on the whereabouts of his
Will of 1927 and a letter of request “regarding dispositions of personalty” after
his death. He declares his wife Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White is to receive all
his estate, real and personal, appointing her sole executrix of his will. Includes
copy of the Will.
114 8 Dec. 1947 – 8 Sept. 1959
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Copy Irish Probate of the Will and one codicil of Arethusa Flora Gartside
Leigh-White, formerly of Bantry House and late of Dunnamark, Bantry. She
appoints Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White and Rachel V. R. Leigh-White (her
daughters) as Executrixes of her Will. She appoints one half equal share of the
investments and property of the Settlement of 1904 (her marriage to Edward
Egerton Leigh-White) to the Trustees of the Settlement in trust for Rachel V.
R. Leigh-White. Arethusa gives her “personal chattels” and any real or
personal estate not already disposed of to Rachel. A codicil made on the 15 th
Aug. 1955 corrected the Will of 1947, leaving out all other family members.
3.1.2 Wills of Associated Families
see also
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115 [12 April 1668]
see also
3107
Account of the Will, land claims and debts of George Walters, Whiddy Island,
in the Beara Penninsula. Includes a copy of his Will made in 1668 at
[Backland], Devon. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has put the information
together from various sources including additions from Hutchins Note Book
No. 2 (1950s).
116 [17 Dec. 1728]
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Copy of part of the Will of Hue Huchinson, Bantry. He nominates Humphrey
Massy, Co. Cork, and Joseph Austin, city of Limerick (both Merchants), his
[executors]. [Extract taken from Kilbrogan Registry Parish Registery, Cork].
117 13 July 1760
Copy extract from the Will of William Corry, Argyle Street, Parish of St.
James, Westminister, County of Middlesex, England. He leaves his estate to
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his wife, Mary Corry. He leaves £500 to Arthur Annesley, directing that
Annesley pay £25 to Mary Corry, payable half-yearly, for the lives of William
Kingsmyle (Corry’s uncle) and Mary Corry. He leaves £100 to his brother-inlaw
Captain Robert Brice. Mary Corry is appointed executor of the Will.
“Extracted from the Registry of the Perogative Court of Canterbury.
118 18 Sept. 1779
[Probate] Will of Richard Eyre, Mount Hedges. He leaves his estate and
interest solely to his son Robert, the lands of Tullaghtready, Mounthedges
otherwise Lackaduff, Sleaveen, Clonfadda, Tirebegg, and [Coadrun], also his
interests in the houses and shops of Macromp (Macroom), the manor courts of
Blarney and Kilcrea, the lands of Mahareen, the town and lands of Gurteenroe,
and the purchases of lands in Gurteenroe from John Austin and from
Christopher Knight, all in the Barony of Muskerry. He also leaves him the
lands of Baunduff purchased from Isaac Jones; the lands of Derrymehine,
Ballynakilly, Grenane, and Ardagh, Conaghline, and Urin in the Barony of
Bere and Bantry; and the lands of Clarahmore in the Barony of Duhallow,
purchased from Lord Annesley now Lord Glerawly. He also leaves the interest
he holds on leases made to him by his Aunts Rowan and Burke of the lands in
Berehaven and Crosshaven. He leaves £500 to Robert, being the fourth part of
£2,000 bequeathed to Richard by the Will of his Grandmother Eyre, charged
upon the real estate of his late Grandfather Eyre. If Robert should die without
issue, he may do what he wishes with the leases, but the estate is to be left to
Richard’s grandson, Edward White (youngest son of the late Simon White,
and of his daughter, Frances), and if not, to his grandson Simon White (second
son of Simon), or if not, to Hamilton White (third son of Simon), and if not, to
his grandson Richard White (eldest son of Simon). The estate is not to revert
to his eldest son Edward, as he has been provided for. Robert is to pay all
debts incumbered on the estate as recorded by Deed made on 3 rd Jan. 1778. If
he does not, then he is to receive only one shilling, and the estate goes to the
next in line. Includes confirmation of the Will in courts, 9 th Dec. 1780.
119 9 May 1814
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Copy of the Will of John Simpson, Castletown Berehaven. He leaves to his
wife Mary, and to his son William one shilling each, to be raised out of his
estate. He appoints Mrs Susan [Dowe], Mrs Mary Ann Packer, Miss Catherine
Simpson (his sisters) as his Executrixes, to be equally divided all his lands.
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120 4 May 1825
see also
3680
Copy of the Will of Elizabeth Leahy. She appoints Thomas Leahy, Daniel
Leahy and Nicholas Leahy as executors. She leaves £20 to her mother; to her
sister, Teresa, £500; to her brother, Daniel, £100; to her brother, John, £250; to
her brother, Henry, £100; to her brother, Nicholas, £300. She leaves any
residue of money after payment of legacies to her brother, Thomas, and her
sister, Teresa.
121 [1] Sept. 1838
The Will of Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle. He appoints Richard
Oliver Aldworth, Newmarket House, the Rev. Richard Davies, Macroom
Castle, and Robert Nettles, Nelleville Hall trustees of his estates excepting his
Galway estates. He leaves his Berehaven Estates, including Bere Island to his
grandnephew, Richard, Viscount Berehaven, in tail male, and if he is without
issue, to his brother, William Henry Hare White, and on in the family.
Annuities on the Berehaven Estates include £200 to Mrs. Sally Davies (widow
of Rev. Simon Davies), £1,000 to Rev. Richard Davies, and £1,000 each to
Davies brothers and sisters, with interest of 5%. All his estates and interests in
the Barony of West Muskerry, including property recently acquired from the
Earl of Bandon, is left to William Henry Hare White, and if he is without
issue, to his [brother], Robert Hedges Eyre White, and on in the family.
Whoever receives these estates must use the name “Hedges” or forfeit the
inheritance, unless they have the title “Earl of Bantry”. His estates in Galway
are bequeathed to the Rev. Somers Payne, Upton, and Henry Wallis, Drishane
Castle. Annuities from this estate include £1,000 each to the sons and daughter
of his late nephew, Counsellor Richard Maunsell, with interest, £500 to Rev.
Richard Davies. All debts owed on the various estates must be paid off by
either sale or mortgage. His Tipperary Estates are left to his grandnephew,
Robert Hedges Eyre White.
122 16 Nov. 1840
Copy opinion of Maxwell Black on the case to advise as to the necessity of a
suit to carry into execution the Trusts of the Will of the late Robert Hedges
Eyre. He advises that they go through the Court of Equity. They have
problems with the debts incurred by Edward Eyre, and the disputed title of the
Tipperary Estate. A Receiver may be avoided on the Galway Estate.
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123 [Nov. 1841]
The Attorney General’s opinion on the case on behalf of the Executors of
Robert Hedges Eyre. They contend that Lord Bantry’s Estate owes to the
Hedges Eyre Estate the sum of £1,384. 12. 4, which was given to Bantry’s
Land Agent, Somers Payne in 1835.
124 29 Nov. 1843 – [16 Oct.] 1848
Copy case on behalf of the Executors of Robert Hedges Eyre in reference to
the charge of Charles Hollier on the Estate – with the opinions of Richard
Moore and Richard B. Warren (Sergeant Warren), Counsels. Includes counsel
opinion on the case as it stood in 1848.
3.2 Marriage Settlements and Associated Documents
3.2.1 White Family Settlements
125 [1756]
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Draft [Marriage Settlement] made between Richard Longfield and Margaret
White. Richard White assigns lands in his estate in the Barony of [Bere and
Bantry] over to the Trustees of the Marriage Settlement to give to Richard
Longfield on the solemnisation of the marriage. A [jointure] of £600 is to be
paid to Margaret White from the rents of the lands after the decease of
Longfield. The lands are to be passed onto male heirs, and a sum of £7,000 is
left for the younger children, and if there are more than one, then the sum of
£12,000 is to be divided out instead of £7,000. Other sums mentioned are
£300, and £3,000. Margaret brings [£3,000] to the marriage.
126 25 Sept. 1766
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Marriage Settlement made between Simon White (eldest son and heir to
Richard White), Blackrock, and Frances Jane Eyre (eldest daughter of Richard
Eyre) Macromp [sic]. Richard Blair, in the Abby, Co. Cork, and Thomas
Herbert, Co. Kerry, are the Trustees. Richard White in consideration of the
marriage settlement and £1,000, the marriage portion of Eyre, given by
Richard Eyre, grants to the trustees the lands of Carrageen, Gurteen,
Killneruans, Ardtunish, part of Ardnegeshell, Dromgarriff, Glangarriff,
Carrafada, Dromlave, Dromgarven, Killcashkane, Capanaparky, Comguire,
Dereen, Reen, [Reemacowen], Mollosky and Agrown, of the yearly due of
£1,008. 11. 3, in the Barony of Bear and Bantry. If Frances Jane Eyre should
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be widowed, she shall receive an annuity of £100, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Blair and Herbert will pay £2,000 to
Simon White within three years of the marriage raised from leases on the
lands of Argrown and Reen. Frances Jane Eyre will receive an annuity of £300
rent charge from the lands, if she should survive Simon White, instead of the
£100. Includes copy.
127 31 Oct. 1800
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Marriage Settlement made between Michael Goold Adams (eldest son and heir
of Wallis and Frances Adams, Killbree, Co. Cork), James Brook, and Martha
White (second daughter of Frances White, widow), Seafield Park, Bantry.
Hamilton White, Bantry, and John Wallis, Westwood, are the Trustees to the
settlement. In consideration of £1,000, part of the marriage portion of Martha
White, paid by Frances White, Adams’ gives over to the Trustees, part of the
lands of Ballinacurra Weston, county and city of Limerick. These will be for
the natural life of Goold Adams. Should Martha White live after her husband,
she is to receive a jointure of £411, £431, or £450 a year from these lands. If
she should die first, then the jointure will go to her second, third and so on
sons, or if without issue to her daughters, all equally portioned out. The
Adams give in trust to Goold Adams, the lease for three lives renewable for
part of the lands of Garrycounagh and Rathnahilty, Co. Limerick. Frances
White executed a bond of attorney with the Trustees, the sum of £1,000 in the
penal sum of £500 on the day of her decease or in seven years. A bond of
£2,000 from Lord Baron Bantry will not be payable until after two years of
marriage and on payment of same, the jointure of £411 will mature to £431.
Martha White grants to the Trustees the sums of £500 and £1,000 on lands left
to her by her late Uncle Hamilton White. These and the jointures of £411 or
£431 will not mature to £450 until the deaths of Lord and Lady Longueville.
128 27 July 1801 – 1 March 1816
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Marriage Settlement made between Brigadier General Edward Dunne, Brittas,
Queen’s County, and Frances White (daughter of Frances White, Seafield
Park). Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, and Francis Dunne, (Captain in
his Majesty’s Seventh Regiment of Dragoon Guards), are the appointed
Trustees. Dunne grants to the Trustees, in consideration of 10 shillings, and on
securing the marriage, lands in King’s County, and sums due on Bank Stock
and Government securities together with all interest due and in the future. The
Trustees will be possessed of the portion of £5,000 and £3,736 secured on the
Bank Stock, when it will become due. Dunne will receive all rents from the
lands, and after his decease, Hamilton White and Thomas Quin (Frances
White’s Trustees) will receive the rents for 500 years. Frances White and her
assigns will take an annuity of £800 out of the lands every 25 th March and 29 th
September, should she survive Dunne. If this is unpaid, then Hamilton White
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and Thomas Quin can enter into sale or mortgage on the lands to secure the
payment. The sum of £5,000 is to be raised on the lands by sale or mortgage in
trust for the children of the marriage to be divided equally. There is a schedule
of debts owed by Edward Dunne, and a sheet of mss notes on the marriage
settlement. Includes an Assignment made between Francis Dunne (Lieutenant
Colonel of his Majesty’s Seventh Dragoon Guards) now quartered Dublin
City, surviving Trustee in the Marriage Settlement of Edward Dunne of Brittas
in the one part, and Richard Maunsell, Rutland Square, City of Dublin, in the
other part. Dunne agrees to pay over to Maunsell the sum of £1,942. 10. 0, an
amount due to him on charges incumbered by Hamilton White on lands
involved in the marriage settlement.
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378
Agreement made between William, Marquis of Thomond, in the first part, the
Honourable Lady Mary O’Bryen (his daughter), in the second part, Lord
Viscount Berehaven, in the third part, and Mark Anthony Saurin, City of
Dublin, and Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, in the fourth part.
Thomond appoints two sums of £4, 615. 7. 8 and £5,000, part of the sums
charged for portions on his Estates in Ireland to Lady Mary O’Brien to Saurin
and Eyre, the Trustees, on her marriage with Lord Viscount Berehaven. Also
in consideration of 10 shillings, Thomond assigns to Saurin and Eyre lands in
Counties Clare and Cork, and the Manor of Rostellane, to raise from the rents
the sum of £4, 615. 7. 8 payable to Lady Mary O’Bryen. Half of this sum will
be paid directly after the marriage, and the rest over a term of a thousand
years. £5,000 is vested in Lady Mary immediately after the marriage, to be
raised after the death of William, Marquis of Thomond.
130 2 Nov. 1842 – [7 Oct. 1874]
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Assignment of Charges of £1,000 on lands in the Barony of Bere and Bantry,
by Robert Hedges White, Marino, to Thomas Wise, City of Cork, for £650.
The charge arises from a jointure of £15,000 from the marriage settlement
between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Margaret Anne Hare in 1799 and a
Deed of Appointment on the 1 st Oct. 1842. Also a mss “Short Statement of the
Earl of Bantry’s Marriage Settlement”. Notes on past Marriage Settlements of
the previous Earls and what trusts were vested on their marriages; and with
mss abstract from the last Will made by the Earl in 1869, noting that R.
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131 9 Feb. 1886
Attested copy of Memorial from the Registry of Deeds (Ireland) to be
registered of an Indenture made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry in the
first part, Rosamund Catherine Petre (Spinster daughter of Edmund George
Petre), 7 Tokenhouse Yard, London, in the second part, and Leonard Harper,
Canterbury, New Zealand, Francis Loranine Petre (H. M. Civil Service),
Allahabad, India and Romer Williams, 62 Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, all
in the third part (Trustees). This lays down the entitlements to the wife and
family of the fourth Earl of Bantry from the Bantry, Berehaven and Macroom
Estates. It is based on an agreement entered into by William 3 rd Earl of Bantry
(now deceased), his son William; Henry Lavallin Puxley and the Reverend
William Anthony Stewart in the 9 th July 1875. It gave to Puxley and Stewart
the trust to raise £8,329 from the Estates, and a yearly rent of £600 to go to
Jane, Dowager Countess of Bantry (mother to the 4 th Earl). A sum of not more
than £1,500 shall be entitled to the wife of the 4 th Earl after his decease, should
she survive him. There will be a charge of £25,000 on the estates for younger
children. Catherine Petre shall receive £200 annually, payable half yearly, as
her own money. She shall receive £1,500 for her jointure after his death.
Includes schedules giving the lands involved in the jointures.
132 25 Jan. 1927
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1660
Receipt for the marriage settlement between Clodagh Leigh-White and
Geoffrey Shelswell from Glyn Mills & Co. to Ernest Ellis (Agent), with an
envelope.
3.2.2 Settlements of Associated Families
133 27 April 1770
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Marriage settlement made between Richard and Alice (née Marley, his wife)
Levinge, Caherstown, Co. Kildare, Mary Levinge (his daughter), and James
Cuff, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. Levinge is to settle £4,000 as a marriage jointure.
He charges this on lands (it may be the Dublin property below), with an
interest of £6 per every £100 annually, to be paid by the 27 th October next. He
also grants property in College Green, Anglesy Street, Nicholas Street, and
Backlane, Dublin, to Cuff, for 99 years, for the yearly rent of one peppercorn,
if demanded, ensuring rents of £500 annually. Richard has entered into a bond
with warrant of attorney for confessing judgements of £8,000 to ensure the
payment of £4,000. Names of individuals that lived in the Dublin property are
listed in the document. Levinge has full power to charge the Anglesey Estate
under the Will of Charles Annesley with any sum not more than £10,000.
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134 22 June 1849
Copy Settlement on the marriage of Francis Christopher Bland, Derryquin,
Co. Kerry, with Miss Jane Hamilton, South Terrace, City of Cork. James
Franklin Bland (Father) conveys to Richard Meade and Henry Stokes, in
consideration of 10 shillings, the towns and lands of the Barony of Dunkerron,
Co. Kerry, in trust to raise, by sale or mortgage, the debts owed, to the use of
Francis Christopher Bland of Parknasilla. He will receive £430 yearly, and if
Jane Hamilton should die before him, an extra £70 a year, payable half-yearly
on the 1 st June and the 1 st December. J.F. Bland confers powers of recovery of
98 years on Frederick Hyde and James Franklin Bland (the younger), in case
of arrears on payments from the lands to F.C. Bland. This money will be in
trust for the use of Robert Hamilton and James Dennis. If Jane Hamilton
should survive her husband, she will receive from the lands an annual rent of
£500 under conditions already mentioned. Jane Hamilton is entitled to £20,000
bequeathed to her from the Will of John [Cotton], [set in trust to Richard
Meade and Henry Stokes]. J. F. Bland has assigned £3,000 to the Trustees,
from the sale of the Greenane Estate to John Mahony. The Trustees shall have
possession and use of £7,000 three and a quarter per cent stock transferred to
their names by Archibald Robert Hamilton (father of Jane), in trust for Jane
Hamilton. Schedules listing debts on the lands are on pages 34 -35.
135 13 May 1852 – 3 March 1853
136 [nd]
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Negative search in the Registry Office on names only for [a marriage
settlement] of the Rev. Somers Payne affecting lands in the Barony of Bear
and Bantry. Inside there are columns laid out for the search, entitled “Year and
Day of Registering etc…, Name of the Instrument, Grantor, Grantee, Name
Description and Situation of the Premises,”and others.
Copy of the marriage articles of Richard Eyre and [Helena] Herbert, stating
that a proper agreement will be made at a later date. It is agreed that if the
marriage portion is not paid in full, then sales will be made of the lands
granted by Richard Hedges. There is a printers watermark in the paper.
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3.3 Trusts
3.3.1 White Family Trusts
137 30 March 1852
Copy Deed of Trust made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry in the first part,
the Lady Catherine Maunsell, the Reverend Richard Davies, and the Reverend
Somers Payne in the second part, and the Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell
Eyre, and Mark Anthony Saurin in the third part. Bantry assigns to Eyre and
Saurin the policy of Assurance (22 nd June 1850) from the Provident Life
Assurance Company of London for £7,000 and interest, in trust after the death
of Bantry, to use to pay any debts owed by him, namely the sums of £3,000,
£3,000 and £1,340. 10. 2, owed on judgements vested in Eyre and Saurin.
They are also to give any monies left after the debts to the heirs of the Earl of
Bantry. If the monies owed are paid off during Richard’s lifetime, then they
will re-assign the policy back to Richard. Also, Bantry assigns to Eyre and
Saurin the yearly annuity of £800 from lands in the Barony of Bantry (see
schedule), to be paid in half-yearly, in the 1 st May and the 1 st November, for
the life of Richard Earl of Bantry. He also agrees to pay £1,000 each to Lady
Maunsell, Richard Davies and Somers Payne. There are two copies; copy (1)
is signed only by Richard Earl of Bantry, and a memorial of it was entered into
the Register of Deeds on 29 th March 1853. Copy (2) is signed by all the
parties.
138 4 Nov. 1860
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Mss statement showing the Provisions for Lord Bantry’s Younger Children
from the Trust Funds in the Settlement of 1843.
139 5 May 1869
A list of the Trust Funds in Settlement and other funds charged on the Estate.
Also details of Lady Bantry’s Jointure by marriage settlement.
140 12 May 1921
Mss receipt from Mrs Margaret Marton (sister of Edward E. Leigh-White),
[Littlestown on Sea], Kent, for £500 paid to her by Arethusa Flora Leigh
White, part discharge of the £3,500 legacy under Edward E. Leigh White’s
will. Includes an envelope.
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4. Land Sales and Transfers
4.1 The Irish Land Commission (ILC)
141 20 Oct. 1896
see also
3660
Origination Notice of Application by David Watt (Tenant), Mullafernaghan,
Banbridge, Co. Down, to the Land Commission Court, to fix Fair Rent, on
land leased from Miss [Croker] and Mrs. Johnston Smyth.
142 21 Dec. 1903
Copy Order Fixing Fair Rent by the Court of Irish Land Commission for the
tenancy of Patrick John Barry from the Estate in Bantry of Mrs. Margaret
McDonald. Includes schedule attached to the Order giving details of the
holding. Stamped on the back of the Schedule is “10 Jan. 1931 ALFRED E
WALKER, SOLICITOR, 1 COLLEGE STREET, DUBLIN”.
143 26 June – 24 Nov. 1909
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Orders under the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, fixing a fair rent for holdings
leased by John Crowley (Keohane) and Jeremiah Sullivan from the Leigh-
White Estate.
144 9 Dec. 1909
2 items
Copy Record of the Order vesting the Estate of Samuel Newburgh Hutchins,
Richard Hutchins, and Alicia Maria Hutchins in the Barony of Bear, Co. Cork,
to the Irish Land Commission. The ILC agree to purchase the Estate for
£12,727. See schedule for the lands.
145 8 Nov. 1910
2pp
Statement from the Court of the Irish Land Commission informing Ernest
Ellis, Inch, Co. Wexford, that £303 Mature Guaranteed Land Stock was
transferred to his account, record no. 2483.
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146 1912
Copy Record of the Order vesting the Estate of Edward Sidney Herbert, in the
Barony of Bear, Co. Cork, to the Irish Land Commission. The ILC agree to
purchase the Estate for £5,371. See schedule for the lands.
147 8 Feb. 1912
Copy Record relating to the Estate of Henry Lavallin Puxley in the Barony of
Bear, Co. Cork. The Irish Land Commission agrees to purchase the Estate for
£18,406. The Estate is continued in the name of Henry Waller Lavallin
Puxley, a minor, by William Waller and George Crosby Halahan, the Trustees
under a settlement 2 nd Jan. 1885.
148 [post 1915]
Copy of the sworn affidavit of Ernest Francis Leslie Ellis (Agent) to the Court
of the Irish Land Commission. He testifies to the validity of the inheritance of
the Bantry and Berehaven Estates by Edward Egerton Leigh-White. Includes
two separate schedules of the lands mentioned in the Partition Deed (1 st May
1847) and the Settlement of 9 th July 1875, which have been sold to the
Congested Districts Board for Ireland.
149 [post 1920]
Copy of a petition sent to the Irish Land Commission from tenants of the
Leigh-White Estate, Glengarriff, asking for a contract to be undertaken to
repair the road between the Public road and Coomerkane Bridge. Mrs. Leigh-
White is willing to hand it over to the Land Commission enabling the County
Council to take it over on contract. Written on the back of it is “SEEN”.
150 22 April 1920 – 4 Dec. 1929
Documents from the Bantry Estate Office involving the purchase of land from
the Estate from various tenants through the Irish Land Commission. The
tenants filing objections to the process are John O’Callaghan, Townlots, and
George H. Costigan, Reenrour West. Includes receipts of Irish Land
Commission – Land Purchase Accounts and Separate Credits Account. Also
lists of tenants who have not paid Land Commission Interest, rents in the town
of Castletown Bere, and defaulters in the town of Bantry. 150 contd..
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151 21 May 1920 – 10 May 1921
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Demands for payment of Tithe Rent-Charges on Durrus and Kilmacomogue in
the Leigh-White Estate from the Irish Land Commission (Church
Temporalities Account). Includes receipts of payment of tithe rent charges
paid by Egerton E. Leigh-White to the Earl of Donoughmore for lands in
Kilmacomogue. Also receipt of payment by the trustees of the Bantry Estate
out of the rents of Clashduff of £4. 10. 0.
152 16 Jan. 1922
10 items
Copy Queries from the Estate Commissioners Office (Irish Land Commission)
on the Leigh-White Estate. Includes mss note re-purchase.
153 [10 March 1922]
2 items
Statements showing the Particulars of Interest in lieu of Rent Collectible by
the Irish Land Commission under the 1896 Land Act, from the Leigh-White
Estate, record no. 8105, from 1 st May – 1 st Nov. 1921. Details information
headings under – no.; Period From To; Purchase Money; Interest Paid Unpaid.
154 1 June 1922 – [10] March 1923
2 items
Accounts from the Leigh-White Estate Record No. EC 8105 in the Court of
the Irish Land Commission.
155 21 Oct. 1922
Statement showing the Particulars of Interest in Lieu of Rent collectable by the
Irish Land Commission from the Leigh-White Estate Record No. EC 8105.
156 22 March 1923
Notification from the Irish Land Commission of the purchase price of the
Leigh-White Estate that has been “placed to the credit of the above Estate”.
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157 12 July 1923 – 4 June 1927
Copy Paying Orders from the Irish Land Commission relating to the Leigh-
White Estate. Includes receipts for the Separate Credit Accounts; the Land
Purchase Account; Income Tax; and the Property Losses Compensation Vote.
158 2 Aug. 1923
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The account declared by the Estate of Edward E. Leigh-White (Vendor of
Land), Bantry, to the Court of the Irish Land Commission from May 1922 –
July 1923, giving Debit and Credit details. They are record numbers EC 8105
and BDB 10120. Includes typed copy BDB 10120.
159 13 Sept. 1923
Photocopied Memorandum from John T. Drennan (Irish Land Commission,
Estates Commissioners Vesting Department) to Messrs Fred Sutton & Co.
(Solicitors), Dublin. It informs them that the Estate Commissioners have
placed the purchase price of the certain stock of the Leigh-White Estate in
credit into the Bank of Ireland. Includes badly damaged original.
160 20 Oct. 1923
See also
Section B.8.1, 162
Schedule of rentals of the Estate of the Reps. of Col. Francis Lambkin. Details
headings under – No.; TENANT’S NAME; POSTAL ADDRESS;
TOWNLAND; Nature of Tenure; Annual Rent; Gale-days; HALF-YEARLY
RENTS DUE ON; Payments made by Tenant after the Second Gale-day of
1920; Balance due, FOR USE IN LAND COMMISSION OFFICE ONLY.
161 17 Dec. 1923
Statement of Particulars of Compounded Arrears of Rent collectable by the
Irish Land Commission under Section 19 of the Irish Land Act 1923, with the
Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate. It is the Estate Collection No. W 576.
Details information under headings – No.; Tenant; Townland; Gale Days;
Annual Rent; Balance of rent due (Col 16 of Form No. 1); Compounded
arrears of rent 1 st Payment – Paid Unpaid, 2 nd Payment; 3 rd Payment.
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162 20 Dec. 1923
see also
160
Photocopied statement of Particulars of Compounded Arrears of Rent
collectable by the Irish Land Commission under the section 19 of the Irish
Land Act 1923, from the Estate of Charles [E.] Lambkin, deceased, on the
Leigh-White Estate. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Tenant;
Townland; Gale Days; On Account Rent; Balance of Rent Due; First Payment
Paid Unpaid; 2 nd Payment; 3 rd Payment. Includes receipts from the Land
Purchase Account of the Land Commission to Ellis covering the cost of
collection of Compound Arrears, and payment of said arrears.
163 24 Dec. 1923
See also
Section B.8.1
Photocopied mss statement of Particulars of Compounded Arrears of Rent
collectable by the Irish Land Commission under the section 19 of the Irish
Land Act 1923, from the Estate of the Reps. John Barrett, deceased, on the
Leigh-White Estate. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Tenant;
Townland; Gale Days; On Account Rent; Balance of Rent Due; First Payment
Paid Unpaid; 2 nd Payment; 3 rd Payment. Includes four copy receipts to Ellis
covering the cost of collection of Compound Arrears.
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7 items
164 [c.1923]
See also
Section B.8.1
Copy Schedule of the Estate of Mrs. Margaret MacDonald (Mrs. E. [Browne])
located at Bantry, part of the Leigh-White Estate, for the Irish Land
Commission under the Irish Land Act, 1923. Details headings under – No.;
TENANT’S NAME; POSTAL ADDRESS; TOWNLAND; Nature of Tenure;
Annual Rent; Gale-days; HALF-YEARLY RENTS DUE ON; Total;
Payments made by Tenant after the Second Gale Day of 1920; Balance due;
FOR USE IN LAND COMMISSION OFFICE ONLY.
165 [1923]
Irish Land Commission Draft Schedules of Particles of Tenanted Holdings-
Judicial Rents Fixed after 15 th Aug. 1911 in the Leigh-White Estate for
Ardyhoolihane, Dromleigh North and Dromacoosane, under the Irish Land
Act, 1923. Includes names of tenants, postal address of tenant, Barony and
Townland, Reference Number of Holding on Map (not included), area,
Rateable value of Holding, Judical Rents, Purchase Money, Particulars of Rent
(if any) affecting the Holding, ect., mentions Gale Days on Estate. Written in
pencil on the back is “2 originals + copy sent Mr. Ellis [15] Jan. [1926].
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166 [1923]
Irish Land Commission Draft Schedules of Particles of Tenanted Holdings-
Judicial Rents Fixed after 15 th Aug. 1911 in the Leigh-White Estate for
Carriganass, under the Irish Land Act, 1923. Includes names of tenants, postal
address of tenant, Barony and Townland, Reference Number of Holding on
Map (not included), area, Rateable value of Holding, Judical Rents, Purchase
Money, Particulars of Rent (if any) affecting the Holding, ect., mentions Gale
Days on Estate.
167 22 Jan. 1924
See also
Section B.8.1
Copy Schedule of the Estate of Col. and Mrs. J. F. Supple, from the Leigh-
White Estate, for the Irish Land Commission under the Land Act, 1923.
Details headings under – No.; TENANT’S NAME; POSTAL ADDRESS;
TOWNLAND; Nature of Tenure; Annual Rent; Gale-days; HALF-YEARLY
RENTS DUE ON; Total; Payments made by Tenant after the Second Gale
Day of 1920; Balance due; FOR USE IN LAND COMMISSION OFFICE
ONLY. Its reference number for the Commission is S680. Includes statements
of particulars of Compounded Arrears of Rent collectable by the Irish Land
Commission. Details information under headings – No.; Tenant; Townland;
Gale Days; Annual Rent; Balance of rent due; Compounded arrears 1 st
Payment; 2 nd Payment; 3 rd Payment. Also receipts to Ellis, one of which is to
cover the costs of collecting compound arrears of the Supple Estate.
168 18 Feb. – 17 June 1924
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Allocation Schedule, record no. 8105, by the Court of the Irish Land
Commission, under the Land Purchase Acts, for the Estate of Edward E.
Leigh-White. Includes receipt of payment of £74. 3. 1 by the Irish Land
Commission Separate Credits Account. Notes have been made on the margins
of each document.
169 9 July 1924 – 9 Jan. 1928
2 items
Mss record of payments made by the [Irish Land Commission] to the Estate of
Edward E. Leigh-White, No.s 2 and 3, Record numbers EC 8105 and CDB
10120.
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170 16 – 18 July 1924
Statements of Particulars of Interest in Lieu of Rent collectible by the Irish
Land Commission from the Leigh-White Estate, Bantry, record number EC
8105. Lists details under headings – No.; Tenant; Townland; Period From; To;
Purchase Money; Interest Paid unpaid. Includes one copy statement of
particulars.
171 14 Jan. 1925 – 3 June 1926
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Receipts from the Irish Land Commission showing the interest paid in British
and Saorstát Éireann taxes on stock dividends from the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes receipts of payment of gross interest on 5% war loan by the Irish
Land Commission to the Leigh-White estate, record numbers EC 3263 and
8105.
172 15 Oct. 1925 – 7 Jan. 1928
4 items
Receipts sent to Ernest Ellis (Agent) on behalf of the Trustees of the Leigh-
White Estate, from the Irish Land Commission – Land Purchase Account.
173 18 – 28 Jan. 1929
10 items
Typed letters from Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, Bantry House, Bantry, relating to the details of the Agreement between
the Estate and the Irish Land Commission to widen a road in the townlands of
Coorannel and Derrynafulla.
174 6 June 1940 – 28 Feb. 1941
5 items
Certificates from the Commission of Valuation, General Valuation Office,
Dublin. Details headings under – Reference to Map; Names – Occupiers and
Immediate Lessors; Description of Tenement; Area; Rateable Annual
Valuation – Land, Buildings, Railways, Fisheries, Tolls, Half Rents;
Observations.
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175 11 Feb. 1941
176 [nd]
Brief relating to the Irish Land Commission Court Allocation Schedule on the
Estate of Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Record No. S.2872. It affects the
proceeds of lands vested 1 st May 1931, Ardyhoolihane, Dromaccosane,
Dromleigh North, and Carriganoss.
Consent of Michael Donovan for proceedings in the court of the Irish Land
Commission, to purchase his holding from the Leigh-White Estate (c.1922).
4.2 Castletownberehaven
177 12 Aug. 1931
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Typed copy letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent), to Messrs F. Fitzmaurice & Co.
(Solicitors), Dunmanway, informing him that the premises held under lease by
Puxley at Castletown Bere was not included in the sale to The Congested
Districts Board.
178 7 Feb. 1934 – 6 Nov. 1937
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, the Shelswell-White’s,
and M. T. Hanley (representative of the Tenants in Castletownbere), on the
purchase by the Castletown tenants of their holdings from the Estate, including
negotiations for special concessions in the purchase price.
179 [29 Sept. 1934] – 24 Oct. 1942
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Box file containing correspondence re-sale of property to tenants of
Castletownbere. They wanted a general purchase of the ground rents and a
temporary reduction of 33.3 % in rents. Includes draft rental for the Town of
Castletown Bere, year ending 29 th September, 1934, and a typed list of
leaseholders on the Castletownbere Division of the Estate. Michael T. Hanley
(Chairman of the Tenants Committee), Castletown is the main representative.
Also correspondence on rental arrears by Daniel Murphy, West End, and D.
O’Neill, Main Street, both of Castletownbere.
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180 24 Sept. – 15 Oct. 1936
Notebook containing the Particulars and Terms of Sale of Holdings in
Castletownberehaven by the Bantry Estate to its tenants. The entries for each
tenant is – Name; Yearly Rent; Tenure; Solicitor; and Observations/Notes.
Written on the inside of the front cover is a list of the terms of sale “Rents of
£5 and Under…….16 Years purchase” and an explanatory note by Ernest Ellis
(Agent) on the purchase of multiple holdings held by one tenant.
181 20 May – 11 Dec. 1940
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Copy documents relating to a survey of Castletownbere, by James V.
McGrane (Architect), Dublin, of the Estate of Clodagh Shelswell-White.
Includes a schedule and remarks accompanying draft maps (not included);
queries; list of leaseholds, as received from Cooke (Steward), and leases
cancelled or premises sold.
7 items
182 15 Aug. 1942 – 19 April 1945
Original Proposals to purchase premises in Castletown Berehaven by Dr.
William Power (MD), James Harrington (Blacksmith), Mrs. Hannah Hanley,
Mrs. Mary K. Breen (Vintner), Mrs. Kathleen Murphy, Mrs. Mary E. Murphy
(Merchant), Mrs. Bridget O’Sullivan (Vintner), Mrs. Mary C. Molyneux, Mrs.
Josephine Harrington, James Hanley (Merchant), Cornelius B. Sullivan
(Motor Engineer), John O’Neill (Bank Official), Limerick with map 50.688
inches to 1 mile, Joseph Moriarty (Merchant), Dr. P.V.T.Murphy (Medical
Doctor), Miss Teresa Harrington, Michael M. Sullivan (Merchant), Catherine
O’Donoghue, Cornelius O’Neill (Farmer), Mrs. Agnes T. McGrath, Mrs.
Maude Bridget Harrington, Peter C. Murphy (Garage Proprietor), Mrs. Kate
Murphy, Helena O’Sullivan (Music Teacher), Mrs. Mary E. Murphy, Timothy
C. Keely (Merchant), Timothy Murphy (Merchant), Cornelius J Keely
(Merchant), Catherine Hanley, Sheila O’Donovan. (latter two share same
map), Timothy Wiseman (Draper), Donal Harrington (Merchant), and Denis
F. McCarthy (Merchant), which has a note attached re-boundary issue with
Thomas P. McCarthy. Includes maps of area, with premises highlighted, scale
88ft.:1" by James V. McGrane.
183 19 Sept. 1947 – 3 June 1954
3 files
Correspondence file on the purchase of the fee simple of a holding in
Castletownbere (folio C.98) by Mrs. James O’Sullivan, West End,
Castletownbere, from the Bantry Estate. A letter dated 11 th Oct. 1947 has on
its reverse part of the Agreement respecting family Passage Grants to the
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Colonies applied by Geoffrey Shelswell-White for his passage to Zanzibar in
1936.
184 13 Nov. 1947 – 22 July 1955
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Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the Convent of Mercy holdings
at Castletownbere by the St. Brendan’s Trust, Diocesan of Kerry, from the
Bantry Estate. Includes maps showing the various holdings; and draft
conveyance and draft indemnity. File marked ‘14’.
185 24 Dec. 1947 – 27 Nov. 1950
48 items
Correspondence file relating to the sale of two holdings (folios 52 & 79) in
Castletownbere to Thomas F. McCarthy, Cametringane, Castletownbere, held
by him under lease from the Bantry Estate. He later died before the sale, and
the correspondence continues with his widow Mary Kelly McCarthy. The file
is marked ‘4’.
186 4 Jan. 1948 – 23 June 1953
56 items
Correspondence file relating to development and eventual sale of the petrol
pump site at Castletownbere Square leased to Mrs. Kate O’Donoghue, Corner
House, Castletownbere, from the Bantry Estate. Includes a map of the
premises with a scale of 16 feet to one inch; and a draft conveyance between
the Trustees of the Bantry Estate and Kate O’Donoghue for the site. File is
marked ‘6’.
187 5 Aug. 1948 – 22 Nov. 1949
63 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the Estate Office premises at
Castletownbere, by Ms. Nora O’Sheehan, Droum, Castletownbere, from the
Bantry Estate. Includes copy conveyance with a map (scale of 1/352). File
marked ‘5’.
20 items
188 5 June 1952 – 19 July 1958
see also
285
Correspondence file relating to the sale of the fee simple of a premises in
Castletownbere (folio C.170) to Patrick Murphy, Glengarriff, by the
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Shelswell-White Estate. Includes draft conveyance and rough map (scale of
88ft.:1 inch). File marked ‘22’.
189 25 Feb. 1955 – 15 June 1956
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Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the fee simple of holdings
(folios C.104 and C.169) in Castletownbere by Misses Adela Mary Aurelia
Harrison and Laura Mary Harrison, formally leased by them, from the
Shelswell-White Estate. Includes an approved Conveyance between the parties
for the property. File marked ‘15’.
190 [13 April 1956] – 5 Feb. 1959
38 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of McCarthy’s General Supply
Stores (folio C.132), Castletownbere, by An Bord Iascaigh Mhara from the
Bantry Estate. Includes draft conveyance.
191 17 Oct. 1957 – 13 June 1958
53 items
Correspondence file on the purchase of premises at East End, Castletownbere
(folio C.65), by James Downing from the Shelswell-White Estate.
4.3 Glengarriff Forestry
37 items
192 3 July 1934 – 30 Aug. 1939
See also
193, 194
Correspondence file involving the lease, and eventual sale, of part of
Glengarriff Woods, by the Shelswell-White Estate to the Forestry Department.
It is agreed to sell 594 acres for £1350, and lease the shooting and fishing
rights separately to the Shelswell-Whites. Details of repairs to Bantry House,
Glengarriff Lodge and the Steward’s House are given (16 th Aug., 22 nd Sept.
1936, 15 th June 1938 this letter mentions the ESB wanting to lease a hut inside
the Main Lodge Gate, 21 st Jan. 1939). There was a delay in the drafting of a
conveyance, and the sale fell through. Estate business is discussed in a letter
from the Estate Office, Bantry to Ellis, including Estate Overdraft, the repairs
to the Steward’s House, the forestry, Castletown, the sale to Rev. J Warren,
the release of £500 for repair to the roof of Bantry House, Death duties
outstanding, and the employment of men at Bantry. Includes an attested copy
of the affidavit of Robert Hedges Eyre White, Glengarriff Castle, on his
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recollection of the Glengarriff Estate, previous sales and a description of a
map and highlighted areas (filed on 24 th November 1898).
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193 22 March 1935
see also
192, 194
Cloth map of part of the lands of Glengarriff involved in a sale with the
Forestry Department. It shows the amended parts to be sold. The coloured
boundaries and outlined areas have faded, but it still highlights which areas are
accepted and which are to be kept by the Estate.
32.2cm x 42.1cm
194 21 Oct. 1935
see also
192, 193
OS map with part of the Glengarriff Lands owned by the Shelswell White
Estate involved in a sale with the Forestry Department with a red boundary.
Glengarriff River and its tributaries are highlighted in blue. Various
boundaries have been traced out and lettered, with “ROW” written along
them.
195 24 Oct. 1935 – 25 May 1939
60.9cm x 55.6cm
Correspondence file on the sale of part of the Glengarriff Estate to the
Ministry of Lands for forestry purposes.
196 18 Aug. 1936
71 items
Typed [copy] of a letter from J. A. Finlay, Department of Lands (Forestry
Division), to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, concerning the sale of lands in
Glengarriff from the Estate of Clodagh Shelswell-White to the Department.
Finlay explains the particulars of the sale as laid down in the agreed map (not
included). Drawn in pencil on the back of the letter is a rough map of Dalkey
Avenue and Saville Park Road in Dalkey, Co. Dublin.
197 1947 – 1952
Miscellaneous notes relating to the sale of Glengarriff. Includes list of rentals
over five years from [Glengarriff], assessing its land value. Details are given
of the Bog & Small rents; Fishing; Shooting; Sale of Gravel Ferns & Rushes
and Stone; Sale of Standing Hay and Grazing; Miscellaneous.
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198 19 Dec. 1950 – 11 Jan. 1957
see also
203
Correspondence files on the sale negotiations of part of the Glengarriff
Demesne (942 ½ acres) to the Department of Lands (Forestry Division) for
£8,240. 0. 11. The question of fencing the property boundaries became an
issue in late 1955-1956. Notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White in [1951]
are written on the back of an income tax assessment form from 1951 for
Clodagh Shelswell-White.
199 18 May 1953
2 files
Case for Counsel Garrett E. Gill, to advise the Shelswell-White Estate on the
sale of the Glengarriff Demesne to the Department of Lands. The sale is
divided into two parts, the lands and the timber. Counsel gives his opinion on
the matters arising; can the Trustees pay the Purchase money of the timber to
Mrs. Shelswell-White for her own use; if yes, are there any special precautions
to be taken in connection with the completion of the two sales; is the claim for
Estate Duty in any way avoided by the method of sale. Counsel gives his
answers to the case.
200 22 Jan. 1954
[Notes taken by Geoffrey Shelswell-White during negotiations with the
Forestry Department on the sale of the Glengarriff Demesne]. Includes two
map tracings of the area negotiated, one rough map showing acreage, the other
well drawn. The latter is of part of the Glengarriff Demesne, with a scale of
208.33 feet to 1 inch. Boundaries are marked and lettered, and explained in the
key symbol box.
201 20 Feb. 1954
3pp
8 items
OS map of the Glengarriff Demesne agreed upon memo from the Department
during negotiations for the sale of the lands to the Department for Lands.
202 [20] – 23 Feb. 1954
108cm x 155.5cm
Case for Counsel Garrett E. Gill to settle agreement for sale of the Glengarriff
Demesne for the Shelswell-White Estate.
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203 23 March 1954
see also
198
Cartographic sketch on tracing paper of part of Glengarriff, Skehil and
Dromdour with two areas outlined in orange, one of them is Rabbit Lookout.
This tracing was enclosed with the Department’s letter of the 29 th March 1954
to Suttons. The tracing is copied from [OS] Sheet XC 15, and has a scale of
25.344 inches to One Statute Mile.
204 8 – 12 Nov. 1955
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57.5cm x 61.4cm
Typed copy of the speech delivered by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on the
handing over of the Glengarriff Demesne to the Minister of Lands. Includes
newspaper cuttings on the occasion from The Cork Examiner and the Southern
Star. Also a b/w photograph (8.7cm x 11cm) of the handing-over ceremony.
205 15 Jan. 1960
6 items
Copy of part of “The London Times” newspaper. It was used as a cover for the
correspondence file relating to the sale of part of Glengarriff Woods to the
Forestry Department in the 1930s (BL/E/B/192).
4.4 Gulf Oil Terminals (Ireland) Limited
206 25 July 1966
Requisitions on Title from the Bantry Estates Company to Gulf Oil Terminals
(Ireland) Limited.
207 9 Aug. 1966
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Rejoinders to Vendors’ Replies in the [conveyance of Whiddy Island] by
Bantry Estates Company to Gulf Oil Terminals (Ireland) Limited.
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208 19 – 24 Oct. 1966
Letter from Arthur Cox & Co. (Solicitors), 42 and 43 Stephen’s Green, Dublin
2, to Messrs. Fred Sutton & Co. (Estate Solicitors), enclosing a photocopy of
the consent given by the Land Commission to continue with the sale of a
portion of the foreshore at Whiddy Island by the Bantry Estates Company
(BEC) to Gulf Oil Terminals (Ireland) Limited. Cox will to go ahead with the
purchase, acknowledging that the BEC has no power to convey the portion of
the foreshore opposite the Western Redoubt. Includes a cloth map of Whiddy
Island with the relevant areas marked, reproduced from the Ordnance Survey,
with a scale of [1000 feet to 1 inch].
4.5 Eastwall Road, Church Road, Dublin
209 9 –17 May 1859
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Conveyance of several lots on the North Strand, Dublin (numbered 59, 88, 87,
85 and 103 on the map) by Mountifort Longfield (Judge of the Landed Estates
Court), to Philip Brady (Grocer), Talbot Street, Dublin, for £310. Longfield
grants to Brady lot 86 on the North Strand forever at the yearly rent of one
peppercorn. The map referred to was drawn by Brassingtons & Gate in 1859,
showing the lots conveyed numbered and coloured in pink. It shows them in
relation of Dublin and Drogheda Railway, East Wall and Church Road. It has
a scale of 16 perches to 1 inch statute measure. Includes copy of conveyance.
210 30 June 1859
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Fee Farm Grant made by Robert Collins, Ardsallagh, Co. Meath, and [Eacy]
Kennedy, Belgard, Co. Dublin, to Philip Brady (Grocer), Talbot Street,
Dublin. It is for the several lots that have been conveyed to Brady
(BL/E/B/209) on the North Strand, Dublin, forever. The yearly fee farm rent
of £19. 4. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Brady agrees to serve in the courts for the Lordship of Saint Mary’s Abbey.
Includes map with the property coloured in pink and numbered with a scale 16
perches to 1 inch. It shows Dublin Bay, the Dublin & Drogheda Railway, East
Wall, Church Road, and Fort Crystal Glass Works in Ruins. The grant has
been underlined and checked. Also typed copy with map.
211 7 Oct. 1870 – 23 Feb. 1894
3 items
Copy Deed of Rent Charge made between Philip Brady, and James Brady (son
of Philip), both of Fingal Terrace, Co. Dublin. Philip grants to James, for his
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life, one yearly rent charge of £50 out of the plot of ground on the North
Strand marked 111, containing 5 acres statute measure. It is leased by Philip
Brady to John Meighan in 1870 for 999 years for a yearly rent of £50. Includes
copy release made between James F. Brady and Terence Brady, in which
James Brady grants the lot 111 of the North Strand, forever, freed from the
yearly rent charge of £50 and all arrears. The site is intended to be used as a
schoolhouse.
212 28 June 1876
Agreement made between Philip Brady, Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Co.
Dublin, and the Rev. John P. Brady (Catholic Curate, son of Philip), Arran
Quay, City of Dublin. Philip assigns to the Reverend for his life, a yearly
annuity of £50, charged out of premises on the North Strand, part of an acre
lot called numbers 103, 111, 130 and 131. Includes Release made on the 18 th
Feb. 1894 by Rev. John P. Brady and Terence Brady, [Idrone] Terrace,
Blackrock, Co. Dublin. Rev. Brady releases lot number 111 from the yearly
rent charge of £50, in order for Terence Brady to lease it as a site for a national
school.
213 24 Oct. 1876 – 4 July 1947
Copy Lease made between Philip Brady, Kenilworth Square, Rathgar, Co.
Dublin, and John Meighan (Builder), Hawthorn Terrace, North Lots, City of
Dublin. Refers to a plot of ground at the south-eastern side of Church Road,
Dublin city, containing 10a 1r 37.5p. It is for a term of 999 years from the 29 th
September 1875, at a yearly rent of £262. 2. 2, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. The ground was lately in the occupation of
James Higgins and William Meagher. Includes a plan of the ground leased,
with a scale of 100 feet to 1 [inch].
214 29 May 1880 – 24 June 1936
Lease made between Philip Brady, Kenilworth Square, Co. Dublin, and James
Martin (Merchant), Northumberland Saw Mills, Lower Abbey Street, City of
Dublin. Refers to the piece of ground on the North Strand containing 5a 0r
17p, lot 103, coloured pink on the map, for a term of 900 years from the 1 st
May 1880, excepting the last six months. He agrees to pay the yearly rent of
£112. 6. 9, half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November. The attached map
referred to has a scale of 200 feet to 1 inch. Includes a deed reducing the rent
to £67. 7. 0 made by Dublin Corporation.
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215 29 May 1880 – 24 June 1936
Lease made between Philip Brady, Kenilworth Square, Co. Dublin, and James
Martin (Merchant), Northumberland Saw Mills, Lower Abbey Street, City of
Dublin. Refers to the piece of ground on the North Strand containing 5a 2r 2p,
lots 87 & 88, coloured green on the map, for a term of 900 years from the 1 st
May 1880, excepting the last six months. He agrees to pay the yearly rent of
£121. 7. 0, half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November. The attached map
referred to has a scale of 200 feet to 1 inch. Includes a deed reducing the rent
to £67. 7. 0 made by Dublin Corporation.
216 28 Jan. 1885 – 12 Jan. 1947
Copy Probate of the last Will and Testament of Philip Brady, late of 86
Rathgar Road, Co. Dublin. He appointed Terence Thomas Brady (Philip’s
son), 22 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, Co. Dublin as his sole Executor. He
bequeaths various amounts to his family, servants, the Church and various
charities. Includes a copy.
217 5 Oct. 1893
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Copy Discharge and Receipt of Purchase made by the Dublin Port and Docks
Board to Terence Brady, 22 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, in consideration of
£37. 7. 6 paid by Brady. It is for the annual sum of £2. 6. 2 and fees payable
out of Acre Lot No. 111 on the North Strand.
218 31 March 1894 – 19 Nov. 1903
2 items
Copy Probate of the last Will and Testament of Terence Thomas Brady, late of
22 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, Co. Dublin. He appointed Maria Teresa Brady
(Widow), 22 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, and Mary Bligh (Wife of Dr.
Alexander Bligh), 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, as his Executrixes. He left an
annuity of £350 to his wife, Maria Teresa Brady, out of his estate. Includes
two copies.
219 29 July 1901
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Copy Lease made between Terence Brady, 22 Idone, Blackrock, Co. Dublin,
and the Merchants Warehousing Company Limited, 11 Burgh Quay, city of
Dublin. It is part of the North Strand acre Lot No. 111, for 999 years from the
date hereof, at the yearly rent of £40, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and
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the 1 st November. Brady will produce good title for the premises in Fee simple
in possession free from incumbrances except an annuity of £50 payable to
James Brady for life. Includes a map of Lot No. 111, coloured in orange,
showing its boundaries, with a scale of 100 feet to 1 inch.
220 25 July 1907
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Copy Conveyance made between Mrs. Maria Theresa Brady (Widow of
Terence Brady), 22 Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and Mary Bligh
(Wife of Dr. Alexander Bligh), 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, England, both
Executrixes of the Will of the late Terence Brady, the Rev. John P. Brady, St.
Peters, Phibsborough, Co. Dublin, in the second part, and the Merchants
Warehousing Company Limited, 11 Burgh Quay, Dublin, in the third part. In
consideration of £750, paid to the Executrixes, they convey to the Merchants
Company the acre Lot No. 111 on the North Strand, forever. The yearly rent is
one peppercorn if demanded payable to the Successor of the Lord Mayor
Sheriffs Commons and Citizens of Dublin, but free from the annuity of £50
payable to Rev. John T. Brady.
221 7 Sept. 1910
Mortgage made between Maria Teresa Brady (Widow), 22 Idrone Terrace,
Blackrock, Co Dublin, and Maria Bligh, 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, the
Mortgagors, in the first part, Mary Bligh, Elizabeth M. Bligh and Agnes M.
Bligh, all of Shaw Street, Liverpool, in the second part, and Robert William
Collis (Medical Doctor), Belgrave House, Sandown, Isle of Wight, the Rev.
Maurice Henry Fitzgerald Collis, the Vicarage, Antrim, and William Stewart
Collis (Solicitor), 13 Clare Street, City of Dublin, the Mortgagees, in the
fourth part. The Mortgagors in consideration of £420 advanced by the
Mortgagees to the Mortgagors, promise to pay the amount out of the
Residuary Estate of the late Terence Brady by the 7 th March next. They put up
the premises at the North Strand and other securities laid out in the Schedules
attached to secure the mortgage.
222 6 Nov. 1909
Apportionment made by Mrs. Mary Bligh, 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, to John
P. Bligh, Agnes M. Bligh, Elizabeth M. Bligh and Eileen M. Bligh, all of
Shaw Street, Liverpool, of the premises on the North Strand, mortgages and
Annuities laid out on the schedule bequeathed under the will of the late
Terence T Brady. Includes copy.
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223 29 June 1912
Copy Settlement of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Griffiths (Wife of Robert Giffiths), 8
Harthill Avenue, Allerton, Liverpool, to John Philip Bligh (MD) and Eileen
Mary Bligh (Trustees of the Will of Terence Thomas Brady), both of
Liverpool. Griffiths assigns unto the Trustees one undivided fourth part of the
premises in Dublin (see schedule), in trust for her for her life. Includes copy.
224 25 Oct. 1920 – 1 April 1948
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Copy Mortgage made between Mary Bligh, 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, in the
first part, Eileen Mary Bligh, 59 Shaw Street, Liverpool, in the second part,
John Philip Bligh (MD), 14 Rodney Street, Liverpool, in the third part, and
William Stewart Collis (Solicitor), 13 Clare Street, Dublin, in the fourth part.
In consideration of £150 given by Collis to Eileen Mary Bligh and Philip John
Bligh, they assign their undivided fourth parts of the premises in Dublin City
and all other residuary Estate of Terence Thomas Brady (see Schedule
attached). Mary Bligh assigns her life Estate in the premises mortgaged in
order to secure the £150, and previous loans of £200 and £100.
225 24 Oct. 1926
Copy of the Bantry Estates Resettlement of 1926.
226 8 March 1934
Copy Reconveyance of Mortgage made by William Stewart Collis (Solicitor),
13 Clare Street, Dublin and Samuel Broomhead Ernest Ward (retired
Solicitor), now of The Oaks, Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to John
Philip Murray Bligh (MD), 74 Rodney Street, Liverpool. In consideration of
payments of £50 and £75 by Bligh to Stewart and Ward, they release Bligh’s
undivided one fourth share of the premises in Dublin City (see schedule) as
charged under mortgages made on the 16 th Feb. 1920 and the 25 th Oct. 1920.
Collis and Ward transfer and assign to Collis and George Wellesley Beaumont
the remaining sums of £50 and £75 due on the security of the Mortgages of
Feb. and Oct. 1920.
227 22 April 1936
Conveyance of premises on Church Road, St. Mary’s Road and Tolka Avenue
East Wall (see attached plan) under the North Lotts and Distillery Areas
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Compulsory Purchase Order 1935, to Dublin Corporation by the trustees of the
Estate of Terence T. Brady and its Mortgagees, for £2,867. 1. 0. Includes plan
of premises, from the Engineer’s Office from the Corporation of Dublin, with
a scale of 88 feet to 1 inch, and two copies.
228 21 May 1936
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Reconveyance of a £420 Mortgage by the Rev. Maurice Henry Fitzgerald
Collis, the Vicarage, Antrim, and William Stewart Collis (Solicitor), 13 Clare
Street, Dublin, to John Philip Murray Bligh (MD), Eileen Mary Bligh, and
Agnes Mary Bligh. They have repaid in full the mortgage held on the property
in Dublin city (see schedule).
229 21 May 1936
Reconveyance of a £300 Mortgage by the Rev. Maurice Henry Fitzgerald
Collis, the Vicarage, Antrim, to John Philip Murray Bligh (MD), Eileen Mary
Bligh, and Agnes Mary Bligh. They have repaid in full the mortgage held on
the property in Dublin city (see schedule).
230 14 July 1947
Particulars, Tenures and Conditions of Sale of property in East Wall, St.
Mary’s Road, Church Road, Glencullen Terrace, East Road, and Talbot Street,
to be sold by Public Auction in 10 lots by Messrs. Allen & Townsend. Sutton
& Co (Solicitors) bought lots 2, 4, and 5 for the Shelswell-White Estate.
231 28 Feb. 1948
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Conveyance of premises at St. Mary’s Road, off Church Road, East Wall,
Dublin city (Lot No. 2) by the Brady Estate (John Philip Bligh, Elizabeth M.
Griffiths, Agnes M. Bligh, and Eileen M. Bligh) to the Shelswell-White Estate
(the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and the Bank of Ireland
Nominees Limited), for £2,200. Within the document the following is
underlined “…have with the consent (hereby testified) of the said Clodagh
Elizabeth Maude Shelswell-White as tenant for life…”
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232 22 Sept. 1948
Negative Searches of Title on premises on the North Strand, Talbot Street, St.
Mary’s Road, the East Wall, Dublin between 1888 – 1948. Includes two
copies.
233 14 March 1962
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Agreement of Sale of East Road and Ease Wall property in Dublin city for
£5,750 by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, to William Cusack.
Includes one draft.
234 28 March 1962
235 1962
236 [nd]
3 items
Requisitions of Title to the premises situate at East Road and [West] Wall
Road, Dublin by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White to William Cusack.
Draft Conveyance of premises on the East Wall and East Road by Clodagh E.
M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and the Governor and Company of the
Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited (the Trustees), to
William Cusack, 6 Seafield Road, West Clontarf, City of Dublin, in pursuance
of the agreement and sale price of £5,750.
Abstracts of Title to Lots 2, 4, and 5 of John Philip Murray Bligh, Elizabeth
Mary Griffiths, Agnes Mary Bligh and Eileen Mary Bligh.
4.6 6/7 South William Street, Dublin
237 5 Feb. 1968
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Copy of the Valuation Report for the Bantry Estate Company on Nos. 6/7
South William Street, Dublin 2, by James Adam & Sons (Rent Receivers,
House & Estate Agents, Licensed Appraisers & Auctioneers), 17, Merrion
Row, Dublin.
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238 7 Aug. 1970 – 12 Nov. 1981
Schedule of Deeds from Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), 52 Dame Street, Dublin,
marked 69710. Includes two leases made between the Bantry Estates
Company, Gardner House, Ballsbridge, Dublin, in the one part, and Young &
Anderson (Dublin) Limited, Dudley Newmark, both of 6/7 South William
Street, Dublin, and the Reliable Cap Company Limited, 3 Herbert Street,
Dublin. The leases are for the premises of 6/7 South William Street, for a term
of 21 years from the 1 st Oct. 1970, at a yearly rent of £1,000, equal quarterly
payments of £250, on the 1 st Jan., 1 st April, 1 st July, and 1 st October. Includes a
Valuer’s Report on the property 6/7 South William Street, Dublin, by Donald
H. Finlay, 40 South Mall, Cork. Also correspondence from various solicitors,
Sutton & Co., Hugh J O’Hagan Ward & Co., and T P Robinson & Co., on
deeds needed for the completion of the sale of premises at 6/7 South William
Street, Dublin.
4.7 Dunnamark, Bantry
239 1813 – 1840
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Copy Correspondence from Lord Kenmare, Christopher Gallway, and Michael
Murphy on the lease held by Murphy from Lord Kenmare involving the lands
of Donnemark, Bantry.
240 24 Nov. 1949 – 30 March 1950
10pp
Copy of the Purchaser’s Requisitions on Title of Doig to Leigh-White relating
to Dunnamark, Bantry. Includes Irish Land Commission receipt for £726, paid
by Col. Claude Prendergast Doig, for Dunnamark.
241 20 April 1950 – 6 Sept. 1960
2 items
Bankbook for the [Dunnamark] ‘Farm Account’ with the Provincial Bank of
Ireland Limited, Bantry, held by Clodagh Shelswell-White and Rachel Leigh-
White. Includes a Workmen’s Compensation Policy (W9639435) taken out
with the Alliance Assurance Company, Limited, by Arethusa Leigh-White and
Commander W. J. Hoskyns, for Dunnamark Farm.
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242 3 March 1953 – 2 June 1960
File entitled “MRS. LEIGH-WHITE” containing documents relating to the
possible sale of Dunnamark House – the advertisement in various papers and
inquiring letters. Includes documents relating to the sale of building sites at
Dunnamark. Also copies of reports on Bantry House and the repairs needed
produced by Charles J. Dunlop, Ely Place, Dublin, dated 27 th April, 1935; and
copies of the payments made to John O’Shea (Builder) for repairs to the roofs
at the North and South blocks of Bantry House from 1935-1937.
243 9 March 1954 – 5 Aug. 1961
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Administration file from the Dunnamark Farm Account which has
correspondence on the payment of Income Tax and Schedules before and after
the death of Arethusa Leigh-White, accounts, and receipts from local
businesses.
244 20 Jan. 1959 – 13 Feb. 1960
176 items
File entitled “Dunnamark Farm Appeal” containing bills and receipts, cheque
stubs, bank account books held by Arethusa Leigh-White, John W. Hoskyns
and Clodagh Shelswell-White with the Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd., and
accounts from Jan – May 1959.
245 1959 - 1961
175 items
Typed Valuation of “Dunnamark” at the time of the death of Arethusa Leigh-
White. Mss declaration of Rates payable for Dunnamark agricultural land.
Includes an envelope addressed to Commander J. W. Hoskyns, and Mrs. C. E.
M. Shelswell-White with “DUNNAMARK FARM ACCOUNT 1959 Feb. 14 th
1959-Feb. 14 th [1961] MISCELLANEOUS” written across it.
246 1 Jan. – 5 Nov. 1960
Account books belonging to Dunnamark Farm and Gardens.
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247 15 Feb. – 4 Oct. 1960
Booklet containing the Farm Account, Dunnamark. Includes a cheque made
out to Rachel Leigh-White. Also a copy of the farm accounts for February to
March.
248 13 June 1960
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Completed Irish Land Commission form relating to the transfer of ownership
of land of Dunnamark from Rachel Leigh-White to [Timothy Mullins].
249 7 July 1960
Copy of the Irish Land Commission Approval of Transfer of part of the lands
of Dunnamark from Rachel Leigh-White to Timothy Mullins.
250 21 July 1960
Signed Agreement of Sale for part of the lands of Dunnamark for £7,500 by
Rachel Leigh-White to Features (Eire) Ltd.
251 30 July – 5 Aug. 1960
Copy of the Purchaser’s Requisition on Title re-Dunnamark, Bantry.
252 1 Sept. 1960
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Copy of the Apportionment Account for the sale of part of the lands of
Dunnamark between Rachel Leigh-White and Features (Eire) Limited.
253 9 Sept. 1960
Draft and copy of Sutton Solicitor’s costs relating to the sale of part of the
lands of Dunnamark.
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254 20 – 22 Sept. 1960
255 1960
256 1960
Draft Certificate to Land Registry re-deaths of Roland Bryce and Arethusa F.
Gartside Leigh-White from Sutton solicitors.
Two drafts of Agreements of Sale between Rachel Leigh-White, the Lodge,
Glengarriff, and Features (Eire) Ltd. Leigh-White agrees to sell part of the
lands of Dunnamark (65a 0r 3p) and part of the lands of Dunnamark Mill (3
perches) for £7,500.
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Drafts of Transfer of part of the lands of Dunnamark (0a 3r 6p) for £150 by
Rachel Leigh-White to Timothy Mullin, in fee simple.
4.8 Keelneruvane Lands
257 19 Nov. 1857
3 items
Copy of a Counterpart Lease made between Mary Edy (Widow née Warner),
Knuckea, and Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, for part of the lands
of Keelneruvane (4 acres) with the houses and buildings erected thereon. It is
for a term of 100 years provided the interest of Edy should remain so long,
from the 25 th March last. It is for the yearly rent of £14. 3. 10, to be paid half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The original lease was made
between Richard White (afterwards Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry) and William
Warner, the Elder, Upper Gurteen, on the 24 th June 1790.
258 19 Nov. 1857
Copy of a Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, to
Mary Edy (Widow), Knuckea, Co. Cork, for part of the lands of
Keelneruvane, (4 acres), with the houses and buildings erected thereon. It is
for three lives and 61 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £3. 13.
10, to be paid half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The
original lease was made between Richard White (afterwards Richard 1 st Earl
of Bantry) and William Warner, the Elder, Upper Gurteen, on the 24 th June
1790.
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259 14 Jan. 1861
Deed of Conveyance made between Mary Edy (Widow), Cappaknockane, in
the first part, Robert Edy (Shopkeeper), Clonakilty, and Susan Edy,
Cappaknockane, children of Mary Edy, in the second part, and William Good
(Farmer), Cappaknockane, in the third part. Good agrees to pay Edy £75 for
part of the lands of Keelneruvane, containing four acres, together with the
buildings erected thereon. It is for the remainder of the three lives and 61 years
yet to come, at the yearly rent of £3. 13. 10. Edy holds the lease of the lands
from Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry made on the 19 th November 1857.
260 14 May 1861
Assignment made by William Good (Farmer), Cappaknockane, to John
Warner (Saddler), Skibbereen. Warner has agreed to pay Good £100 for part
of the lands of Keelneruvane, containing 4 acres statute measure, and the
houses and buildings erected thereon. It is for the remainder of the lives and
the 61 years yet to come, at a yearly rent of £3. 13. 10. The lands were
originally leased by Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry to Mary Edy in 1857, and she
conveyed them to Good in January 1861.
261 12 March 1898
Copy of an Abstract of a Deed of Assignment by Robert Warner Senior,
Reendesert, to Miss Elizabeth Warner (Daughter), Reendesert. Warner Senior
entered into a lease on the 1 st Aug. 1885 from William 4 th Earl of Bantry for a
plot of building ground in Mills Street, Bantry, for 91 years from the 25 th
March 1885, at a yearly rent of £10. Warner Senior assigns this plot of ground
to Elizabeth Warner for the remainder of the term and yearly rent.
262 11 Sept. 1905
Probate of the Will of the Rev. Nicholas John Warner, Ilmington Rectory,
[Warwickshire]. It was made on the 19 th October 1898. He died on the 22 nd
May 1905. He appoints Mary Warner (his wife) his sole Executrix. He leaves
all his property real and personal to his wife Mary, his son William, and his
two daughters, Ethel and Rhoda, one-sixth part each of his estate. To his sons
John Henry, Alfred, Bertie, and Arthur, one-twelfth part each of his estate.
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263 12 Oct. – 18 Nov. 1940
264 [nd]
Legal opinion and correspondence involving a [re-conveyance of property by
Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White to representatives of Warner]. Includes a copy
opinion of C. Frederick Matheson (Solicitor) on the matter; and letters from
Sutton Solicitors to Messrs. Stopford & Turner and Messrs. Wm. G. Wood &
Sons (Solicitors). Also amended draft conveyance cover page, changing the
name of the last party from Richard E. Longfield to E. F. L. Ellis.
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Draft of a letter offering £120 for the purchase of part of the lands of
Keelneruvane containing 4 acres statute measure. It seems that the Bantry
Estate has been paying a profit rent of £10. 10. 0 to the Warner Estate under
the sub-lease of the 25 th March 1857.
4.9 Other Sales
265/a 2 Sept. 1728
[Assignment] made between [Chairnes] Henderson, Castlefinn, Co. Donegal,
and Richard White, Bantry. In consideration of £300 paid by White, and a
further sum of £220 in order to pay off part of the debt of Francis Boyd,
Henderson assigns the lands of Mollosky and Agroume to White. They were
originally in the possession of Robert Phaire. A Memorial of the deed was
entered into the Register Office, Dublin, on the 22 nd September 1728.
1p
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265/b 28 May 1751
see also
12
Typed copy of a Deed of Bargain of Sale for various lands in the Barony of
Bear and Bantry. Richard White, Bantry, paid £4,725 to William Annesly,
Castle William, Co. Down, and Arthur Annesly, Inner Temple, London. The
lands were originally leased by Arthur 1 st Earl of Anglesey to Col. George
Walters in 1660.
266 24 Feb. 1764
see also
2182
Bargain and Sale made between Mary Corry, Margaret Street, Cavendish
Square, parish of Saint Mary de Bou, Middlesex, Robert Brite, Queen Ann
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Street, same as above, and Elizabeth, his wife, in the one part, and Richard
White, Bantry, in the other part. In consideration of five shillings, they lease to
White the lands, buildings, bogs, mineral rights in the Baronies of Beare and
Bantry, and East Carbery. The lands were previously leased by White from the
Earl of Cork and Burlington and Sir William Heathcote. White agrees to lease
the lands for one whole year, for one peppercorn, payable at the end of the
term if lawfully demanded, in the understanding that the lands will become
White’s through a bargain and sale after the year.
267 7 June 1764
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Agreement of Sale made between William, Lord Baron Annesley,
Castlewellan and Arthur Annesley, Lincolns Inn fields, Middlesex, in the one
part, and Richard White in the other part, for the lands of Sennagh, and
Knockneduffe, in the Barony of West Carbery, for £1,050. White has sole
ownership of all rental agreements made on the lands – Richard and William
Wood in Sennagh, and William Hamilton in Knockneduffe. Includes
document confirming power of attorney to William, Lord Baron Annesley by
Arthur Annesley.
268 18 Oct. 1764
2 skins
Bargain of Sale made between George Ogle, Richfield, Co. Wexford, and
Richard White, Bantry. In consideration of 5 shillings paid by White, Ogle
sells the town and lands of Mollosky and his undivided proportion of the town
and lands of Agrowne. It is for one year from “the day next before the day of
the date of these presents. White agrees to pay Ogle on the feast of Easter next
one peppercorn if demanded. The two parties may undertake a Grant and
Release of the Reversion and Inheritance to White in the future.
1 skin
269 19 Oct. 1764
see also
747
Indenture of Sale of the Lands of Mollosky and Agroome to Richard White by
George Ogle, Richfield, Co. Cork, for £2,000.
270/a 29 March 1770
1 skin
[Receipt] for the payment of £79. 12. 6 by Simon White to Richard White, the
balance of the purchase money for the lands of Lower Gurteen.
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270/b 20 Feb. 1775
Assignment made between George Edward Howard (City of Dublin) in the
first part, Richard Levinge (City of Dublin) in the second part, and Richard
White (Bantry) in the third part. Howard conveys to White for the sum of
£3,603. 6. 0, and the further sum of ten shillings, one undivided third part and
one undivided one and twentieth part of lands in the county and city of Cork.
Levinge had released and leased these lands to Howard for £4,000 in 1773.
Levinge agreed to sell the lands to White for £3,603. 6. 0 in 1774.
271/a 18 Feb. 1854
68
1 skin
Conveyance of part of the town and lands of Bolhusky known as Milcove
Ballard in the Barony of Bere, containing 193 acres and 15 perches statute
measure to Patrick O’Sullivan by Mountifort Longfield and James Hargreave
(Commissioners of Sale of Incumbered estates in Ireland) on behalf of Richard
Earl of Bantry for £700. It is O’Sullivan’s in perpetuity subject to a lease of 4 th
March 1825 between him and Bantry, and also for the lands of Aghabeg for
two lives and 41 years from the death of the survivors, subject to a yearly rent
of £35 and £20. 6. 2. The £700 was paid on 17 th Dec. 1853. Map
accompanying has the land in question coloured in with a scale of 9 inches to
a statute mile.
271/b [19 Nov. 1859] – 1870
List of deeds referred to in a Fee Farm Grand from [the Earl of Bandon to
William White Hedges, involving the lands of East and West Tullaghbreedy.
Includes the costs amounting to £8. 13. 3 of negotiation for sale of Castletown
Berehaven Barrack.
272/a 17 March [1873/5] – 15 Nov. 1897
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2 items
Letter from [ ], Leeson Street, Dublin, to [ ] Payne, returning papers
related to a land deal in the Bantry area (not included). Includes a conveyance
made between William Johnson, Woodland, in the first part; William Henry
Hare White, Earl of Bantry in the second part; and the Reverend Godfrey
Clarke Smith, St. Anne’s Rectory, Coachford and John Warren Payne, Beach
House, Bantry in the third part. Johnson agrees to sell to Smith and Payne for
the sum of £1,550 the town and lands of Carriganass Castle in the Barony of
Bantry, with all rental agreements on the lands. Signed and sealed by Johnson.
Also a form of “THE IRISH LANDOWNERS’ CONVENTION. SALES OF
TENANTS’ INTERESTS” detailing information under headings – “No.;
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Townland; Name of Tenant (Vendor); AREA; Griffith’s Valuation; RENT; If
Judicial Rent, insert date when fixed; Date of Sale of the Tenancy; Amount
obtained for the Tenancy; Number of Years’ Purchase of the Rent;
OBSERVATIONS. It is signed by E.F.L. Ellis (Agent). Written on the reverse
is “Bantry Estate List of Sales Furnished Novr. 1897”.
272/b Sept. 1875
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Draft Conveyance made between William Henry Hare White, Earl of Bantry
and the Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell Eyre, Ennishannon, Cork, in the
first part; Patrick Thomas Martin, a lunatic, in the second part; and George
Comyn Kenny, Longford Castle, Co. Galway, and Mary Anne Martin,
otherwise Kenny, wife of Kenny, (both “Joint Committee of the Person and
fortune of” P T Martin) in the third part. White and Eyre convey, for the sum
of £20, houses in Galway and their fee farm rents to the Kennys, originally
leased on 20 th April 1738 between Edward Eyre, Galway, and Edward Eyre,
Cork.
273 20 Feb. 1911
Memorandum of Agreement between E. E. Leigh-White and William H.
O’Sullivan, (Justice of the Peace) Main Street, Bantry to purchase premises in
Bantry (see schedule) previously rented by O’Sullivan, who agrees to pay
£2427. 18. 4 to Leigh-White.
274 1 Dec. 1911
Printed Notice from the Estates Commissioners’ Offices, Dublin, relating to
the Irish Land Acts, 1903-9, Direct Sales by Landlords to Tenants.
275 9 Oct. – 3 Nov. 1913
see also
1592
Correspondence between W. H. O’Sullivan, Bantry, Frederick Turner, Estate
Office, Dublin, and the Secretary of the Congested Districts Board, Dublin,
relating to the sale of a site near Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff, for a Lace School.
8pp
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276 31 July 1919
Mss letter from Stopford (Agent, Leigh-White Estate), Dublin, to Ernest Ellis
(Agent, Leigh-White Estate) with the figures and fees involved in the sale by
[Philpotts] to Captain Eccles.
277 23 Nov. 1920
Mss note made by [J. Travers Wolfe] (Solicitor) on the Decrees granted
relating to the Adrigole and Glengarriff RIC Barracks. On the reverse side is a
list of the “Sums on Deposit Receipt with Guinness Mahon & Co”.
278 [15 June 1921] – 23 June 1926
Documents relating to the sale to Jeremiah McCarthy of his holding in High
St., Bantry; and the possible purchase by [Charles] O’Donovan of the
leasehold of the representatives of Benjamin O’Connor in the [Square]. Also
documents relating to the Macroom and Beamish Estates.
279 23 Sept. 1923 – 17 April 1924
280 1923
70
2pp
2pp
12 items
Surveyors’ reports on Glengariff and Adrigole RIC Barracks, sent to Ernest
Ellis, Dublin. Includes letters from J. Travers Wolfe (Solicitor), Skibbereen to
Ellis on the sale of the site of Glengarriff Barrack.
11 items
Draft Conveyance between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard E.
Longfield, Ernest F. L. Ellis and Col. R. O. Marton) and Michael Hurley. They
agree to sell to Hurley premises in Bridge Street, Bantry that he is renting for
£5. 10. 0.
281 8 Oct. 1932 – 3 March 1955
File containing documents relating to the sale of Eagle Lodge, Ballylickey,
handled by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes advertisements of the lodge in
publications and with Estate Agents, and inquiries by interested parties. Also a
mss letter of complaint from Mary E. Adderley, West Park, Bantry, to Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, of the condition of her rented house from the
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Estate and trouble from neighbours (1932).
282 10 Oct. 1938
71
50 items
Memorandum of Agreement between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and
Richard Harvey, Poulgorm Hotel, Glengarriff and Mary Eileen Frances
Muldowney, Terenure, Dublin to sell the fee simple of the lands of Reenmeen
East, as highlighted on the accompanying cloth map, for £200. Scale of the
map is 1 inch to 125 feet.
283 6 July 1945 – 8 May 1948
Correspondence file relating to the negotiations of a new lease and eventual
sale between the Bantry Estate and Dr. Cotter in Glengarriff. Includes six
maps of the holding under sale. File marked ‘2’.
284 21 Feb. 1946 – 25 June 1947
6pp
103 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase by Stephen O’Brien Corkery of
his leased holding in the Blackrock Road from the Bantry Estate. The file is
marked ‘1’.
24 items
285 [3 May 1948] – 20 May 1958
see also
188
Correspondence file relating to the sale of the fee simple of a premises in
[Glengarriff] (folio G 213) to Patrick Sullivan (Shoemaker), Glengarriff, by
the Shelswell-White Estate. Includes a rough map of the premises. Mentioned
in the correspondence is a sale of premises by the Estate to Patrick Murphy
(folio G. 170). File is marked ‘20’.
286 14 May – 13 Dec. 1948
42 items
Correspondence file on the purchase of a lease held by Denis Falvey, Golf
Links Hotel, Glengarriff, from the Bantry Estate. Documents are held in a
folder entitled FARMER’S ACCOUNT BOOK for the Glengarriff Demesne
for the year ending 30th June 1945. Details information under headings –
Description; Amount; ANALYSIS OF RECEIPTS Grazing, Gravel, Bedding,
Potatoes, [Sundry] Rents, Firewood/Boughs; CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
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Amount Date when Paid. File marked ‘3’.
287 20 May 1948 – 13 Nov. 1954
72
21 items
Correspondence file on the Purchase of Holdings from the Bantry Estate by
the Kerry Diocesan Trustees/St. Brendan’s Trust – the National Schools at
Derryconnery, Youngfield, Glengarriff, and Urhin; the Teacher’s residence at
Glengarriff; the Catholic Church at Glengarriff; and the Methodist Church and
Manse at Bantry.
288 14 June 1948 – 15 July 1960
36 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase by Leo [O’] Sullivan, Long
Island, New York, of the fee simple of his leased property, the Perrin Hotel,
Glengarriff (folio G.220) from the Bantry Estate. Includes the original lease
for the property made between Edward E. Leigh-White and William
O’Sullivan in May 1901 showing a map of the property. Also draft
conveyance.
79 items
289 10 Dec. 1949 – 19 Aug. 1952
see also
294
Correspondence file entitled “Folio B 174 (Rope Walk Cottage) to Patk
Harrington 1952” of the sale of a cottage and the lands it stands on at Rope
Walk by the Bantry Estate to Patrick Harrington (Farmer). File was marked
‘7’.
290 5 Aug. 1950 – 20 Oct. 1962
22 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of a cottage at Rope Walk and
land going with it (folio B.173), Bantry, to Justin McCarthy, Main Street,
Bantry, from the Bantry Estate. Includes draft conveyance and office copy of a
map of the premises (scales 1/1250 th and 1/2500 th ). John Harrington occupied
the cottage in the early 1950s, and there is correspondence at the beginning of
the file relating to his occupancy between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and Lt.
Col. V. J. F. Popham, Holland.
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291 19 March 1951 – 13 Nov. 1954
Correspondence file relating to the payment of rates and the purchase of the
fee simple of the Church Site at Bantry (folio B.115) by the Methodist Church,
Bantry, from the Bantry Estate. Includes a mss copy of the original lease for
the church site made with the Earl of Bantry in 1866.
73
21 items
292 28 Dec. 1951 – 31 May 1954
see also
293
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the Fee Simple of the sites of
the National Schools and National Teachers’ Residences at Derrincorrin and
Trafresk, by the Diocesan Trustees of the R.C. Diocese of Kerry from the
Bantry Estate. File marked ‘10’.
26 items
293 12 Dec. 1953 – 1 June 1954
see also
292
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the Fee Simple of the sites of
the National Schools at Reentrisk, Cluin (Allihies), Cahermore and Dursey
Island by the Diocesan Trustees of the R.C. Diocese of Kerry from the Bantry
Estate. The sites at Derrincorrin and Trafrask are mentioned in later
correspondence. File marked ‘9’.
26 items
294 24 July 1954 – 15 March 1957
see also
289
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of Rope Walk Cottage at
Newtown West, Bantry (folio B.175) by Patrick Harrington from the Bantry
Estate. Includes Costs of Sale from Sutton & Co. Solicitors, Dublin, and a
rough map (scale of 1/1250). File marked ‘19’.
295 26 Nov. 1954 – 7 July 1958
51 items
Correspondence file on the purchase of the fee simple of the peninsula of
Corriveillaun, by Josephine Ryan, Glengarriff, from the Bantry Estate.
Includes a draft conveyance and attached map. The Glengarriff Tourist
Development Association had been negotiating with the Estate from 1954-57,
but due to lack of funding from An Bord Fáilte, could not raise the asking
price.
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296 3 May 1955 – 27 April 1956
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the fee simple of property on
Church Road (folio B.43), Bantry, by Michael Walsh, from the Bantry Estate,
which he holds under lease from the Estate. Includes the original lease of the
property made between the Earl of Bantry and Thomas Spencer (Shopkeeper),
Dunmanway, for 100 years at the yearly rent of £1. 07. 08 (27 th Feb. 1856).
297 6 March – 15 May 1957
74
22 items
Correspondence file on the purchase by J. Cremin, Rope Walk, Bantry, of the
fee simple of two houses (folios B.176 & B.177) leased by him from the
Estate. Includes a rough map highlighting the properties in question.
298 7 March – 18 Sept. 1958
20 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the fee simple interest of a
cottage at Tower Street, Bantry (folio B.159), by John Nagle from the Bantry
Estate. Includes a typed ‘Costs of Sale’ for the transactions involved in the
sale from Fred Sutton & Co. Solicitors.
299 23 Jan. 1959 – 11 April 1960
24 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase by Jeremiah Bernard O’Leary of
the fee simple of a plot of ground (folio B.137) at Glengarriff Road adjacent to
his garage from the Bantry Estate. Includes draft conveyance.
300 27 Aug. 1959 – 23 Aug. 1960
16 items
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the fee simple of three
properties – a plot of ground adjoining the Pier and Approach Road in
Glengarriff, Friar’s Island, and Bark Island – by C. J. O’Leary (O’Leary &
Co., Auctioneers and Estate Agents, Bantry), from the Bantry Estate. There
are details from the correspondence on the sale of Castletownbere Square to
the local Tourist Development Association. Includes draft conveyance.
301 18 May 1968 – 19 Oct. 1978
26 items
Correspondence on the sale of the Top/Western Lodge, and 3 acres at the
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entrance lodge at the western end of the Bantry Demesne, between A. R.
Cooke (Agent), Bantry Estate, Raymond and Guy French (Fred Sutton & Co.
Solicitors), Dame Street, Dublin 2, Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor), Bantry,
O’Leary & Co. (Auctioneers and Valuers), Barrack Street, Bantry, and Donald
H. Finlay (Chartered Surveyor), 40 South Mall, Cork. The Westlodge Hotel
Limited and Pond Lodge Limited purchased further land around their hotel
from the Bantry Estates Company during 1975-1978.
302 21 July 1968
75
75 items
Agreement of Sale made between the Bantry Estates Company, Gardner
House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, and West Lodge Hotel Limited, Bantry. The
property to be sold is marked in red on the accompanying map, for £400, with
a deposit of £100. The balance is due on the 31 July 1968. Scale of map is
1:2500.
303 4 Aug. 1969
304 1969
10pp
Copy of an Agreement of Sale between the Bantry Estates Company and
Westlodge Hotel Limited, 136 O’Connell, Limerick, for part of the lands of
Seafield containing one acre and eleven perches statute measure (see
accompanying map), for the sum of £400. Includes Schedule and map of the
relevant lands, marked in red, scale of 1:2500.
Copy of a draft Conveyance made between the Bantry Estates Company and
Christopher O’Sullivan. For £125 paid by O’Sullivan, he is conveyed the
hereditaments in the town of Glengarriff (see first schedule) and inheritance in
fee simple the tenancies on the lands (see second schedule), forever.
305 30 Sept. 1976
CLOSED
Agreement for Sale made between the Bantry Estates Company, Gardner
House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, and Mary O’Keefe, Bantry, regarding the
premises in High Street and Chapel Street, Bantry, let under lease from the 1 st
May 1885 and the 29 th September 1913 respectively.
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306 [nd]
Copy Map of the “Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White. Bantry
House & Buildings in Demesne. Bantry. Co. Cork.” It shows Bantry House,
the gardens glass houses etc., Lynch’s House & six labourers cottages, the
Steward’s house and out offices; the Town Lodge & Estate Office; the Pond
Lodge & Boat House, Middle Lodge, Wren’s Lodge, Sullivan’s Lodge, and
Gardener’s Lodge. They have been marked “sold” or “let” in red ink. The map
is made to accompany fire insurance policy. It has a scale of 52.08 feet to 1
inch. It has been surveyed by a Chartered Surveyor, 16 Ely Place, Dublin.
5. Legal Case Papers
5.1 Legal Cases
5.1.1 Samuel Hutchinson v. Richard White, et al
307 Nov. 1760 – Oct. 1948
76
53cm x 45.2cm
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Arethusa F.G. Leigh-White, OBE (Officer of the
Order of the British Empire) marked personal from Chatham House, The
Royal Institute of International Affairs, St. James’s Square, London. Inside is
a four page document marked “the Severall Answer of Richard White of
Bantry in the County of Corke Esqr one of the Defts to the bills of Complaint
of Samuel Hutchinson Esqr Complainant”, in the case of Samuel Hutchinson
v. Richard White, John Burward, William Lord Annesley, and Arthur
Annesley. There is a dispute over a lease term conveyed by White to
Hutchinson of lands in the [Bantry] area. Gives the history of the lease.
Includes a partial mss transcript by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
5.1.2 Robert Warner & Richard White (a minor) v. Hamilton White
4 items
308 6 May 1782
see also
102, 366
Counsel’s questions to the Judges to a case brought before the House of Lords
by Robert Warner and Richard White (a Minor), as Plaintiffs in Error, and
Hamilton White, as Defendant in Error. The arguments for the two sides are
given. Includes a copy of the Will of Richard White (Grandfather to the
Richard White, Minor). It is the opinion of the Lord Chief Justice Baron in
Westminster that the judgement be in favour of the Defendant, reversing the
opinion of the Court of King’s Bench in Ireland. Written on the back page of
one sheets is that this was the last Irish Appeal to Britain, and the Sheriff of
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Cork refused to give obedience to the Decree of the British House of Lords.
5.1.3 Thomas Leahy v. Richard White
77
4 items
309 14 Sept. 1789 – 28 May 1944
see also
37
Envelope marked “Leahy docs and jdgments”; includes judgements found in
favour of Thomas Leahy, Bantry, Macroom and the south suburbs of the city
of Cork, against Richard White/Richard Viscount Bantry, Seafield, Bantry
from 1789-1810 (6 items). Includes an attested copy of the Will of Thomas
Leahy, Dec. 1814, in which is mentioned the lands purchased and leased by
him in the Barony of Berehaven from Lord Bantry. Includes a declaration by
the Reverend Somers Henry Payne, Upton, that Thomas Leahy was a
mortgagee on part of the Estates of the Earl of Bantry, and that Daniel Leahy
is the eldest son and heir to Thomas Leahy (11 th May 1837). Also two
judgements found in favour of Alexander O’Driscoll, against the Earl of
Bantry, (1828-1829). Also the programme for the Bantry Town Development
Association Whitsum Week End May 28 th –29 th 1944 (two items).
310 17 Nov. 1814
13 items
Assignment of Judgements found against Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry to Teresa
Leahy (Executor for herself and her sister, Eliza Leahy) by Daniel and John
Leahy (Executors to the Will of Thomas Leahy) the sum of £2,150 and a Deed
of Mortgage. For a payment of 10 shillings, they also give over to her the
several lands in the Barony of East Carbery assigned by Bantry to Thomas
Leahy. These judgements were found in favour of Thomas Leahy (father of
the principal parties).
5.1.4 Westropp v. Spread
311 26 Nov. 1794
2 skins
Settlement between Richard Spread, Ballycannon, Co. Cork and Susanna
Spread, née Westropp (his wife), in the first part. Reverend Thomas Westropp,
Ballynolan, and Henry Westropp, Richmond Villa, Co. Limerick, in the
second part. John Westropp, Ballysteen, Co. Limerick, and Henry Peard, Cool,
Co. Cork, in the third part. Spread, in consideration of 10 shillings, assigns
over to John Westropp and Henry Peard, in trust for Spread’s natural life, the
towns and lands of Ballynowran, Springfield, Ballycannon and Killbeg, Upper
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and Lower Coolnegeragh, Belinah, Knockaroghery, Shanavaghy, and
Carrigataw (except part of Carrigataw conveyed to Robert Warren
Gumbleton). Used as exhibit “E” in a case John Parson Westropp and others
(Plaintiffs) and William Spread and others (Defendants).
312 30 April 1818
78
4½ skins
Mortgage of £1,000 for towns and lands of Ballycannon, Kilbegg, Upper and
Lower Coolnegeragh, Belinah, Knockarogherig, Shanavaghy and Carrigatan,
City and County of Cork, paid to Richard Spread, Stonehall, Co. Limerick by
George Bland, City of Cork. Used as exhibit “F” in the case of John Parson
Westropp et al (Plaintiffs) v. William Spread et al (Defendants), 1 st Jan. 1834
“on the part of the Defendant Mountiford Westropp”?
313 27 May 1830
1 skin
Assignment made between Richard Peard, Fermoy, in the first part; Edward
Morgan, Bridestown, Maura Morgan (née Spread), his wife, and Eliza Albina
Spread, Ballincollig, (Spinster and Executor of the Will of the Reverend
Thomas Westropp, late of Ballynolan, Co. Limerick), in the second part;
Richard Spread, Ballincollig, in the third part; and Mountiford Westropp, of
Westmount, in the fourth part. The first and second parties assign to
Mountiford Westropp, the lands in the Barony of Barretts parish of
Currycuppane in the county and city of Cork, and various towns and lands in
the Barony of Muskerry, involved in an indenture of 27 th April 1763 for a term
of 300 years. Writing on the back of the assignment shows that this was used
in a case taken on the 30 th Dec. 1833 between Mountiford Westropp, plaintiff,
and William Spread and others, defendants, exhibit “K”.
314 17 July 1837
4 skins
Abstract of Title to the lands of Ballycannon, near Blarney, in the liberties of
the City of Cork, decreed to be sold 1 st June 1836, in the cause of John Parson
Westropp and others (Plaintiffs) and William Spread and others (Defendants).
315 23 April 1839
29pp
Printed poster of a sale of Rental of Lands. These are the fee simple estate,
sub-denominations in the North Liberties of the city of Cork, and lands in the
Barony of Muskery, Co. Cork, held in fee farm under grant of 31 st Aug., 1710.
It is a result of a case taken between John Parson Westropp, and Eliza Albina
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his wife, Palms Spread, and Francis Annesley Hughes, Plaintiffs, and William
Spread and others, Defendants.
316 April 1839 – Dec. 1842
79
1 item
Copy of the legal costs of the Hon. William Hare White, to John Litton
(Solicitors), on the purchase and title to the lands of Coolnegeragh sold under
the Decree in the cause of Westropp and Spread.
5.1.5 Ingham v. Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry
317 9 July 1814
46pp
Assignment made between Joseph Litton (Merchant), Church Street, City of
Dublin, and John Ingham (Attorney), City of Dublin. In consideration of £950
to Litton, he assigns to Ingham £1,000, paid as an annuity of £100 yearly until
£1,000 has been reached, as bequeathed by the Will of Hamilton White. The
money is to be paid out of the rents on the lands of Knuckamuck and his
Estate. This may have been used as an exhibit in a case – Ingham v. Bantry on
21 st April 1820.
318 [1814 – 1824]
Conveyance of a charge of £1,000 and an annuity of [£100]. Andrew
McCutchan agrees to deliver to Joseph Litton two original Wills and the Deed
of Marriage Settlement. It may have to do with the case of John Ingham
(Plaintiff) and Richard Earl of Bantry (Defendant), used as an exhibit during
the answer of Richard Earl of Bantry. There is a Memorial dated 7 th April
1814.
5.1.6 Hutchins v. Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry
319 1818
4pp
2 items
Original published Report of the Decision of the Court of Exchequer, in the
Hilary Term, 1818, in the Case of the Lessee of the Earl of Bantry & Others
against Arthur Hutchins, with the argument of Counsel. It is printed by J. J.
Nolan, 3 Suffolk Street, Dublin. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has marked certain
passages.
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320 [1818]
80
59pp
Typed copy of the facts of the case of Hutchins (Plaintiff) v. Bantry
(Defendant) relating to the Ardnagashel lands. Includes the Judge’s charge to
Jury. The jury found for the Plaintiff in the summer assizes of 1817. When
taken to the Court of Exchequer, it found in favour of Hutchins, in the Hilary
term, 1818.
5.1.7 Baillie & Taylor v. 1 st Earl of Bantry & Viscount Berehaven
321 28 April 1826
see also
322, 323
Assignment of a judgement found against Viscount Berehaven for £100,000 in
the Trinity term of 1825 by James Evan Baillie to Michael Angelo Taylor.
Baillie obtained the judgement to secure a mortgage of £50,000 taken out by
Richard, Earl of Bantry and Lord Viscount Berehaven. The Mortgage given by
Baillie was in trust and on behalf of Michael Angelo Taylor. Taylor now
wants the judgement to be assigned to him.
3pp
1 skin
322 28 April 1826
see also
321, 323
Assignment of a judgement found against Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry for
£100,000 in the Trinity term of 1825 by James Evan Baillie to Michael Angelo
Taylor. Baillie obtained the judgement to secure a mortgage of £50,000 taken
out by Richard Earl of Bantry and Lord Viscount Berehaven. The Mortgage
given by Baillie was in trust and on behalf of Michael Angelo Taylor. Taylor
now wants the judgement to be assigned to him. Written in pencil over the
name of Baillie is another indecipherable name, and Baillie’s name is
substituted instead of Taylor’s.
1 skin
323 4 Dec. 1835
see also
321, 322
Assignment of a judgement in the Common Pleas in Ireland against the Earl of
Bantry, by Rev. John Vane, William Joseph Denison and William Vizard
(trustees to the estate of Michael Angelo Taylor) to James Evan Baillie. Baillie
assigned the judgement to Taylor in 1826.
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324 4 Dec. 1835
see also
325
Assignment of the judgement in the Common Pleas in Ireland against the
Viscount Berehaven; the Rev. John Vane; Wrington, Somerset, William
Joseph Denison, Denbies, Surrey; and William Vizard, Lincoln Inns Fields,
Middlesex in the one part, and James Evan Baillie, Seamore Place, May Fair,
Middlesex, in the other part. They assign to Baillie the judgement of £100,000
found against Richard White, Lord Viscount Berehaven, in 1825, plus interest.
Berehaven and Lord Bantry took out a mortgage of £50,000 from Baillie who
was acting as Trustee to Michael Angelo Taylor.
81
1 skin
325 4 Dec. 1835
see also
38, 324, 400
A Memorial to a Deed of Assignment made between the Reverend John Vane,
Wington, Somerset, William Joesphy Denison, Denbies, Surrey, and William
Vizard, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Middlesex, in the one part, and James Evan
Baillie, Seamore Place, May Fair, in the other part. Vane, Denison and Vizard
assign to Baillie, the judgement against Richard Viscount Berehaven of
£50,000, in the Trinity Term of 1825. The judgement was found for Baillie,
who was in fact acting as a Trustee for Michael Angelo Taylor. Baillie
received assignment through the will of Taylor.
5.1.8 Robert Hedges Eyre/Viscount Berehaven v. O’Sullivan
326 17 Oct. 1834
1 skin
[Abstract] of Case on behalf of Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, relating
to the lands of Berehaven and Castledermott. It has been heavily corrected in
pen. Includes a copy opinion of Mr. Saurin, who believes that Hedges Eyre
can legally evict O’Sullivan for non-payment of rent under the 1827
agreement.
327 16 Aug. [1846]
Letter from [Michal Laccrid] to Lord Berehaven with his opinion on the case
between Berehaven and [William] O’Sullivan involving rental arrears from
1840.
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328 [nd]
Draft Memorandum of Agreement made between John O’Sullivan,
[Cametringane] in the first part, Richard White, Lord Viscount Berehaven in
the second part, the honourable William Henry Hare White Hedges, and the
Rev. Richard Davies (acting Executors of the last Will and testement of
Robert Hedges Eyre, deceased) in the third part, and Ellen O’Sullivan (Widow
of Morty O’Sullivan), Morty O’Sullivan (2 nd son of M. O’Sullivan), Daniel
O’Sullivan (3 rd son), Honora O’Sullivan (3 rd daughter), Catherine McCarthy
(née O’Sullivan), and Ellen O’Sullivan (Spinster), all in the fourth part. John
O’Sullivan agrees to hand over the lease he has on lands in the Berehaven
estate to Viscount Berehaven. O’Sullivan claims title of them from Robert
Hedges Eyre from an Indenture of 25 th Aug. 1827.
82
21pp
329 [nd]
see also
1001, 2945, 3069
Mss [Draft] Prospectus of arrangements between Lord Berehaven and Mr.
O’Sullivan to settle their dispute over lands [in Berehaven]. These
arrangements allow Mr. Sullivan secure his interests in the lands and Lord
Berehaven the sum due for arrears. The arrangements are laid out numbered 1-
6. Amendments have been made to certain sections.
330 [nd]
see also
Section 5.1.10
Draft Observations on the case between the Executors of Robert Hedges Eyre
and John O’Sullivan. It is partly in relation to Herbert v. Berehaven.
5.1.9 Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry et al v. O’Leary & [Falvey]
331 17 Feb. – 2 May 1840
3pp
23pp
Bill brought by Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry, John Greathed Harris, George
James Stewart and John Stewart (Plaintiffs) against Cornelius O’Leary and
Cornelius [Falvey] (Defendants) for non-payment of rent on property in the
town of Bantry. The Defendants are indebted to the Plaintiffs for the sum of
£10. 10. 0. Written on the back is a statement, signed by Denis Linehan, is that
an arrangement has been made between the Parties.
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5.1.10 Herbert v. Viscount Berehaven et al
332 [Sept. 1844]
[Alphabetical Lists of Denominations of Land in lease of 1796 to O’Sullivan.]
333 18 Sept. 1844
83
2 items
Statement listing the lands allotted by units of Partition in this cause and to
whom allotted. The dispute partially involves the estates of the late Robert
Hedges Eyre. Prior to 1786, “an arbitrary partition was made of the Berehaven
Estates, and the lands demised hereinafter mentioned by the Lease of 1786 to
O’Sullivan were taken to represent the 11/21 of the Estates parts to which the
Eyre family were entitled”.
334 1 May 1847
3 items
Copies of the Conveyance under Decree in the Case of Herbert v. Berehaven
& others.
335 25 Sept. 1857
3 items
Draft statement as to the Berehaven Estates of the Earl of Bantry devised to
him by the Will of the late Robert Hedges Eyre. The estates of Hedges Eyre
are heavily in debt, and a dispute has arisen over the proper ownership and
inheritance of the Tipperary Estate.
5.1.11 The Queen v. Michael Murphy
336 24 Dec. 1859 – 6 Jan. 1860
10pp
Brief on behalf of Michael Murphy to oppose the motion for putting the
Crown Bond in Suit in this case. In 1823 Murphy and the 1 st Earl of Bantry
became bound by Bond to the Crown for £4,000 as security for the repayment
of £2,000 advanced by the Commissioners of Public Works for a project to
help the poor of the Bantry Area. The project failed. John Litton (Solicitor for
the Earl), Dublin, will apply to the Attorney General, for his permission on the
part of the Crown that the Earl may be at liberty to put the Crown Bond in suit
against the Estate and effects of Murphy for the recovery of £1,204. 14. 11,
with interest of 5 per cent from the 5 th June 1854, and the costs and expenses
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in obtaining such permission and the proceedings to be taken on foot of
Bonds. Murphy’s solicitor is seeking advice on how to oppose this course of
action. Includes notice by Litton on his action.
5.1.12 Browne v. Dillon
337 28 May 1874
84
2 items
Copy Civil Bill in Ordinary Cases brought by Richard Browne (Gentleman),
Bantry, against Thomas Dillon (Shopkeeper), Bantry, for the payment of £8.
06. 08 being the two thirds of a half-year rent of a house in the Main Street,
Bantry. The Defendant, Dillon is given notice to produce the agreed lease
made between him and William Young for the premises now under dispute.
Includes an envelope addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell-White (14 th September
1960).
5.1.13 Capt. Edward R. White v. Warren
338 [c.1884]
2 items
Newspaper article reporting on the case before the Probate Court between
White v. Warren. It gives details of the Will of the late John Hamilton White,
Sunville, near Cork. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has made notes on the side.
5.1.14 Longfield et al v. William 3 rd Earl of Bantry et al
339 7 March 1885
1 item
Copy Order from the Vice Chancellor of the Chancery Division of the High
Court of Justice in Ireland, on the special case between Richard Longfield and
others (Plaintiffs) and William Henry Hare White, Earl of Bantry and others
(Defendants). The dispute is over the legacy from the Will of the late William
Henry Hare Hedges White, third Earl of Bantry, granted to Richard Longfield
and Henry Lavallen Puxley. The issues under dispute are listed in the
document.
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5.1.15 The Shelswell-White Estate v. Costigan
340 28 Aug. 1936 – 1941
Typed copy documents (letters and testimonies) relating to the dispute
between the Shelswell-White Estate and Mrs. Costigan, Marino House,
Bantry, regarding the latter’s purchase of her holding, Marino House and
terrace. Includes nine badly damaged negatives of the property in question,
and typed copies of the conveyance of the property made between Clodagh
Shelswell-White, the Estate Trustees and Costigan.
5.1.16 [The Shelswell-White Estate v. Bird-Warner]
341 18 May 1953
85
12 items
Copy typed letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry Estate Office, to
Mr. French (Messrs Fred Sutton & Co, Solicitors), Dublin, on estate matters
relating to the Bird-Warner Case. On the back of this document are notes by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
5.1.17 Guardi Paintings
342 27 Aug. 1955 – 23 Oct. 1961
CLOSED
Copy of a cover letter from McMahon & Tweedy (Solicitors), Dublin, to
Messrs. Fred Sutton (Solicitors), Dublin, enclosing typed copies of letters
from Patrick O’Connor, the Municipal Gallery, Charlemont House, Parnell
Square, Dublin, to Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White, between 1955 and
1959. Includes copies of the letters themselves.
2pp
21 items
343 1959
CLOSED
Summons in the action of C. E. M. Shelswell-White and the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland, and Egerton Shelswell-White, [to establish
Clodagh’s right to accept surrenders of interests under the 1926 Resettlement].
344 2 Nov. 1959 – 13 Dec. 1963
CLOSED
Correspondence on the facts and legal issues of the sale of the Guardi
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paintings from Bantry House. Includes a copy of the writ brought by Egerton
Shelswell-White; and a file of newspaper cuttings on the matter.
345 24 Nov. 1959
86
3 files
Copy of the fortnightly magazine Queen that features an article and colour
photographs on the sale of Guardi paintings from Bantry House by Clodagh
Shelswell-White.
1 item
346 11 Jan. 1960
CLOSED
Copy of a letter with queries sent by Geoffrey Shelswell-White, to Guy French
(Solicitor Suttons & Co) related to the sale of the Guardi paintings.
347 22 Jan. 1960
CLOSED
Copy of the Report of the consultation at the chambers of Mr. Richard
Wilberforce, QC, with Mr. Dancy, Bank of Ireland, Mr. R. W. G. Wilberforce,
Mr. Clarke, and R. A. French in relation of the sale of Guardi pictures from the
Shelswell-White estate. Includes a copy of the case sent to and the opinion of
R. W. F. Wilberforce, QC
6pp
3 items
348 16 Feb. – 14 Oct. 1960
CLOSED
Copies of correspondence re:Guardi legal action between Sutton solicitors,
Dublin, Patrick O’Connor, Municipal Gallery, David Carritt, London, Mrs.
Shelswell White, Bantry House, the Bank of Ireland, Messrs. Hubert C. Wine
solicitors, Dublin, Clifford Turner solicitors, London, and the [French Firm,
Dublin].
13 items
349 17 – 20 Oct. 1960
CLOSED
Copy of the case and further opinion of Richard McGonigal, SC, to advise the
Trustees of the Shelswell-White Estate relative to the Guardi pictures.
350 24 Oct. 1960
CLOSED
Copy typed statement given by Loftus White (Secretary of the Shelbourne
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Hotel), on his knowledge of the Guardi affair.
351 15 Dec. 1960
CLOSED
Summons for the appearance in court of the Defendants in the case brought by
Egerton Shelswell-White (Plaintiff). The Defendants are Patrick O’Connor,
Neville Orgel (Art Dealer), George B. Laffan (Art Dealer), John Laffen (Art
Dealer), C. E. M. Shelswell-White, the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland, and the Bank of Ireland Trustee Company Limited.
352 1960
CLOSED
Typed copy of the Case to advise the Trustees, and the Joint Opinion of
Travers, Smith, Braithwaithe & Co., London, relating to the Shelswell-White
Settled Assets.
87
2pp
3pp
2 items
353 1960 – 1963
CLOSED
Two copies of a Brief of Counsel. These are copies of case papers involved in
the Guardi Legal Action. Includes Origination Summons, plenary; Agreement;
Consent; Deed of Release.
2 items
354 4 Oct. 1961
CLOSED
Copy of the queries posed by E. C. Micks of McMahon & Tweedy
(Solicitors), Dublin, to Mr. Sides and Mr. French, in the case of Shelswell-
White v. O’Connor and others.
355 23 Nov. 1961
CLOSED
Copies of the Statement of Claim delivered by McMahon & Tweedy,
solicitors for the Plaintiff. Includes mss notes and a draft copy.
2pp
4 items
356 16 Dec. 1961
CLOSED
Copy Notice of Particulars to McMahon & Tweedy (Solicitors of Egerton
Shelswell-White) delivered by Herbert C. Wine & Co., (Solicitors for the
Defendant Patrick O’Connor).
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357 26 June 1962
CLOSED
Deed of Release made between Egerton Shelswell-White, 24 Gloucester Place
Mews, W1, London, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland and the Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited
(the Shelswell-White Trustees), Delia R. C. Shelswell-White, and Oonagh V.
Leigh Yarrow (all acting as the Grantors), Geoffrey Ralph Merton, Radlett
House, Radlett Place, Avenue Road, London, the Purchaser, and Bahamas
International Trust Company Limited (the Merton Trustees), Nassau,
Bahamas. In consideration of £5,000 paid by the Purchaser to the Grantors,
they agree not to pursue any legal claims to the Merton Pictures. These are
pictures that were involved in the Guardi legal action, the five sold on by the
Dublin Defendants to Merton. Includes schedule, giving details of the
paintings. Also a signed copy of deed.
88
2 items
358 8 Dec. 1962
CLOSED
Copy draft of the Deed of Surrender and Release entered into by Clodagh E.
M. Shelswell-White in the first part, Rachel B. R. Leigh-White in the second
part, Egerton R. E. Shelswell-White in the third part, and the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland, and Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd. in the
fourth part. Clodagh Shelswell-White releases £5,000 for the use of Egerton
Shelswell-White free of all charges on the estate.
359 21 Jan. 1963
CLOSED
Disentailing Deed and Vesting Declaration made between Egerton-Shelswell
White, Bantry House, in the first part, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, in the second part, and Raymond Arthur French, 52 Dame Street,
Dublin. Egerton assigns unto French all the £5,000 cash standing on Deposit
in the names of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank
of Ireland Nominees Limited (see schedule) in trust for Egerton as personal
estate. Includes draft.
6pp
2 items
360 22 Jan. 1963
CLOSED
Deed of Surrender and Release made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, in the first part, Rachel V. R. Leigh-White,
Reenacoppal, Ahakesta, Durrus, in the second part, Egerton Shelswell-White,
Bantry House, in the third part, and the Governor and Company of the Bank of
Ireland, and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, College Green, Dublin, in the
fourth part. Clodagh and Rachel surrender and release unto the Trustees
£5,000 to hold in trust for Egerton for his own benefit freed from all the life
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estate or interest of Clodagh and any rentcharge on the estate.
361 May 1963
CLOSED
Copy of a draft of the Agreement for the compromise of Action in the case
between Egerton Shelswell-White, and Neville Orgel, George B. Laffan, and
John Laffan. They agree to pay Shelswell-White’s solicitors £6,000, a full and
final settlement of all claims by the Plaintiff for the three paintings not sold by
them. Egerton will cease the proceedings against O’Connor, Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White, and the Bank of Ireland, and will have it struck out of the
court. They agree to pay the costs of O’Connor, and indemnify the Plaintiff
from costs by O’Connor.
362 30 July 1963
CLOSED
Agreement between the two parties in the Guardi Legal Action, with two
schedules. The second schedule is signed by all parties.
89
6pp
2pp
12pp
363 30 July 1963
CLOSED
Deed of Release made between the Plaintiff, Clodagh Shelswell-White, the
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and the Bank of Ireland
Nominees Limited, Delia R. C. Shelswell-White, and Oonagh V. Leigh
Yarrow, and Neville Orgel, George B. Laffan and John Laffan. It is in
connection with the sum of £6,000 paid by Orgel, Laffan and Laffan, in
settlement of the action taken against them by Egerton Shelswell-White
relating to the remaining Guardi pictures.
5.2 Counsels’ Opinion
364 13 – 22 July 1766
Photocopied legal opinion by Thomas FitzGibbon and Richard Jackson on a
case involving Simon White (father of Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry) and his
marriage to Frances Jane Eyre. A Jane Dillon claimed to have married White
on 1 st March 1763. He later executed a bond on 25 th June 1765 granting her
£2,000, and declared that should he marry any other woman, Dillon would
receive £300 annually. He declared that she should receive £100 annually at
execution of the bond. Counsel is asked if the marriage is void, and if White
should marry another, what is the legal status of the children of that marriage.
364 contd..
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365 6 July 1767
Counsel’s opinion, John Fitzgibbon, on the case of [Young v. White]. It stems
from a lease agreement between Richard White and John Young for the lands
of [Rinraur], at 199 years in reversion at a yearly rent, in 1743. Young died in
1750, and his widow, Mary Young, took possession of the lease. In 1755, she
surrendered it and drew up a new lease with White for same land, for 199
years only, with the same rent, clauses and covenants of the first lease.
Counsel is asked if she had the right to do this, can she sell or mortgage the
new lease to provide for her children, or give the lease to one of her children,
as laid out in the will, and if she cannot, who is to succeed the lease? Includes
copy of the Will of John Young, referred to in the case.
366 18 Nov. 1776 – 3 Jan. 1777
see also
102, 308
Opinions on the entitlement of Hamilton White of the lands of Bantry from the
will of Richard White (grandfather to the Earl of Bantry), given by E. Thurlow
(the Attorney General of England), Theo. Wolfe, John Bennett and [J.Dennis]
(the [Prime Serjant), Philip [Tisdall] (Attorney General). The opinion of
C.[Cambery], (Counsel), is that if it can be proved that Richard White, the
Testator, had expressed that his grandson, Richard White should receive the
Bantry Estate, then Richard has a strong case in favour of it.
90
3pp
3pp
3 items
367 18 Feb. [1800]
see also
103
Opinions by Thomas Quin, Esq., [Trinity Street, Dublin] on whether Richard
White is liable to continue payment of the interest of the £2,000 bequeathed to
his sisters by the will of his father, Simon White. His mother is anxious that
this be made clear by a point in law. Quin’s opinion is that the continuance of
these payments is a “moral & honorable not legal obligation”.
369 27 June [1811]
see also
104, 370
Counsel’s Opinion in the case on behalf of Lord Viscount Bantry on the Will
of the late Hamilton White (uncle to Lord Bantry). Thomas Quin (Counsel)
must decide on what portion of the lands Lord Bantry is entitled to, whether
Robert Reeves (surviving trustee of the Will) should execute a Deed of
Conveyance to Lord Bantry before the legacies charged on the estate are
discharged, and what is the situation with the payment of these legacies. He
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states that Lord Bantry is entitled to not only his portion, but that of his
brother, the deceased Edward Eyre White, and that he may in the event of
discharging the incumbrances may constantly take assignments of the lands
and dispose of them as he sees fit.
370 27 June 1811
see also
104, 369
Typed copy of the case on behalf of Lord Viscount Bantry (on the Will of his
uncle, Hamilton White) for opinion of Thomas Quin (Counsel), Leeson Street,
Dublin.
371 [21 Nov. 1841]
see also
2905, 2915, 2945, 2947, 3069
Opinion of [Joshua Clerke] (Counsel) on the case of the Earl of Bantry against
the family of Morty P. O’Sullivan.
372 3 Sept. 1852
Copy opinion of Mr. Day (Counsel), Lincoln Inn Fields, on Lord Bantry’s
Mortgage and requisitions on Title. It gives the history of debts on the estate.
373 14 Oct. 1856
see also
2285, 2289, 2318
Counsel’s opinion by Richard Deasy on the argument between Richard 2 nd
Earl of Bantry and his brother Col. White Hedges. Mr. Warren is acting for the
Earl and Mr. Leahy for the Colonel. Counsel received affidavits from the Earl
and his Agent, J.W. Payne. An annuity of £1,100 came out of the Estate, and
was paid up to 1846. The amount of the arrears is in dispute. This gives a good
indication to the debts owed on the Estates at the time.
374 25 June 1858
91
6pp
3pp
3pp
5pp
12pp
Legal query on behalf of Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry regarding his powers over
the Trotter property by the Will of Lady Bantry. He wishes to devise part of
the Trotter Estate to Lady Sarah Taylor (sister to Lady Bantry) and to her
children. He seeks counsel’s opinion, which is given by R. R. Warren (QC).
Written on the back of the document is a list of Lady Taylor’s six children
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with their shares divided out accordingly.
375 9 – 12 Jan. 1907
Further instructions by Lane and Aldworth (Counsel) to E. E. Leigh-White on
deeds and other legalities involved in the purchase of [property] signed by [G]
A. McGusty, 20 Fitzwilliam Place.
376 [17] June 1947 – 13 July 1950
File relating to the legal position of the Shelswell-White Estate in relation to
legal proceedings between the Corkery and Kingston estates regarding a
dispute about rental payment on premises in Bantry town.
377 13 Dec. 1948 – 25 Nov. 1957
92
2pp
4pp
22 items
File entitled “Counsel’s Opinions – file 3” containing opinions by Ashley
Powell ([QC]), on Rent Acts, and Weldon Parks ([QC]) opinion on landlords
rights to raise rent, relating to the case of the Bantry Estate and tenants Patrick
and Mary O’Shea, Millrock, Bantry.
5.3 Affidavits
8 items
378 26 – 30 Oct. 1852
see also
129
Sworn affidavit of William Turner on his knowledge of the deed made
between Richard Earl of Bantry and Mary, Countess Bantry (formerly Lady
Mary O’Brien), and Mark Anthony Saurin, Stephens Green. This deed
involved Countess Bantry acknowledging that she was to give up her interests
in Estates in the Counties Kildare, Meath and Dublin, and the city of Dublin,
[on her marriage], marked “C”. Includes document of Appointment of John
Warren Payne, J.P. and Thomas Nash as Commissioners of the Deed, marked
“B”. Also signed document by the Commissioners swearing that Countess
Bantry knew of the contents of the Deed, marked “A”.
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379 8 May 1874
5.4 Costs
Copy of sworn affidavit from John Warren Payne (Land Agent to William, 3 rd
Earl of Bantry) to the Landed Estates Court, Ireland on the financial history of
the Estate, from the time of Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry to the present. This
relates to the purchase back from William Johnson the lands of Carriganass,
sold in 1853. This affidavit is part of the process of purchase, a sanctioning by
the Court.
380 May 1825 – Feb. 1833
93
6pp
Copy of costs for sundries of the Earl of Bantry, totalling £544. 10. 10. 2,
marked No. 1. Pages 5-17 only.
381 14 Nov. 1825 – 27 March 1827
13pp
Copy of Legal Costs by the Earl of Bantry for Messrs. Vizard and Leman,
marked No. 8.
382 1825 – 1826
Copy of Defendant’s Legal Costs in the case of Stephens v. Earl of Bantry, in
the court of Kings Bench, marked No. 2.
383 21 April 1826 – 16 Aug. 1827
Copy of Defendant’s Legal Costs in the case of Whites v. Earl of Bantry, in
the court of the Equity Exchequer, marked No. 3.
384 19 June 1827 – 31 Jan. 1829
3pp
1p
4pp
Copy of Defendant’s Legal Costs in the court of the Equity Exchequer,
marked No. 4.
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385 22 Oct. – 14 Dec. 1827
Copy of Plaintiff’s Legal Costs in the case of the Earl of Bantry v. Little &
Ingham, marked No. 9.
386 21 March – 26 June 1828
Copy of Defendant’s Legal Costs in the case of Little v. Earl of Bantry in the
court of the Equity Exchequer, marked No. 7.
387 3 July 1913 – 26 Feb. 1914
Mss invoice from Messrs Sutton & Co. (Solicitors) to George [J] Moore for
legal costs relating to business he had with the Leigh-White Estate.
388 19 Oct. 1923
94
1p
2pp
1 item
Copy typed letter from [S & T], to H. W. Cooke, Bantry, relating to the
solicitor’s fees involved in the conveyance by the Trustees of the Bantry
Estate to Miss Mary Barrett.
389 31 July 1934
see also
1688
Typed copy letter from [Ernest Ellis], to J Travers Wolfe & Co. relating to the
payment of costs of the draft conveyance between the Shelswell-White Estate
and William Sheehan.
390 7 Feb. – 27 Oct. 1941
Memorandum of Costs and Legal expenses incurred by the Estate of Clodagh
Shelswell-White with Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), relating to various businesses
of the Estate between 1933-1939. Includes an opinion by Mr. Dunlop on
expenses from the Castletownbere sale being excluded in the expenses.
1p
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391 14 Nov. 1941 – 13 Nov. 1942
Legal costs and receipts from the sale of a plot of ground together with three
houses and premises in Bridge Street (formerly Mill Street), Bantry, from the
Shelswell-White Estate to William Daly Warner.
5.5 Searches
392 15 Sept. [1836]
95
5 items
Search for judgements in the Courts of King’s Bench, Common Pleas and the
Exchequer against the Earl of Bantry from 1820-1836.
393 [9] March 1838
Copy Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds office for Acts from 1837 to
1838 of Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard White, Lord Viscount
Berehaven. The search includes acts from 1825 to 1838 of William Earl of
Listowel, from 1825 to 1836 of Richard Lord Viscount Ennismore, from 1825
to 1829 of Samuel Townsend, and from 1825 to 1836 of Robert Hedges Eyre.
394 14 May 1852 – 3 June 1854
Copy Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds Office in names only for Acts
of Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry from 1799 to 1848 affecting lands in Co. Cork.
Includes all Acts by Robert White to affect the sum of £1,000 portion of the
same lands from 1847 to 1848, and all Acts by the Rev. Somers Payne to
affect the same lands from 1848 “to the time of giving a certificate at foot of
this requisition”. Also Copy of a Negative Search at the Registry of Deeds
Office for title on the Bantry Estate. There is a [schedule] attached giving
information on the year, date and volume of the deed, the name of the
instrument, the date of the instrument, the names of the Grantors and Grantees,
consideration rent, renewal fines and term, the name description and situation
of the premises.
395 Jan. 1871
8pp
4pp
2 items
Copy of a Search in the Registry of Deeds office against John Malcolm, John
Wingfield Malcolm, Francis Falkner, Gilbert Stephens, William Rolle
Malcolm, Harry Samuel Cumming Clarke Jervoise, and Lord Boston from
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1857 to 1861. This was used as exhibit “A” referred to in the Declaration of
Michael Quin on the 7 th Jan. 1871.
396 11 July 1885
Copy Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds Office relating to acts of
William Viscount Berehaven from the 2 nd July 1875 to the 25 th September
1875 affecting lands in the baronies of Bantry and Bere.
397 16 May 1893
Negative Search in the Registry of Deeds office for acts by individuals listed
from 1859 to 1893 affecting lands in County Cork. Robert White is one of
those named, the others involved with him through mortgages, assignments
and conveyances.
398 22 – 24 Aug. 1966
96
4pp
1p
11ff
Paid invoice for £1. 15. 6 fee from Ellis and Ellis (Law Agents and Record
Searchers) by Messrs. Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors) for a search done on the
Shelswell-White estate.
399 17 April 1969
1 item
Requisitions on Title from Bantry Estates Company to Mrs. Hannah Deasy in
relation to premises at The Square, Bantry. The replies are supplied in handwritten
form.
6. Re-Settlement of the Estate
6.1 Appointment of Receivers
400 30 Aug. 1825
see also
38, 325, 381
Appointment of a Receiver of Estates in County Cork. Richard, Earl of
Bantry, Viscount Berehaven and James Evan Baillie, Middlesex, appoint
William Vizard as Receiver to the Estates of Bantry, Berehaven and East
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Carbery. Vizard is to ensure payment of monies, £50,000, owed to Baillie
from the Estates, and the payment of annuities and jointure to the family of the
Earl of Bantry. Includes two Schedules showing the rentals, names of tenants,
terms, date of leases in the lands of the Estates. A Memorial of the Deed was
entered into the Registers Office, Dublin on 6 th September 1825.
401 30 Aug. 1825
97
7 skins
Appointment of Receiver of Estates in County Cork by Richard, Earl of
Bantry, and Richard, Lord Viscount Berehaven, with James Evan Baillie, to
William Vizard, Lincolns Inn [Ffields]. He is to act as Agent to receive rents
from the lands mortgaged by Richard Earl of Bantry with Baillie, as outlined
in the attached schedules. These schedules give details under headings –
Tenants Names; Date of Lease; Terms of Years; Amount of Rent. The
mortgage affects the Town and townlands of Bantry, Reedesart, Whiddy
Island and East Carbery. The jointure due to Margaret Anne Countess of
Bantry of £1,137. 10. 0 is allowed out of the rents. It has been underlined in
pencil at certain points.
4 skins
402 1 June 1837
see also
403
Appointment of William Spike, Cliffords Inn, city of London, as a Receiver of
Estates of Richard, Earl of Bantry and Richard, Lord Viscount Berehaven for
securing the interest on a mortgage debt of £46,153. 16. 10 owed to John
Greathed Harris, George James Sullivan and John Stewart [from the estate of
James Evan Baillie]. Spike is to collect the rentals from the tenants named in
the two schedules within the document. These are divided into sections;
denominations, tenants names, yearly rent, date of lease, tenure, numbers. It
lists leases taken out in Bantry town, fields around Bantry town, and the
townlands of Bantry and Berehaven. A Memorial of the Deed was entered into
the Registers Office, Dublin, on the 10 th July 1837.
6 skins
403 5 July 1837
see also
402
Memorial of a Deed of Appointment made between Richard Earl of Bantry
and Richard White, Lord Viscount Berehaven in the first part, John Greathed
Harris, Old Palace Yard, Westminister, George James Sullivan, Farnborough
Hall, County of [Hants], John Stewart, [Portman Supmare], Middlesex, in the
second part, and William Spike, Cliffords Inn, London, in the third part.
William Spike is the receiver of rents and profits of the Manor, Castle, Capital,
Towns, Lands and Premises made in the Release and Assignment dated 1 st
June 1837. A Memorial of the Deed was entered into the Registers Office,
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404 1848
Dublin in 10 th July 1837.
98
1 skin
Copy Deed appointing John Warren Payne as Agent, to collect the rents from
the lands on the Bantry Estates. With this money he is to pay any expenses
that may arise, and a salary of £5 to every £100 collected, pay all taxes on the
lands, pay interest and the debt of a mortgage of £60,000 taken out on the
lands, to pay debts to Richard Lord Viscount Berehaven, William H. H. White
Hedges and Robert White, the judgement debts owed to Maunsell and Davies.
Includes a schedule to the debts on the Bantry Estates.
405 25 May 1895
2 skins
Receivership Deed made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and
Richard Edmund Longfield J. P., Longueville, Mallow, in the one part, and
Frederick Adolphus Brabazon Turner, Gorey, Co. Wexford, in the other part.
Ardilaun and Longfield appoint Brabazon Turner to be Receiver Agent of the
lands in the Baronies of Bantry and Bere called the Bantry and Berehaven
Estates, to receive all rents, profits and arrears on the Estates.
6.2 Re-Settlement of the Estate
406 [8 July] 1839 – 24 March 1849
10pp
Mss draft of an agreement made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Richard,
Viscount Berehaven and two other third parties (“AB” and “ED”). [Richard 1 st
Earl appoints £8,000 on his death to William Henry Hare White Hedges (his
second son)]. There are two separate handwriting scripts throughout the
document. Includes three typed copies of the document. Also an Appointment
of £6230. 15. 5 to William Henry Hare White Hedges, residues of the sum of
£15,000 charged on the Estates of Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry for younger
children portions by indenture of 15 th November 1799.
407 21 July 1897
5 items
Attested Copy of Memorial of an Indenture made between Edward Egerton
Leigh, University of Oxford, in the first part, Arthur Edward Baron Ardilaun
and Richard Edmund Longfield, Mallow, in the second part, and Arthur
Edward Baron Ardilaun, in the third part. Leigh grants unto Ardilaun and
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Longfield the Bantry and Berehaven Estates, and all other lands in Counties
Cork and Kerry, for the uses and trusts of Leigh. He also grants to them the
contents and articles of domestic use of Bantry House allowing them to remain
as heirlooms. They will not be vested absolutely in any person made tenant in
tail male unless that person should attain the age of 21 years. Includes
Schedules of the lands granted. Registered on 13 th Aug. 1897. This copy was
ordered by Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors) on 28 th July 1966. Also one A4
typed copy of document, and one A3 typed copy received by the Estate Office,
Dublin on 7 th January 1931.
408 1889 – 1899
99
3 items
Statement as to the proceedings to place the Estates of the late Earl of Bantry
under charge of the Lord Chancellor. This document gives the history of the
Estates from 1891 and what repairs were carried out on the Estates and its
buildings and costs by the appointed Receiver, Somers Payne. Includes the
various details that arose in relation to the property rights and rentals, and two
copies, one hard-back with “EDWARD LEIGH-WHITE Esq.” printed on it.
409 21 Oct. 1926
3 items
Typed A3 copy of an indenture made between Clodagh Elizabeth Maude
Leigh-White in the first part, Geoffrey Henry Shelswell, Chake Chake Pemba,
Zanzibar, East Africa, Assistant District Commissioner, in the second part, and
Richard Edmund Longfield, Longueville, Mallow, D.L.; Ernest Francis Leslie
Ellis, St. Austins, Inch, Co. Wexford, J.P.; Richard Oliver Marton, Seafield
New Romney, Kent (retired Colonel in his Majesty’s Army), and Granville
Proby, Glenart Castle, Co. Wicklow, (the Trustees), in the third part. This is a
draft Resettlement of the Bantry and Berehaven Estates and Capital monies
and Heirlooms for the impending marriage between Leigh-White and
Shelswell. Leigh-White agrees to grant unto the Trustees all the property
referred to in the first schedule, in fee simple for her use, until her intended
marriage to Shelswell. Her sister Rachel Veronica Rose Leigh-White will
receive during her life a yearly rent charge of £100, from the 1 st Jan. 1927
issuing out of the settled freehold. Geoffrey is to receive £500 a year if he
survives Clodagh, ceasing on his re-marriage. The estate will go to sons or
daughters of the marriage, to Rachel or to Mrs. Margaret Marton (Aunt to
Leigh-White). The surname ‘White’ must be taken on by whomever inherits
the estate. There is a charge of £20,000 or £10,000 for younger children.
Includes copies of the Settlement.
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410 7 Aug. 1945
Clodagh Shelswell-White’s copy of the REPORT ON BANTRY
GLENGARRIFF AND CASTLETOWNBEREHAVEN ESTATES OF MRS
C.E.M. SHELSWELL WHITE produced by a Chartered Surveyor, Ely Place,
Dublin. Comments have been written into the left-side margins.
411 12 Aug. 1946
Draft report on the state of the Bantry Estate to the Trustees of Mrs. Clodagh
E. M. Shelswell-White’s Estate by Charles Dunlop, with a cover letter from
[A. C. Walker] (Manager, Trustee Dept., Bank of Ireland) with his comments
of the report.
412 24 – 27 June 1955
100
9pp
4 items
Brief for Counsel Garrett Gill to attend Court on behalf of Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White for an Order to appointing the Bank of Ireland and Bank of
Ireland Nominees Ltd. Trustees of the Settlement of [1926]. Includes affidavit
by Raymond French (Solicitor) giving the details of the case, and the lands
that remained unsold in the Bantry and Berehaven Estates; originating
summons to attend court on the 7 th July 1955 to hear the case.
413 11 July 1955
2 items
Copy of an Order from the High Court to Appoint the Governor and Company
of the Bank of Ireland, and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited as Trustees of
the Leigh-White estate under the Settled Land Acts of 1882 to 1890.
414 3 Feb. – 28 May 1956
Letters from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, to Raymond French
(Fred Sutton & Co. Solicitors), Dublin, on the disentailment of the Estate in
order to get £10,000 to pay off debts incurred by the Estate. Includes copies of
Counsels’ Opinions on the case by Garrett Gill and C. F. Matheson. The latter
is also asked his opinion on the fact that they wish to obtain permission from
the Court should the opportunity arise to take down two of the wings of Bantry
House.
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415 3 July 1956
Affidavit of Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White. Includes two copies, and one
draft in the handwriting of Garrett Gill (Counsel, QC). Within the draft is a
draft of the [Title Summons].
416 24 – 25 July 1956
101
4 items
Affidavit of Raymond Arthur French (Solicitor with Sutton & Co.), Dublin 2,
acknowledging the yearly income of Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
Includes a letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White to French, on the probable
sale of a set of tapestries from Bantry House at Christies, and copies of the
above.
417 20 Feb. 1965
13 items
Copy Release of charging powers created by the Resettlement of Bantry
Estates dated 21 st Oct. 1926 made by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, to Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited (the
Trustees). She releases the assets of the Estate from the powers conferred upon
her by the Principal Indenture.
418 22 Feb. 1965
Copy Disentailing Deed made between Egerton Shelswell-White, Clodagh E.
M. Shelswell-White and Raymond A. French (Solicitor), Dublin. Egerton
grants unto French the Estate property in county Cork and Dublin city, the
stocks and shares, and the heirlooms. He is to hold them in fee simple for the
use of Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes schedules of all the property
involved.
419 23 Feb. 1965
3pp
22pp
Copy Conveyance of the Reversionary Estate in Bantry and Berehaven Estates
Capital monies and investments. It is made between Egerton Shelswell-White,
Bantry House, in the first part, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
in the second part, and the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and
Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited (the Trustees), in the third part. In
consideration of £61,033 paid by Mrs. Shelswell-White to Egerton Shelwell-
White, he grants to her the property in and around Bantry and Glengarriff, the
property in Dublin, and the stocks held by the Estate, all specified in the
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schedules.
420 23 Feb. 1965
102
11pp
Copy Conveyance of Bantry House and Demesne and other properties in
County Cork formerly part of the Bantry Settled Estate, by Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, to Bantry Estates Company, 39 Dame Street,
Dublin, for £73,800. They are to hold the fishing and sporting rights for 24
years from the 25 th March 1958, and 24 years from the 1 st March 1955,
granted through leases of the 25 th June 1958 and the 30 th July 1958, subject of
yearly rents of £1 and £1 respectively. Includes schedules of the lands
conveyed and maps showing the Bantry Demesne
421 15 Jan. – 3 March 1966
22pp
Copy Deed of Enlargement of Base Fee made between Egerton Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and
Bantry Estates Company, 39 Dame Street, Dublin. Egerton with the consent of
Clodagh grants to the Company all the freehold property and funds as laid out
in the schedules, in fee simple [for his use]. The Disentailing Deed was not
enrolled within six calendar months after its execution, and the Company
requires this deed to carry out the action of the Disentailing deed. Includes
copy witness [affidavits] of the signing of this deed.
422 2 March 1976
10pp
Appointment of Attorney by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
of Rachel V. R. Leigh-White (her sister), Reenacoppal, Durrus, Co. Cork, to
act on her behalf and in her name. Witnessed by A. Cooke (Steward), Bantry
Estate Office.
423 3 Aug. 1977 – 2 Nov. 1981
CLOSED
Correspondence file belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White that deals mainly
with the arrangements of the Estate on the death of Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White. Includes notes of meetings on the development of the Estate,
correspondence on the appointment of new Trustees, and on the running of
Bantry House and gardens. Also signed declaration by Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White that she received money from the Bantry Estates Company in
Feb. 1965.
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424 1978
425 [nd]
426 [nd]
Copy/Draft Indenture made between the Governor and Company of the Bank
of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, Lower Baggot Street,
Dublin, in the first part, Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in the
second part, Raymond Arthur French (Solicitor), Dublin, and Phyllis Rose
Salvin Bowlby, Coomhola Lodge, Bantry, in the third part. The Bank appoints
French and Salvin Bowlby as the New Trustees to the Re-Settlement of 1926.
Includes a schedule of the heirlooms of the Shelswell White Estate at Bantry
House.
103
16pp
Schedule of Deeds and documents belonging to the Earl of Bantry in the
possession of Messrs Edmund [ ] & Benn Davis. Geoffrey Shelswell-White
has made notes along the margins and has underlined sentences.
Redemption of charges on the Leigh-White Estate.
7. Bantry Estates Company
7.1 Correspondence
427 17 June 1963 – 7 Aug. 1968
CLOSED
Typed letters relating to the business and legal affairs of the Bantry Estates
Company – the appointment of Alternate Directors to act on behalf of Clodagh
and Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes documents on the repayment of
premium savings bonds of a deceased bondholder, namely Geoffrey
Shelswell-White. Also a copy typed letter from Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor),
Bantry, to Messrs. Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, relating to some
queries he has on former Estate property in Bantry town. These are underlined
in the schedule of an attached copy of the Conveyance made in February 1965
by Clodagh Shelswell-White to Bantry Estates Company of Bantry House and
Demesne and other properties formerly part of the Bantry Settled Estate.
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428 21 June 1963 – 10 July 1965
CLOSED
Correspondence file relating to the proposed formation of an Unlimited
Company, the Bantry Estates Company, to settle the Shelswell-White Estate.
104
145 items
429 23 Sept. 1964 – 30 Nov. 1966
CLOSED
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office on the day-to-day
running of the Bantry Estates Company. Includes papers relating to the
Mortgage from the Company to Mr. Yarrow; insurance for Bantry House; and
the letting and sale of Estate property. Also a copy letter from A. R. Cooke to
Mr. French on an offer of purchase for Bantry House and its demesne by the
President, Gulf Oil Co., Pittsburgh.
154 items
430 14 April 1972 – 20 Aug. 1976
CLOSED
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estates Company Office on the
day-to-day running of the Estate. Includes documents on the matter of
insurable employment of staff; and a typed guide sheet to the contents of
Bantry House; and the Historic Irish Tourist Houses & Gardens Association
Ltd. (HITHA Ltd.) documents. Also documentation on the legal case between
Bantry Estates Company v. the Department of Posts and Telegraphs.
3 files
431 1972 – 1975
CLOSED
Documents related to improvements to the foreshore around Bantry. Includes
copy correspondence from Cork County Council with maps showing areas
they want to purchase from the Estate; and a map of Reenrour West, with a
coloured area of coastline marked out by the Council for improvement. Also
photocopies of the Beara region and its divisions, with some areas of coastline
highlighted, eg Whiddy Island, Bantry, Reenadisert, and [Cametrindane].
7 items
432 16 Sept. 1975 – 14 Dec. 1978
CLOSED
Correspondence relating to the possible payment of Wealth Tax by the Bantry
Estates Company.
37 items
433 7 Jan. 1976 – 21 Sept. 1979
CLOSED
General correspondence files from the Bantry Estate Office on the day-to-day
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running of the Estate. Includes papers on the claim of Bantry Tolls and
Markets by the Estate; the change of Trustees for the Estate from Bank of
Ireland to two nominated individuals; and the purchase of various stocks and
shares.
7.2 Accounts
434 5 April 1969
CLOSED
Copy typed Statements of Accounts for the Bantry Estates Company,
compiled by Craig Gardner & Co. (Chartered Accounts), Dublin 4.
105
3 files
435 5 April 1970
CLOSED
Copy of the Statement of Accounts for Bantry Estates Limited for the year
ended 5 th April 1970, produced by Craig Gardner & Co., Chartered
Accountants, Dublin 4. This came with the documents from Sutton solicitors
marked 6970B.
436 16 Feb. 1971 – 16 Nov. 1973
CLOSED
Lodgement receipts made by the Bantry Estates Company to their account at
the Bantry branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited.
6pp
5pp
54 items
437 5 April – 6 Dec. 1974
CLOSED
Copy of the Report and Accounts of the Bantry Estates Company for the year
ended April 1974, compiled by Craig Gardner & Co.
12pp
438 7 April 1977 – 13 July 1978
CLOSED
Copy of the Report and Accounts of the Bantry Estates Company for the year
ending April 1977, compiled by Craig Gardner & Co.
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7.3 Valuation Reports
439 3 Oct. – 8 Dec. 1975
CLOSED
Copies of valuation reports on various properties belonging to the Bantry
Estates Company in the Bantry, Glengarriff, Castletownbere areas and in
Dublin. These reports have been done by James Adam and Sons, Dublin, and
O’Leary & Co., Bantry. One report gives the names, type and value of
property in the Beara peninsula.
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B. ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
1. Rentals
1.1 Ledgers
440 1755 – 1765
Account book belonging to Richard White, Bantry and Whiddy Island with an
alphabetical index of tenants’ names at front. Details recorded in his hand
include the tenure, the date and amount of rent paid under tenants’ names,
locations, and ancillary notes eg Walter Stephens’ entry, there is an attached
note stating “ Walter Stephens has agreed to pay £8 an from Michs 1757 in
consideration of my lending £8. 6. 8 to build a stable &c” (p.153). The
tenants’ signatures are noted as “X”. From entry 91, the pages have been cut in
half. There are debit and credit pages. The remains of seals are present
(p.186). Includes many enclosures – “Memo. Aug. 27 th 1757 then sold to
Darby Lyne all the trees and [copses] at Ardgroom for £8 wch he is to pay
next Augt.” (p.71), and “…this farm would set for upwards of £56, but I think
no lease ought to be made thereof least any of my family should live at
Blackrock, in which Case that farm would be a most convenient Domean”
(p.10).
441 1765 – 1775
107
328pp & 24 enclosures
Tenant account book for Richard White, Whiddy Island, with an alphabetical
index of tenants’ names at front. Details recorded in his hand include tenants’
names and address; gale days and dates; rents due and paid. “X” is the mark of
the individual tenant. Includes enclosures – remarks on the lands and
tenancies; a list of goods taken against non-payment of a bond (p.124); and
remarks made by White (p.62) that the farm at “Rinedesert” would make “an
admirable situation for a Gentleman’s dwelling…it ought not to be again set in
lease least some of the family might chose it for an habitation.” Records that
land leased by a Robert Trinwith was given up to White’s son [Simon] in 1764
(p.70) “He his sons and sons-in-law deserve no favour from me they all being
great partisans of the Hutchinsons...+ all other enemies to my interest”.
White’s hand writing deteriorates in 1775 (p. 164).
442 1901 – 1936
335pp & 92 enclosures
Rental ledger for Bantry and its surrounds for the years 1901 to 1910, with an
alphabetical index to tenants at front. Details recorded include tenants’ names
and addresses; Date; Rental; Allowance; Railway Rate; By Poor Rate; By
Cash; Total; Observations. Gives the rental details of minor estates at the back
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of the ledger (1902 – 1905). Includes correspondence between tenants, Cooke
(Steward), and Ellis and Turner (Agents), with a copy of a summary of
particulars of the Estate of Mrs. Anne Gernon, on a form from the Congested
Districts Board of Ireland (inside front cover); an order fixing a fair rent
(p.77); paper-cutting on the legal case of Harding & Bird v. Sheehan (p.93); a
critical letter from tenents’ representative on arrears of rent (p.117); sheet of
rentals from the estate of John Barrett dec’d. in 1923 on official Irish Land
Commission paper (p.160); and letters from Henry Holland, London, on
behalf of a Mrs. Hollomby asking Cooke to evict tenants who are in arrears
(1921-1922) (pp.171-173). Details of the rental of Mrs. Hollamby’s Estate for
1920 are given at the back of the ledger. The letter from Cooke to Holland
mentions a railway strike on 10 th March 1921 (p.172).
443 1902 – 1911
108
501pp, 6 files & 232 enclosures
Rental ledger of the Leigh-White estate, with an alphabetical index to tenants
at front. Details recorded include Statute Acre; Tenant; Observations; Date;
Income Tax; Co.Cess; Poor Rate; Cash; Total. Includes letters between tenants
and the Estate during [1916] – 1939, with accounts for 1930-1931; first page
of the Bantry Ledger 1945/6 to 1953/4 of rents due by Capt. J. W. Payne, and
a list of tenants in Castletownbere and Knockaneroe showing their rents and
the purchase prices (inside front cover); mss letter written to Ellis and Turner
(Agents) by Margaret Harrington re-problem with a tenant (p.153); notices of
ejectment in 1909 (pp.253, 260); copy of an assignment between a father and
son shows interesting stipulations (p.297); correspondence relating to the
reclamation of tidal lands north of the quay of Castletownberehaven in 1912
(p.549); and copies of letters between F. Turner (Agent) and the Congested
Districts Board for Ireland on the proposed sale of Dursey Island (pp.853-
854).
444 1902 – 1911
902pp & 4 files
Rental Ledger of the Bantry Estate for [Bantry] town, with an alphabetical
index to tenants at the front. Details recorded include Tenants’ Names; Dates
of rent payments; Rents; Income tax; Co. Cess; Poor Rate; Cash; Total;
Observations. Includes a newspaper cutting entitled “Land Purchase Kenmare
Estate (Co. Cork) (inside front cover); demand note for Poor Rate on property
of Marino Terrace (1913), and for property in Cappyaughna (1910) (pp.22 &
518); a list of the Tisdall family living at Barrack Road (p.106);
correspondence on fixing a new lease for property at Main Street, Bantry, for
James Gilhooly, MP in 1911 (p.109); notification by tenants of the sale of
their leases, (inside cover, pp.218 & 278); two cloth maps of Mrs. Hannah
Clarke’s holdings at Clashduff and Dunbritten East (p.275); copy rental of the
townland of Carriganass for one year, 1919, for the Eleanor Mary Chute Estate
(p.294); a copy of an order fixing fair rents in 1890 and 1883 (pp.354 & 404);
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and summaries of particulars of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White from the
Congested Districts Board of Ireland, listing tenants’ details in Glengarriff
village, Monteensudder, and Reenmeen East (inside back cover).
445 Nov. 1912 – Dec. 1923
109
636pp & 57 enclosures
Rental ledger for Castletown belonging to the Leigh-White Estate. Details
recorded include Name; Address; Date; Income Tax; By Cash; Total;
Observations. Includes correspondence relating to the damage done to the
Adrigole RIC Barracks in 1919/1920. Features an alphabetical index at the
front of the book. Includes copy of a lease made on the 21 March 1888
between William 4 th Earl of Bantry and Catherine Regan Harrington
(Shopkeeper), for a plot of building ground in the Square at Castletown
Berehaven for 91 years at a yearly rent of £4 payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Also letters from Daniel Murphy (f.109) dating
from 1937 and correspondence relating to the use of the stone from the old
courthouse (f. 115).
446 1912 – 1921
414pp, 3 files & 146 enclosures
Rental ledger of the Bantry Estate, with an alphabetical index to tenants front.
Details recorded include Tenants Names; Dates of rent payments; Rents;
Income tax; Railway Cess; Cash; Total Observations. Includes a leasing
disagreement with James Manders (April 1919) (p.7); the sale and rental of
property (1919 & 1917) (pp. 29 & 126); income tax receipts 1915-1916, 1918,
1920 (pp. 50 &122); a letter from Fred Sutton (Solicitor) to Ernest Ellis
(Agent) on a return of a lease (1920), (p.52); a copy of a map of a plot of
ground leased in July 1889 to William Symmes Bird (p.93); a letter from
Cullinane in 1921 (p.97); mss copies of leases from the nineteenth century (pp.
98, 99, 159, 183); and a business card of Ellis (p.122). Also receipt of rents in
1912 (p.245); letters re-rental and purchase of houses at Summerhill (1919-
1922) (pp. 262 & 264); rental details of the Carriganass estate (p.274); and
correspondence re-purchase of lands near Hollyhill (1920) (p.281). Also copy
notice to quit a premises in Glengarriff by the RIC in 1920 (p.335); documents
relating to the Eccles Glengarriff Hotel and conacre agreement with John
O’Shea (1916-1922) (p.342 & 344); and correspondence between the Estate
and the Admiralty Commissioners (1915-1920) (p.354). Also a list of
shootings lettings of Berehaven, Ardgroom, Adrigole, and Glengarriff from
1906-1914 (back cover); and a copy of a conveyance to Timothy T. McCarthy,
New Street, Bantry, of a field in 1912 (back cover).
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447 30 March 1914 – 22 Oct. 1938
Tenant account book of the “Leigh-White Estate Bantry Town Division”.
Records details under headings of – Date; Folio; Tenant’s Name; Income
Tax/Allowances; P. Rates; Cash; and Total. The book is divided into 3
divisions – Bantry (1914 –1926), Pearson’s Bridge (April 1914 – Oct. 1938),
and Whiddy Island (June 1914 – Feb. 1924). Includes details of summaries of
accounts (p.90) and sold/unsold holdings (p.46).
448 4 Aug. 1920 – 12 June 1929
110
130pp
Tenant account book of the “Leigh – White Estate Bantry Division. Records
details under headings of – Date; Folio; Tenant’s Name; Income Tax; Sanitary
Rates/ Public Health Rates (changes at p.119); Cash; Total.
449 1922 – 1933
155pp
Rental ledger for Bantry Town from 1922 to 1933, with alphabetical index to
tenants at front. Noted next to these are which holdings were sold or
surrendered. Records details under headings – Tenants’ Names; Dates of rent
payments; Rents; Income tax; Railway Cess; Cash; Total; Observations.
Written immediately after the end of the index are “Particulars of Poor Law
Valuations & Area Seafield, Bantry Demesne”. Includes various rental details
of the estate in Bantry and Glengarriff from 1899 to 1940 (inside front cover);
rental for Cornelius Lynch, Rope Walk, in 1931 (back inside cover); and
correspondence relating to the purchase of Timothy McCarthy’s holding on
Barrack Road in 1932-1933, (p.79). Also two lodgement receipts by Turner
and Ellis (Agents) in 1936 (p.33) and a cancelled Estate account cheque from
1967.
450 1924 – 1936
650pp & 27 enclosures
Rental ledger for the “Leigh-White Estate Castletown Town”, with an
alphabetical index to tenants at front. Records details under – Tenants’ Names;
Dates of rent payments; Rents; Income tax; Public Health Rate; By Cash;
Total; Observations. Includes correspondence primarily between H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Estate Office, Bantry to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin on Estate
business; particulars taken at Castletown on July 1914 of holdings sub-let,
recording details under – Folio No.; Tenant’s Names; Yearly Rent; Sub-let
(p.192); and a list of “Holdings omitted by Collection of Income Tax From
Demands for Year ending 5 April 1927” (p.203). Also a draft of one year’s
rental in Castletown Bere to 29 th Sept. 1935. It is noted for some entries
whether they were to be purchased or sold.
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451 23 Oct. 1928 – 30 May 1939
111
418pp, 8 files & 5 enclosures
Tenant account book from the “Leigh – White Estate Bantry Town Division”.
Records details under headings of – Date; Folio; Tenant’s Name; Income Tax;
Public Health Rates; Cash; Total. Includes two enclosures – a receipt from the
Bantry branch of the Munster and Leinster Bank Limited to Turner and Ellis
(Agents) for the lodgement of £21. 10. 2 dated the 8 th May 1943 (p.156), and
an empty envelope, with a Dublin post-mark dated the 12 th April 1943, and a
Cork post-mark dated [16 th May/V] 1943 (p.162). It has figures written in
pencil and ink by hand on the back.
452 12 April 1929 – 15 Nov. 1947
167pp & 2 enclosures
Tenant account book from the “Leigh – White Estate Castletown Division”.
Records details under headings of – Date; Folio; Tenant’s Name; Income Tax;
Public Health Rates; Cash; Total. Pages 152-153 are cut out. Includes an
enclosure of an income tax certification (27 th Nov. 1946) for payment of £2.
10. 1 on rent for property in Main Street, Bantry, signed by Beamish and
Crawford (p.138).
453 1934 – 1945
148pp & enclosure
Rental ledger for the “Bantry and Glengarriff Estates”, with an alphabetical
index to tenants at front. Records details under – Tenants Names; Dates of rent
payments; Rents; Income tax; Railway Cess; Cash; Total; Observations. From
p.195 the rents are from the Glengarriff demesne. Includes income tax forms
(pp.54, 85, 221); and family information on Jeremiah Harrington (Caretaker
employed at Bantry Demesne) receiving a pension from 1937 (p.173).
454 1936 – 1946
483pp & 6 enclosures
Rental ledger for the Bantry Estate in Castletown Berehaven, with an
alphabetical index to tenants at front. Records details under – Tenants’ Names;
Dates of rent payments; Rents; Income tax; By Cash; Observations. It is noted
when necessary if the property has been sold. The observation column gives
information on the tenant, the tenure of the lease, the type of property, and
their representatives – “18 Nov. 1938 No one in possession Son John …in
hospital Son Patrick a tailor Mary sister in America…” (fol.30). The terms of
purchase for the tenants in June 1936 is given at the start of the index.
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455 April 1939 – Dec. 1947
Tenant account book “Day Book Bantry Town” of the Shelswell–White
Estate. Record details under headings of - Date; Folio; Tenant’s Name;
Allowance/Public Health Rate; Income Tax; Cash; Total. Includes enclosures
within the book; mss note on rents for May 1939 (p.4); 3 printed [invoices]
from the Estate Office, Bantry, with “Conditions of Sale of Windfalls” (trees)
(p.2). There are weekly rent accounts during 1939-1944 that are separate from
the main accounts (pp.231-250).
456 1940 – 1956
457 1945
112
165pp & 5 enclosures
Rental ledger for Bantry Town for the years 1945 – 1956. Records details
under headings of – Original Lessee; Rent Paid By; Property; Period; Rent;
Total Due; Date Recd.; Receipt Number; Income Tax; Other Allowances; Net
Cash Recd.; Gross Rent; Observations. Includes a letter stating payment of
rent in 1940 by Mrs. O’Neill (p.12); and mss copies of the original leases are
glued on to pages (pp. 67–69, 81–82, 100–103, 106, 111).
473pp & 3 enclosures
Tss rental accounts of the Bantry (pp.1-6), Glengarriff (pp.7-8), and
Castletownberehaven (pp.9-14) estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White for
the year ending the 30 th June 1945. Record details under headings – No.;
Denominations; Tenant’s Names; Gale Days; Arrears; Rent; Total Rent Due;
Received; Arrears; Income Tax; Allowances; Abatements; Date of Payment;
Observations. At the back of the book is a summary of accounts giving details
under headings – Receipts; Expenditure; Payments; Income Tax; Insurance;
Bank Charges and Cheque Books; Estate Office; Agency Fees.
458 1945 – 1957
43pp
Castletown Bere ledger, with an alphabetical index at the front. Details
tenants’ information under headings – Original Lessee; Property; Rent Paid
By; Of; Gale Days P.L.V. Land; Buildings; Allow Income Tax on £; Lease
Expires; Fire Insurance Covenants £; Comapny; Area A.R.P.. Details payment
information under headings – Period; Rent; Total Due; Date Recd.; Receipt
Number; Income Tax; Other Allowances; Net Cash Recd.; Gross Rent; Period;
Rent; Total Due; Date Recd.; Receipt Number; Income Tax; Other
Allowances; Net Cash Recd.; Gross Rent; and Observations. Includes a typed
letter from Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor), Bantry, to A. R. Cooke (Steward),
Bantry Estate, informing him of a change of ownership of property to Mrs.
Margaret O’Sullivan, Castletownbere (4 th Dec. 1974).
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113
296pp
459 1957 – 1973
CLOSED
Rental ledger of the “Shelwell-White Estate Castletown Berehaven”. There is
a mss index stuck to the back pages of the ledger. Records details under
headings – Property; Tenant; PVL: Land & Buildings; Area; Lease Expires;
Gale Days; Rent; Total Due; Date Recd.; Receipt Number; Income Tax; Other
Allowances; Net.Cash Recd.; Gross Rent. There is space at the end of each
entry for observations. If the holding was sold, this is marked accordingly.
226pp & enclosure
460 1957 – 1973
CLOSED
Rental Ledger of the Shelswell-White Estate/Bantry Estates Company, with an
alphabetical index at the back, and whether the holding is “SOLD”. Records
details under headings – Property; Tenant; PVL: Land £____Buildings
£_____; Of; Area:__A.__R.__P.__Lease Expires; Gale Days; Rent; Total
Due; Date Recd.; Receipt Number; Income Tax; Other Allowances; Net Cash
Recd.; Gross Rent. Includes rental sheets for the Bantry Estates Company
showing Dublin City Rents and Glengarriff Rents, details information under
headings – Name; Folio; Arrears On 5/4/78; One Years Rent To 5/4/79;
Received; Arrears On 5/4/79. Also typed “RENT APPLICATIONS” forms.
1.2 Rental Sheets
461 27 [Nov.] 1840
402pp & 6 enclosures
Rental sheet of lands now in the Estate of Lord Viscount Berehaven. It is
divided up into columns; “Denominations”, “Tenants Names”, “Yearly
Rents”, and “Remarks”. It is signed “R. O’S”, stating that some lands are “let
rather high”.
462 [1856/1857]
1 item
Rental of the Estates of Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry in Co. Cork “with Extent
and Griffith’s Valuations”. Records details under – No.; Tenants Names;
Denominations; Quality of land Statute Measure; Griffiths Valuation; Yearly
Rents; Observations. The back page gives the total rental adding the value of
Bantry House and Demesne and Glengarriff Lodge and Demesne, and
deducted outgoings.
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463 29 Sept. 1864 – 29 Sept. 1865
“RENTAL of the Estate of The Earl of Bantry at Bantry from the 29 th day of
Sept. 1864 to the 29 th September 1865”. Details information under headings –
No.; Tenants’ Names; Denominations; Arrears from last account ending; One
Years Rent ending; Rent and Arrears up to; Rent and Arrears Received since
last Account; Poor Rates Allowed; Income Tax Allowed; Allowances;
Arrears; Observations.
464 29 Sept. 1864 – 29 Sept. 1865
114
1 item & 4 enclosures
“RENTAL of the Estate of The Earl of Bantry at Ardgroom and
[Clanlaurence] from the 29 th day of Sept. 1864 to the 29 th September 1865”.
Details information under headings – No.; Tenants’ Names; Denominations;
Arrears from last account ending; One Years Rent ending; Rent and Arrears
up to; Rent and Arrears Received since last Account; Poor Rates Allowed;
Income Tax Allowed; Allowances; Arrears; Observations.
465 29 Sept. 1864 – 29 Sept. 1865
1 item
“RENTAL of the Estate of The Earl of Bantry at Berehaven from the 29 th day
of Sept. 1864 to the 29 th September 1865”. Details information under headings
– No.; Tenants’ Names; Denominations; Arrears from last account ending;
One Years Rent ending; Rent and Arrears up to; Rent and Arrears Received
since last Account; Poor Rates Allowed; Income Tax Allowed; Allowances;
Arrears; Observations.
466 29 Sept. 1881 – 29 Sept. 1884
1 item
Rental of the Estates of the Earl of Bantry (William, 3 rd Earl) from 29 th
September 1881 to 29 th September 1882, with estate accounts. Details
information under headings – No.; Tenants’ Names; Denominations; Arrears
from last Account ending; One Year’s Rent ending; Rent and Arrears up to;
Rent and Arrears received since last Account; Poor Rate Allowed; Income Tax
Allowed; Allowance; Arrears; Observations.
467 29 Sept. 1898 – 29 Sept. 1899
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
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Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
468 29 Sept. 1898 – 29 Sept. 1899
115
1 item
Inspected Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Decrease”; and “Increases”.
469 29 Sept. 1898 – 29 Sept. 1899
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears;
Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co.
Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
470 29 Sept. 1899 – 29 Sept. 1900
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Standard Poor Rate
allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the
back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and “Decreases”.
471 29 Sept. 1899 – 29 Sept. 1900
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears;
Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Standard Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax
and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back page there are
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entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
472 29 Sept. 1899 –29 Sept. 1900
116
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Decreases”; and “Increases”.
473 23 July 1900
1 item
Mss Rental of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White, Esq., Bere Division from 29 th September 1898 to 29 th
September 1899 by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details
headings under – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
474 29 Sept. 1900 – 29 Sept. 1901
1 item
Draft Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1900, to 29 th September
1901. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations.
475 29 Sept. 1900 – 29 Sept. 1901
1 item
Mss [draft] Rental of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Esq., [Bere] Division from [29 th September
1901 to 29 th September 1902] by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office,
Bantry. Details headings under – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received;
Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed;
Abatement; Observations.
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476 29 Sept. 1900 – 29 Sept. 1901
117
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
477 29 Sept. 1900 – 29 Sept. 1901
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. Includes two
notes by Ernest Ellis relating to the copying of these accounts (18 June 1902).
478 29 Sept. 1900 – 29 Sept. 1901
1 item & 2 enclosures
Mss draft Rental of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Esq., Bere Division from 29 th September 1900
to 29 th September 1901 by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry.
Details headings under – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still
due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
479 1901 – 1902
1 item
Mss Rental of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White, Esq., Bere Division from 29 th September 1901 to 29 th
September 1902 by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details
headings under – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
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480 29 Sept. 1901 – 29 Sept. 1902
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
481 29 Sept. 1901 – 29 Sept. 1902
118
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears;
Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co.
Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back page there are entries
entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
482 29 Sept. 1901 – 29 Sept. 1902
1 item
Draft Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases” and “Decreases”.
483 29 Sept. 1901 – 29 Sept. 1902
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
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484 [1901 – 1902]
Rental of various townlands of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White. Details
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due; Year’s Rent; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed;
Abatement/[Allowance]; Observations.
485 1 July 1902
119
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1900, to 29 th September
1901. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations.
486 1 July 1902
1 item
Rental of the Bere Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1900, to 29 th September 1901. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
487 1 July 1902
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1900, to 29 th September 1901. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
488 1 July 1902
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
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Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1900, to 29 th September
1901. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations.
489 29 Sept. 1902 – 29 Sept. 1903
120
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears;
Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co.
Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back page there are entries
entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
490 [29 th September 1902 – 29 th September 1903]
1 item
Rental of the Bere Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry, from. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
491 29.Sept. 1902 – 29 Sept. 1903
1 item
Inspected Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
492 5 Aug. 1903
1 item
Mss Rental of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White, Esq., Bere Division from 29 th September 1901 to 29 th
September 1902 by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details
headings under – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
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Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
493 29 Sept. 1903 – 29 Sept. 1904
121
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and “Decreases”.
494 1 July 1906
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1904, to 29 th September
1905. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations.
495 29 Sept. 1906 – 29 Sept. 1907
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the end of
the entries there is a “Summary of Townlands” section.
496 29 Sept. 1907 – 29 Sept. 1908
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
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Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the end of
the entries there is a “Summary of Townlands” section.
497 29 Sept. 1907 – 29 Sept. 1908
122
1 item
Collecting Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there is a summary of the rentals from the Townlands.
498 29 Sept. 1908
1 item
Rental of the Bere Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1906, to 29 th September 1907. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
499 [29 Sept. 1907 – 29 Sept. 1908]
1 item
Collecting Rental of the Bere Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1907, to 29 th September
1908. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations.
500 [29 Sept. 1907 – 29 Sept. 1908]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1907, to 29 th September
1908. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
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allowed; Abatement; Observations.
501 29 Sept. 1908 – 29 Sept. 1909
123
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Rural, Whiddy and Pearsons Bridge Divisions of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Int. Received; Arrears still due to;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
502 29 Sept. 1908 – 29 Sept. 1909
1 item
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and “Increases”.
503 29 Sept. 1908 – 29 Sept. 1909
1 item
Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the end are
entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Decreases”; and “Increases”.
504 29 Sept. 1908 – 29 Sept. 1909
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement & Arrears forgiven;
Observations. At the back page there is a “Summary of Townlands” section.
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505 29 September 1908 – 29 September 1910
124
1 item
Collecting Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1908, to 29 th September
1909. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent
Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess
allowed; Abatement; Observations. Includes one folio of the Rental of
Glengarriff Village for one year ending 29 th September 1910.
506 29 September 1908 – 29 September 1909
2 items
Rental of the Bere Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate
Office, Bantry, from 29 th September 1908, to 29 th September 1909. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
507 29 Sept. 1909 – 25 [March] 1911
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Railway and Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement; Observations.
508 29 Sept. 1909 – 1 Nov. 1910
1 item
Rental of Bantry Agricultural, Pearsons Bridge, and Whiddy Divisions of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
Year’s Int to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to;
Railway and Public Health Rate Allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
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509 29 Sept. 1909 – 29 Sept. 1910
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Railway and Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the
back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and
“Decreases”.
510 29 Sept. 1909 – 29 Sept. 1910
125
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White F. A. B. Turner (Agent),
Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Railway and Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement; Observations.
511 29 Sept. 1909 – 29 Sept. 1910
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Railway and Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement; Observations. At the
back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increases”; and
“Decreases”.
512 29 Sept. 1909 – 29 Sept. 1910
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry Rural, Whiddy, and Pearson’s Bridge Divisions of
the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One
Year’s Int to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to;
Railway and Public Health Rate Allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement;
Observations.
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513 1909 – 1910
514 1909
515 [1909]
Rental lists of the Tenants “who paid rents from 29 th Sept. 1909 to 29 th Sept.
1910” of the Glengarriff Division of the Leigh-White Estate. Details
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; Yearly Rent; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County
Cess; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
126
2 items
Rental list of Tenants’ Details for Ardgroom and Adrigole detailing
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement;
Observations. At the back there is a summary of Townlands.
1 item
Rental list of Tenants of the Leigh-White Estate. Details information under
headings – No.; Denominations (1); Tenants’ Names (2); Gross Arrears
[received] (3); Gross Arrears due (4); Annual Adjustment (5); Annual
allowance for [Rates] (6); Annual Temporary Abatement (7); Total of
Columns no. 5, 6, 7 (8); net arrears to be accepted (9); [ ] Ejectment [ ]
(10); Abatement; Observations.
516 1909 – 1910
2 items
Rental list of the Tenants of the Berehaven Division of the Leigh-White
Estate. Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; Yearly Rent; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor
Rate; County Cess; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
517 29 Sept. 1910 – 31 July 1911
1 item
Rental of the town of Bantry Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations.
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518 29 Sept. 1910 – 31 July 1911
Rental list of the Tenants of the Berehaven Division of the Leigh-White
Estate. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Poor Rate; County Cess; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations
519 29 Sept. 1910 – 25 March 1911
127
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One ½ Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations.
520 1 Nov. 1910 – 1 May 1911
1 item
Interest Rental of the Whiddy and Pearsons Bridge Divisions of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F.
A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One ½ Year’s Int
to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income
Tax; Allowances; Observations.
521 1910 – 1911
1 item
Rental list of the Tenants of Ardgroom of the Leigh-White Estate. Details
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; Yearly; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
522 3 Feb. 1911
1 item
Rental of the Ardgroom and Adrigole Divisions of the Bantry Estate of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White by the Estate Office, Bantry, from 29 th
September 1909, to 29 th September 1910. Details information under headings
– No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to;
Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate
allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
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523 3 Feb. 1911
128
1 item
Rental of the townlands of Kilcatherine, Drom, Boffickel, Eyeries, Crumpane,
Inches, Bawers, Glenbeg, Foildarrig, Derreentaggart, Cloan, Knockaneroe,
Cametringane, and Caherkeen, of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White. Details information under headings –
No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to 29
Sept. 1910; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to 29
Sept. 1910; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed;
Abatement; Observations
524 3 June 1911
1 item
Rental list of the Tenants “who paid Rent from Final Gale Day of 1909 to
Final Gale day 1910” of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White, from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.; Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; Yearly Rent; Total Rent due; Gross Rent; Net
Cash rec’d; Poor Rate; Railway Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Date to which
rent is paid.
525 5 June 1911
1 item
Rental of Tenants from Final Gale day 29 th Sept. 1909 to Final Gale day 29 th
Sept 1910 from the Ardgroom and Adrigole Divisions of the Leigh-White
Estate. Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; (1) Yearly Rent; Total Rent due; (2) Gross Rent; (3) Net
Cash Received; Poor Rate; (4) Railway Rate & P H Rate alld; (5) Income Tax
alld; (6) Allowance; Date to which rent is paid.
526 5 June 1911
1 item
Rental list of the Tenants from the Glengarriff Division “who paid Rent from
Final Gale Day of 1909 to Final Gale day 1910” of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-
White, from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; Yearly Rent; Total Rent
due; Gross Rent; Net Cash rec’d; Poor Rate; Railway Rate & PH Rate all’d;
Income Tax; Allowance; Date to which rent is paid.
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527 1 Aug. 1911
Rental of the Berehaven Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, for 1910. Details information under headings –
No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to;
Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate
allowed; Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
528 1 Aug. 1911
129
1 item
Rental of the Ardgroom and Adrigole Divisions of the Bantry Estates of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office,
Bantry, for 1909/1910. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total
Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax and Co. Cess allowed; Abatement; Observations.
529 20 Sept. 1911
1 item
Schedule of rents collected by Agents since 20 th January 1911 from the Leigh-
White Estate “furnished [to] the C D Board” by the Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears to; Yearly Rent; Total Rent due; Gross Rent due; Net rent recd; Poor
Rate; Railway & Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
530 29 Sept. 1911
1 item
Draft Bantry Town Rental to 29 th Sept. 1911. Details information under
headings – No; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent
to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income
Tax; Allowances; Observations.
531 29 Sept. 1912 – 29 Sept. 1913
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Public Health and Railway Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled
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“Reconcilement”; “Decreases”; and “Increases”.
532 29 Sept. 1912 – 29 Sept. 1913
130
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Public Health [and Railway] Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
533 29 Sept. 1912 – 29 Sept. 1913
534 1913
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Sold & Unsold, Whiddy & Pearsons Bridge Divisions of
the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Railway Rate/Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. There are further entries entitled
“Reconcilement” and “Grazing Lettings”.
1 item
Collecting Rentals of the Glengarriff Division, Whiddy, Bantry Agricultural,
Pearsons Bridge, Adrigole Division, and Castletown Division of the Estate of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Railway and Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed;
Date of Payment/Abatement; Observations. There are also entries relating to
Unsold Holdings and Grazing Lettings. Includes Poor Rate payment slips.
535 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1913
1 item & 4 enclosures
Draft Rental of the Bantry Agricultural, Whiddy, and Pearsons Bridge
Divisions of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
Includes information of Grazing and Unsold Holdings.
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536 29 Sept. 1913 – 29 Sept. 1914
131
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division and Adrigole Police Barrack of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
537 29 Sept. 1913 – 29 Sept. 1914
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Public Health and Railway Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
538 29 Sept. 1913 – 1 Nov. 1914
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Rural, Whiddy andPearson’s Bridge Divisions of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Interest to; Total
Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
There are entries relating to Unsold Holdings, Grazing Lettings, and
“Reconcilement” for each division.
539 Aug. 1914
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by F. A. B. Turner
(Agent), Estate Office, Bantry, for 1913. Details information under headings –
No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to;
Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowed;
Observations.
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540 29 Sept. 1914
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White. Details information under
headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s
Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
541 29 Sept. 1916
132
1 item
Draft Rental of Bantry Town of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven
Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received;
Arrears to; [Sanitary and Rails] Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
542 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1916
1 item
Draft Rental of Glengarriff Village and Unsold Holdings of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White.
Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back page there is an entry
entitled “Reconcilement”.
543 29 Sept. 1917
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back page there
are entries entitled “Reconcilement”; “Increase”; “Decrease”.
544 29 Sept. 1917
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Estate of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from
the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
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Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and
“Decreases”.
545 29 Sept. 1917
133
1 item
Draft Rental sheets of the Town of Bantry, Bantry, Whiddy and Pearsons
Bridge part of the Estate of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received;
Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back
page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and “Decrease”. Includes
information relating to the Sold and Unsold holdings, and Grazing & Conacre
lettings. Also Weekly Rent Account books for [Bantry Town] (Aug. 1917 and
1960-1969). Details information under – No.; Streets and Tenants’ Names;
Arrears due; Weekly Rent; Month and Dates; Total received; Observations;
Total Due; Arrears Due.
546 29 Sept. 1917
3 items
Draft Rental sheets of Bantry, Whiddy and Pearsons Bridge part of the Estate
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back page there are entries
entitled “Reconcilement” and “Decrease”. Includes information relating to the
Sold and Unsold holdings, and Grazing & Conacre lettings.
547 16 Sept. 1919
1 item
Draft Rental of the Castletown Division of the Estate of Edward Egerton
Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for the year
ending 29 th September 1918. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
548 16 Sept. 1919
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry, the Estate of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for the year ending
29 th September 1918. Details information under headings – No.
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Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
549 16 Sept. 1919
134
1 item
Draft Rental of Glengarriff Village of the Estate of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by Turner & Ellis, Estate Office, Bantry, for the year ending 29 th
September 1918. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received;
Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
550 16 Sept. 1919
1 item
Draft Rental of Pearson’s Bridge, Whiddy, and Bantry Divisions of the Estate
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry, for the year ending 29 th September and 1 Nov. 1918. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income
Tax; Allowance; Observations. Includes Grazing and Conacre Lettings
information.
551 29 Sept. 1919
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown & Adrigole RIC Barrack Divisions of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White by F. A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Public Health [and
Railway] Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
552 29 Sept. 1919
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
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553 29 Sept. 1919
Draft Rental of the Bantry (Sold & Unsold), Whiddy, and Pearsons Bridge
Divisions of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – No Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to/Interest in lieu of; Total Rent due; Received;
Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
1 item
554 29 Sept. 1919
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere &
Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis
(Agents), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
555 [29 Sept. 1919 – 1 Nov. 1920]
135
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Dec’d, by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for one
year ending 29 th September 1919. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
556 21 Sept. 1920
1 item
Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White Esq.
Dec’d, by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending
29 th September 1919. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
557 21 Sept. 1920
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Sold, Bantry Unsold, Pearsons Bridge, Whiddy Divisions
of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White Esq. Dec’d, by Turner & Ellis (Agents),
Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 September 1919. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
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to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income
Tax; Allowance; Observations.
558 21 Sept. 1920
136
1 item
Rental of the Castletown Division of the Estate of E. E. Leigh-White Esq.
Dec’d, by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending
29 th September 1919. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
559 [29 Sept. 1920]
1 item
One Year’s Rental of the town of Castletown of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere
& Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White for Year ending 29 th
September 1920. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received;
Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
560 [29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1920]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Bantry Estates of the Trustees
of E. E. Leigh-White for the year ending 29 September and 1 st November
1920. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Rate; Income Tax; allowance; Observations.
561 23 July 1921
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E.
Leigh-White, Dec’d for one year to 29 September and 1 st November 1920.
Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary
Rate; Income Tax; allowance; Observations.
562 Aug. 1921
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Estate of The Trustees of E. E.
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Leigh-White Esq. Dec’d, by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry, from the 29 th September 1919 to the 29 th September 1920. Details
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
from last Account to; One Years Rent ending; Rent and Arrears up to; Rent
and Arrears Received since last Account; Sanitary rates allowed; Income Tax
allowed; Allowances; Arrears; Observations.
563 29 Sept. 1921
137
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton
Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent
to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”. Includes rental from grazing lettings from the Glengarriff
Demesne.
564 29 Sept. 1921 – 21 Feb. 1922
1 item
Draft Rental of the town of Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back page there is an entry
entitled “Reconcilement”.
565 29 Sept.- 1 Nov. 1921
2 items
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown and Adrigole Division from the Estate
of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to;
Sanitary Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations. At the back page there
is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
566 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1921
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry, Whiddy and Pearson’s Bridge Sold and Unsold
Divisions of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from
the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
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due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance;Observations. Includes information on grazing lettings.
567 [29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1921]
138
1 item
Rental of the Bantry, Whiddy, Pearsons Bridge Divisions of the Estate of The
Trustees of the E. E. Leigh-White Esq., by Stopford &Turner (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September and 1 st November1921.
Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears to; One Year’s Int in lieu to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to;
Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
568 [29 Sept. – 1 st Nov. 1921]
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Dec’d, by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for
one year ended 29 th September and 1 st November 1921. Details information
under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One
Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate; Income
Tax; Allowance; Observations.
569 [29 Sept. – 1 st Nov. 1921]
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E.
E. Leigh-White Esq. Dec’d, by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September and 1 st November 1921. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
570 [29 Sept. – 1 st Nov. 1921]
1 item
Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E.
Leigh-White Esq. Dec’d, by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September and 1 st November 1921. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received; Arrears to; Sanitary Rate;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
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571 1921-1922
Rental of the sold portion of Pearsons Bridge, Whiddy and Bantry Rural
Divisions of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-White for the years
1921-1922. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received;
Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax; allowance; Observations.
572 4 Oct. 1921
139
1 item
Amended Rental and Account form for the Bantry Estate. Notes are written on
the back confirming the changes to the form.
573 18 May – 1 Nov. 1922
1 item
Rentals of the sold portion of the Bantry, Whiddy, and Pearson’s Bridge
Divisions of the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears to; One ½ Year’s & 18 day rent in lieu of rent to/Date of
Advance; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Rate; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations. Includes information on Unsold Holdings and
Grazing Lettings.
574 29 Sept. 1922
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry, part of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Railway and Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed;
Abatement; Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
575 29 Sept. 1922
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to;
Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears still due to; Railway and
Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed; Abatement; Observations.
There is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
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576 29 Sept. 1922
140
1 item
Draft Rental of the Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
due to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent and Arrears; Rent Received; Arrears
still due to; Railway and Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax allowed;
Abatement; OBSERVATIONS. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
577 [29 Sept. 1922]
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E.
E. Leigh-White Estate, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th
September 1922. Details information under headings – No. Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent Due; Received;
Arrears to; Public Health Rate; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
578 [29 Sept. 1922]
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E.
Leigh-White Esq. Dec’d, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended
29 th September 1922. Details information under headings – No.
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Arrears to; One Year’s Rent to; Total Rent
Due; Received; Arrears to; Public Health Rate; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations
579 [29 Sept. 1922]
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Dec’d, by Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, for one
year ended 29 th September 1922. Details information under headings – Rental
No. Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining to; Public Health Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
580 13 Sept. – 22 Nov. 1923
1 item
Copy typed lists of tenants, the lands and rentals paid by them to the Leigh-
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White Estate.
581 [29 th Sept. 1923]
141
2 items
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Estate, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
582 [29 th Sept. 1923]
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E.
Leigh-White Esq. Decd, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended
29 th September 1923. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
583 [29 th Sept. 1923]
1 item
Rental of the Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Estate, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th
September 1923. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Sanitary Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations.
584 [29 th Sept. – 1 Nov. 1923]
1 item
Rental of the Bantry, Pearsons Bridge and Whiddy Holdings sold under the
Irish Land Act 1923 of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-White Estate,
from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September and 1 st
November 1923. Details information under headings – Land
Commission/Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account;
One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Compounded Arrears
remaining due; 25% reduction under Irish Land Act 1923 and Poor Rate
allowed; Arrears lost under Land Act; Former Temporary Allowances;
Observations.
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585 [1923]
586 [1923]
Rental of the Trustees Leigh-White Estate – Bantry Town Holdings in Course
of Sale. Lists information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Name; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent; Purchase Money; Amount of
Purchase Money received; Arrears remaining due; Date of Conveyance;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. Ms notes have been made along the
various tenants.
142
1 item
Rental of the Trustees Leigh-White Estate re-Sale of Bantry Town Holdings,
from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; One Year’s Rent; Purchase Money; Amount
of Purchase Money received; Arrears remaining due; Date of Conveyance;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
587 29 Sept. 1924
1 item
Draft Rental of the town of Bantry from the Estate of the Trustees of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement” and “Increases”.
588 29 Sept. 1924
1 item
Draft Rental of the Bantry and Ardnacloghy Unsold holdings in the Estate of
the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents),
Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations.
589 29 Sept. 1924
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
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Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Sanitary Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
Includes rental from grazing lettings from the Glengarriff Demesne.
590 29 Sept. 1924
143
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown from the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Sanitary/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. At
the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
591 29 Sept. 1924 – 29 Sept. 1930
1 item
Rentals of the Town of Castletown Berehaven and Pearson’s Bridge for
Income Tax Purposes of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White from the
Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Arrears Cancelled; Observations.
592 1924 – 1930
1 item
Rental of Glengarriff Village of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton
Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; One Year’s Rent to (for
the years 1924-30); Income Tax (for the years 1924-30). Includes information
on “Grazing Lettings”.
593 10 Aug. 1925
1 item
Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of the
Leigh-White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1924. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
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594 10 Aug. 1925
Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees of the
Leigh-White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1924. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
595 10 Aug. 1925
144
1 item
Rental of the Unsold Bantry and Ardnacloghy Divisions of the Estate of the
Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the
Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1924. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
596 10 Aug. 1925
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of the Leigh-
White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office, Bantry,
for one year ended 29 th September 1924. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public Health Rate
allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
597 29 Sept. 1925
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations.
598 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1925
1 item
Draft Rental of Bantry Town Division of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
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Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Sanitary/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
599 29 Sept. 1925
145
1 item
Draft Rental of Unsold Property in Bantry and Pearson’s Bridge Divisions of
the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis
(Agents), Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income
Tax; Allowances; Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement” and “Increases”.
600 29 Sept. 1925
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
Includes information relating to “Grazing Lettings”.
601 4 Aug. 1926
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Bere Division of the Estate of the Trustees
of the Leigh-White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate
Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1925. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due;
Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
602 4 Aug. 1926
1 item
Rental of the Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White, for one year ended 29 September 1925, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
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603 4 Aug. 1926
146
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Village and Unsold Bantry Divisions of the Estate of
the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate, from Stopford and Turner (Agents),
the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1925. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
604 29 Sept. 1926
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due;
Sanitary/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. There
are entries reconciling accounts and any “Increase”. Includes information
relating to “Grazing Lettings”.
605 29 Sept. 1926
1 item
Draft Rental of the town of Castletown Berehaven Division of the Estate of
the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. At
the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
606 29 Sept. 1926
1 item
Draft Rental of Unsold Property in the Bantry and Pearson’s Bridge Divisions
of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations.
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607 29 Sept. 1926
Draft Rental of Bantry Town Division of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Sanitary/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”,
“Decreases”, and “Increases”. Includes a copy typed letter asking for
subscriptions to a Presentation to be made to Archdeacon Becher on his
retirement (3 rd March 1926), mss rentals details on its reverse.
608 23 Aug. 1927
147
1 item & 4 enclosures
Rental of the Glengarrif Division of the Estate of Mrs. G. H. Shelswell-White,
from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year
ended 29 th September 1926. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
609 23. Aug. 1927
1 item
Rental of the Unsold Bantry and Pearsons Bridge Divisions of the Estate of
Mrs. G. H. Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate
Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1926. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due;
Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
610 23 Aug. 1927
1 item
Rental of the Castletown Berehaven Division of the Estate of Mrs. G. H.
Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1926. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
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611 23 Aug. 1927
Rental of the Bantry Town Division of the Estate of Mrs. G. H. Shelswell-
White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office, Bantry, for one
year ended 29 th September 1926. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
612 29 Sept. 1927
148
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. Includes
information on “Grazing Lettings”.
613 29 Sept. 1927
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. At the back
page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
614 29 Sept. 1927
1 item
Draft Rental of Unsold Property in the Bantry and Pearson’s Bridge Divisions
of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
615 29 Sept. 1927
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
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information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
616 21 July 1928
149
1 item
Rental of the Castletown Berehaven Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1927. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Arrears Cancelled; Observations.
617 21 July 1928
1 item
Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1927. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Public
Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
618 21 July 1928
1 item
Rental of the Bantry and Pearsons Bridge Unsold Holdings, and Glengarriff
Divisions of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, from Stopford and
Turner (Agents), the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September
1927. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations.
619 29 Sept. 1928
1 item
Draft Rental of the Unsold Holdings of the Bantry and Pearson’s Bridge
Divisions of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from
the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations.
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620 29 Sept. 1928
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of the Trustees of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Public Health/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”,
“Decrease”, and “Increases”.
621 29 Sept. 1928
150
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff Division of the Estate of the Trustees of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s/Seasons Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances; Observations.
There are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and “Increase”, and information
relating to “Grazing Lettings”.
622 29 Sept. 1928
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown Division of the Estate of the Trustees
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Public Health/Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowances;
Observations. At the back page there is an entry entitled “Reconcilement”.
623 1 July 1929
1 item
Rental of the Castletown Bere Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents), the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1928. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rates; Observations.
1 item

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624 11 July 1929
Rental of the Bantry Town Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for one
year ended 29 th September 1928, from Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Public Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowance; Observations.
625 11 July 1929
151
1 item
Rental of the Glengarriff, Bantry and Pearsons Bridge Unsold Divisions of the
Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, from Stopford and Turner (Agents),
the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ended 29 th September 1928. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rates; Observations.
626 29 Sept. 1929
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M.
Shelswell-White] from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, “Decreases”, and “Increases”.
627 29 Sept. 1929
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry (Unsold
Holdings) Divisions of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White from the
Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations. Includes information relating to “Grazing Lettings” in
Glengarriff.
628 29 Sept. 1929
1 item
Draft Rental of Castletown Bere of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White] from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
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Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, “Decreases”, and “Increases”.
629 [29 Sept. 1929]
152
1 item
Rental of the town of Castletown Berehaven Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, for one year ended 29 th September 1929, from Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rates; Observations.
630 29 Sept. 1930
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry (Unsold
Holdings) of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White] from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s/Seasons Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowances; Observations. There are entries entitled “Reconcilement” and
“Reconcilement Grazing Lettings”. Includes information on “Grazing
Lettings”.
631 29 Sept. 1930
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White] from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowances; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, “Increases”, and “Decreases”.
632 29 Sept. 1930
1 item
Draft Rental of Castletown Bere of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White] from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate allowed; Arrears Cancelled; Observations. At the back there are
entries entitled “Reconcilement”, “Decreases”, and “Increases”.
1 item

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633 29 Sept. 1930
Typed Rentals of the Bantry, Glengarriff and Castletown Estates of Mrs. C. E.
M. Shelswell-White, for one year ended 29 th September 1930, from the Estate
Offices, Dublin. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed; Income Tax;
Allowance; Observations.
634 [29 Sept. 1930]
153
1 item
Draft Rental of the Castletown Bere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for one year ended 29 th September 1930, from the [Estate Office, Bantry].
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Public Health Rate allowed; Income Tax; Allowance;
Observations.
1 item
635 [29 Sept. 1931]
see also
1544
Typed rental of the Castletown Berehaven Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ended 29 th September 1931, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
Includes mss draft copy.
2 items
636 [29 Sept. 1931]
see also
1544
Rental of Glengarriff Village the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year to 29 th September 1931, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
637 [29 Sept. 1931]
see also
1544
Rental of the Town of Bantry the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
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White, for one year to 29 th September 1931, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
154
1 item
638 [29 Sept. 1931]
see also
1544
Typed rental of Glengarriff Village the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White, for one year to 29 th September 1931, from Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
639 [29 Sept. 1931]
see also
1544
Typed rental of Bantry Town the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year to 29 th September 1931, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
640 1931 – 1932
see also
1544
The Reconcilement, Increases, and Decreases of the Rental of the Town of
Bantry of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White] from the Estate Office,
Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Observations
1 item
641 29 Sept. 1931
see also
1544
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry of the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White] from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate allowed; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, and “Decreases”.
1 item

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642 19 Sept. 1931
see also
1544
Draft Rental of Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold Holdings of
the [Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White] from the Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last account; One Year’s/Seasons Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
Includes information relating to “Grazing Lettings”. At the back there is an
entry entitled “Reconcilement” and “Reconcilement Grazing Lettings”
643 [4] Jan. 1932
155
1 item
Mss list of Rents Received by the Shelswell-White Estate for December 1931.
Lists information under – Tenant’s names; Location; Rental (£. S. D.).
644 Jan. 1932 – Dec. 1935
Return of rents (accounts) of the Shelswell-White Estate Office, Bantry, sent
to the Estate Office, Dublin. Includes mss rents received for November 1931.
645 29 Sept. 1932
2pp
154pp
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, “Decreases”, and “Increases”.
646 29 Sept. 1932
1 item
Draft Rental of Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold Holdings of
the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White from the Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations. Includes
information relating to “Grazing Lettings”. At the back there are entries
entitled “Reconcilement”, “Increases”, and “Reconcilement Grazing Lettings”.
1 item

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647 29 Sept. 1932
Draft Rental of Castletown Bere of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White
from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health
Rate; Observations.
648 [29 Sept. 1932]
156
1 item
Rental of the town of Bantry the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White, for one year
to 29 th September 1932, from Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
649 [29 Sept. 1932]
1 item
Rental of Glengarriff Village the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year to 29 th September 1932, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
650 29 Sept. 1933
1 item
Reconcilements of the total rentals of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations.
651 29 Sept. 1933
1 item
Mss list of Rental of Castletown Bere of the Shelswell-White estate. Details
given under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
Account; One Year’s Rent to 29 th Sept. 1933; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due 29 Sept. 1933; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; and
Observations.
1 item

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652 29 Sept. 1933 - 29 Sept. 1934
Rental of the Town of Bantry of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-White
from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health
Rate; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled “Reconcilement”,
“Decreases”, and “Increases”. Includes a “Reconcilement” list for Bantry
Town for one year to 29 Sept. 1934. Also mss accounts of [the Estate] for 17-
31 January 1933.
653 29 Sept. 1933 – 31 Dec. 1934
157
1 item & 3 enclosures
Rental of the Glengarriff, Parsons Bridge Bantry Unsold Estate of Mrs.
Shelswell-White. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; One Year’s/Seasons Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Observations.
654 [29 Sept. 1933]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 th
September 1933. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
655 [29 Sept. 1933]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff, Pearsons Bridge and Bantry Unsold Holdings
Divisions of the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office,
Bantry, for one year ending 29 th September 1933. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
656 [29 Sept. 1933]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 th
656 contd..

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September 1933. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
657 [29 Sept. 1934]
158
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff, Pearsons Bridge and Bantry unsold Holdings
Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, from the Estate
Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 th September 1934. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due;
Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
658 [29 Sept. 1934]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 th
September 1934. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
659 [29 Sept. 1934]
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Bere the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White,
for one year ending 29 th September 1934, from Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
660 [29 Sept. 1934]
1 item
Rental of Glengarriff Village the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White, for one year
to 29 th September 1934, from Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item

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661 24 Oct. 1935
Rental of the Town of Bantry the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for
one year to 29 th September 1934, from Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
662 [29 Sept. 1935]
159
1 item
Draft Rental of the Glengarriff Division, Pearsons Bridge and Bantry Unsold
holdings, of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, from the Estate
Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29 th September 1935. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due;
Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
663 [29 Sept. 1935]
1 item
Typed Account and Expenditure Rentals of Bantry, Berehaven and Glengarriff
Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for year ending 29 th September
1935, from Estate Office, Bantry.
664 [29 Sept. 1935]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry Division of the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29
September 1935. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
665 [29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1935]
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown Bere Division of the Estate of Mrs. C.
E. M. Shelswell-White, from the Estate Office, Bantry, for one year ending 29
September and 1 st November 1935. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations.
1 item

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666 Jan. 1936 – Feb. 1941
Return of Rents (accounts) for the Shelswell-White Estate, Bantry, sent to the
Estate Office, Dublin. Includes correspondence questioning the whereabouts
of a rifle and sword that was handed in by the Leigh-White Estate to the RIC
in 1919 (May 1927). Entries for April – Aug. 1939 are missing. Includes
miscellaneous items that relate to Estate business – State directions on grants
to plant trees on the estate; and rental arrears (1929 – 1931).
667 April – May 1936
Rental returns for April by the Estate Office for premises at Bantry and
Glengarriff, including receipts, payments, and lodgements.
668 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1936
160
89 items
1 item
Draft Rental of the Town of Castletown Bere of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M.
Shelswell-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations. At the back there is an entry entitled
“Reconcilement”.
669 2 Nov. 1937
1 item
Typed Account and Expenditure Rentals of Bantry, Berehaven and Glengarriff
Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for year ending 29 th September
1936, from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Includes two corrected copies.
670 Jan 1937 – Oct. 1938
Rental returns for the Bantry Estate.
671 29 Sept. 1937
3 items
22 items
Draft Rental of the Town of Bantry of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M. Shelswell-
White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One Year’s
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Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations. At the back there are entries entitled
“Reconcilement”, “Increases” and “Decrease”.
672 29 Sept. 1937 – 11 May 1938
161
1 item
Rental of the Town of Castletown Bere of the Estate of Mrs. C.E.M.
Shelswell-White from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations. Includes mss correspondence between Mrs.
D M O’Shea, Ivy Cottage, Castletown Bere, and Turner & Ellis (Agents),
Estate Office, Bantry, in which she writes to reassure the Estate that she will
pay her rent, they acknowledge same and the amount due.
1 item & 2 enclosures
673 29 Sept. 1937 – 1942
see also
1694
Rentals for the holdings in [Bantry] town in the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-
White. Details information under Rental No; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears Last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
674 [29 Sept. 1937]
1 item
Typed rental of Bantry Town the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1937, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
675 [29 Sept. 1938]
1 item
Typed rental of Bantry Town the Estate of Mrs. Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1938, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations. Includes a
sheet of paper with mss notes in pencil.
1 item & 1 enclosure

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676 [29 Sept. 1938]
Draft rental of Glengarriff Village, etc, the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1938, from Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
677 Oct. 1938 – Jan. 1942
162
1 item
Return of Rents and Receipts for the Bantry Estate giving dates, names,
addresses, and amounts.
678 21 Sept. 1939
5 files
Typed rental of the Castletown Bere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for one year ended 29 th September 1938, from Estate Offices, Dublin. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations. Includes draft copy with a
list of outstanding rents.
679 June 1941 – May 1942
2 items & 2 enclosures
Cooke’s Monthly Sheets of Return of Rents from the Shelswell-White Estate.
The returns have been stamped by Stokes Bros. & Pin (Auditors).
680 31 July 1941 – 18 June 1942
15 items
Copy Monthly Returns from the Bantry Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White.
681 [29 Sept. 1941]
23 items
Typed rental of Glengarriff Village, etc., the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, for one year ending 29 th September 1941. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item

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682 [29 Sept. 1941]
Typed rental of the town of Bantry the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1941. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
683 19 Nov. 1941 – 18 April 1942
163
1 item
Receipt book for the payments of rents by tenants of the Bantry Estate. The
cover is titled “Stamped Book 19 th Nov. 1941 to”.
684 Feb. – May 1942
50pp
Weekly Return of Rents of Bantry premises between 2-15 Feb. and 17-22
May.
685 15 April 1942
2 items
List of Weekly Return of Rents, 6-11 April 1942, giving dates, names and
addresses, rents and folio page.
686 6 May 1942
Ms Weekly Return of Rents, 27April-2 May 1942, from Bantry.
687 26 Sept. 1942
1 item
1 item
Typed cover letter from A. R. Cooke, Bantry, to Messrs Stopford & Turner,
Dublin, which include the mss Weekly Return of Rents from the Shelswell-
White Estate during 29 August – 26 th September 1942, and the bog rents from
the Glengarriff Demesne. Includes [receipt] from the Munster & Leinster
Bank of the credit in account of Turner & Ellis.
4 items

BL/EP/B/
688 [29 Sept. 1942]
Typed rental of the Town of Bantry the Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1942. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
689 [29 Sept. 1942]
164
1 item
Typed rental of the Town of Castletownbere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, for one year ending 29 th September 1942. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears
last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations. Includes mss copy.
690 [29 Sept. 1942]
2 items
Rental of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold Estate of Mrs.
C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for one year ending 29 th September 1942, from the
Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total;
Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
691 [29 Sept. 1942]
1 item
Typed rental of Glengarriff Village etc., the estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 29 th September 1942. Details information under
headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One
Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
692 [25 March 1943]
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1694
Typed rental of Glengarriff Village, etc., Pearson’s Bridge, and Bantry
Demesne Unsold Holding Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for half
year ending 25 th March 1943, from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; Half Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
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remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
165
1 item
693 [25 March 1943]
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1694
Typed rental of the Town of Bantry Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for half year ending 25 th March 1943, from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; Half Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
694 [25 March 1943]
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1694
Draft rental of the Town of Bantry Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for half year ending 25 th March 1943, from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; Half Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
695 [25 March 1943]
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1694
Typed rental of the Castletownbere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for half year ending 25 th March 1943, from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Details
information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears last Account; Half Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears
remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
1 item
696 [25 March 1943]
see also
1694
Draft rental of the Town of Castletown Bere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M.
Shelswell-White, for half year ending 25 th March 1943, from the Estate
Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental No.;
Denomination; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; Half Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health
Rate; Observations.
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697 5 April – 15 May 1943
Weekly Return of Rents from premises in Bantry.
698 [29 Sept. 1943]
166
6 items
Draft rental of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold Estate of
Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for one year ending 29 th September 1943,
from the Estate Office, Bantry. Details information under headings – Rental
No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health
Rate; Observations
699 1 Nov. 1943 – 15 April 1944
700 1944
1 item
Mss Weekly Return of Rents accounts from the Bantry Estate Office, with
receipts of bank lodgements. Includes typed letter from A. R. Cooke (Steward)
Estate Office, Bantry, to Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, relating to leases
and conveyances of the Estate.
27 items
Rental Accounts “of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold
Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell – White for one year ended 25 th March
1944”. It gives the rental details of Glengarriff village and Glengarriff
Demesne Grazings under the headings – Rental No.; Denominations; Tenant’s
Names; Arrears last Account; Season’s Rent of 31 st Dec. 1944; Total; Amount
Received; Amount Remaining Due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
701 [25 March 1944]
1 item
Typed rental of the town of Castletownbere Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-
White, for one year ending 25 th March, etc., 1944, from the Estate Offices,
Dublin. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations. Includes typed copy.
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702 [25 March 1944]
Typed copy rental of the Glengarriff, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold
Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for one year ending 25 th March, etc,
1944, from the Estate Offices, Dublin. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations.
703 [25 March 1944]
167
1 item
Typed rental of the Town of Bantry Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for one year ending 25 th March 1944, etc., from the Estate Offices, Dublin.
Details information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’
Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received;
Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate; Observations.
Includes typed copy.
704 [25 March 1944]
2 items
Draft rental of the Glengarriff Village, Pearson’s Bridge and Bantry Unsold
Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, for one year ending 25 th March etc.
1944. Details information under headings – Rental No.; Denomination;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount
Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public Health Rate;
Observations.
705 [25 March 1944]
1 item
Draft rental of the Town of Bantry Estate of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White,
for one year ending 25 th March 1944. Details information under headings –
Rental No.; Denomination; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax; Public
Health Rate; Observations.
706 22 [July] 1946
1 item
Tss “RENTALS & ACCOUNT OF THE BANTRY, GLENGARRIFF AND
CASTLETOWNBEREHAVEN ESTATES OF MRS. C.E.M. SHELSWELL-
WHITE FOR YEAR ENDING 30 TH JUNE 1946”. Details headings under
No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gale Days; Arrears to; One Year’s
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707 [1947]
Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears; Income Tax; Allowances;
Abatements; Date of Payment; Observations.
168
1 item
Rentals from [Glengarriff]. Details information under headings – No.;
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gale Days; Arrears; Rent to Year’s; Total
Rental due; Received; Arrears; Income Tax; Allowances; Abatements; Date of
Payment; Observations.
708 1952 – 1960
1 item
Mss rental sheets showing payments made by Cronin, Twomey, Hurley, Denis
Hussey and Spillane to the [Estate]. Details information under – Period; Rent;
Total Due; Date Reced; Inc Tax; Allce; Net; Gross.
709 29 March 1957 – [5 April 1981]
710 [nd]
711 [nd]
File containing documentation showing Rentals received from the Bantry,
Glengarriff and Castletownbere areas. Details information under headings –
Name; Folio; Arrears On; One Years Rent To; Received; Arrears on. Includes
mss letters from tenants to the Estate Office.
4pp
225 items
Rental list of Tenants of the Bantry Estate from Chapel St., Market St., Mill
Rock, Church Rd., Barrack St., and Glengarriff Road. Details information
under headings – Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last
Account; One Year’s Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining
due; Income Tax; Observations. Written on the reverse are accounts.
1 item
Rentals of the Leigh-White Estate [from the Estate Office, Bantry]. Details
information under headings – Tenants; Tenure; Allowance; Arrears.
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712 [nd]
713 [nd]
714 [nd]
715 [nd]
Rentals before and after Judicial judgements from various townlands of the
Leigh-White Estate [from the Estate Office, Bantry]. Details information
under headings – No. of Tenants.; Denominations; Before Aug. 1896 Judicial
Rents under £7; Before Over £7; Total Rent due; After Aug. under £7; After
over £7; Yearly under £7; Yearly Over £7; Allowance under £7; Allowance
over £7; Arrears. Includes miscellaneous judicial accounts.
169
3 items
List of Castletownbere tenants with more than one holding with rents and
purchase prices calculated separately and together. Details information under –
Rental No.; Townland; Tenants’ Name; Arrears last Account; One Year’s
Rent to; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Income Tax;
Observations.
Mss list of rents of properties in Bantry from the [nineteenth] century.
Typed list of [tenants] and their rentals with the Bantry Estate.
1 item
716 [nd]
see also
953
Assignment of several judgements entered up against Richard, 1 st Earl of
Bantry and Viscount Berehaven to a Trustee for James Evan Baillie, a
Mortgagee and “to attend his inheritance” from [1820s]. Gives details of
rentals on lands owned by the Earl; the Bantry lands and town, Reendesert,
Whiddy Island, and the East Carbery Estate. A schedule is drafted for listing
the judgements against the Earl, but it has not been completed.
1p
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1.3 Receipt Books
717 [18] April 1902 – [25] April 1924
Extracts from the Castletown Square Particulars of Receipts and Payments
book. This does not show a full run of payments – 1902-1903 and 1912-1924.
An example of an entry is – “D Murphy 1 year as Contract for Keeping Square
in repair”.
718 3 May – 10 Nov. 1902
Receipt books for the payment of rents of the Bantry Estate from the Bantry
Estate Office.
719 25 Oct. 1944 – 1 May 1954
170
4pp
70 items
Stamped and Unstamped Receipt Books from the Estate Office, Bantry.
Details information under headings – Folio in Ledger; Received this ___ day
of ___ 194_; From; the Sum of; Pounds; Shillings; and Pence, being____years
Rent due to Mrs. C. E. M. SHELSWELL-WHITE, out of ___ holding in
___due and ending the ___day of___19_. Cash; Income Tax; TOTAL;
ESTATE OFFICES, BANTRY. Missing from one set of books is February
1952.
720 3 May 1954 – 2 March 1982
54 items
Receipt books marked “stamped” and “unstamped” showing payments made
to the Bantry Estate of rentals and purchases. Details information under –
No._Received from_ the Sum of_ Pounds_ Shillings and_ Pence Stg. being_
Rent_ due to_ out or_ ending the_ day of_ 19_; Received_ day of_ 19_;
Income Tax £_ at_per £; Cash £_; Total £_.
721 30 Aug. 1954 – 14 Nov. 1972
57 items
Duplicate receipt books of monies received by the Bantry Estate Office from
its tenants, and for services provided. The majority of books have covering
dates on the outside covers. Inside they record payee, recipient, money
received, and the date. In some instances ancillary details are given –
“Glengarriff Tourist Development Fund 12 th October [195]4 Refund of Poor
Rate on Glengarriff Pier & Approach Road for Year ending 31 st March 1954
£4. 4.”
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722 16 Dec. 1965
171
28 items
Receipt book showing two payments made by the Bantry Estates Company.
1.4 Day Books
723 16 Feb. 1805 – 5 April 1809
Duplicate of the Day-book of the rents received by Simon White out of the
Bantry Estate for the use of Lord Longueville. Longueville writes “I request
that the poor maybe kindly dealt with, but as I find nothing [like] punctuallity
or common honesty with any of the tenants in the town of Bantry, I do request
Mr. White and Mr. Smith will stand between me and all sort of imposition and
dishonesty”. Includes a blank printed receipt of payment of rent from the
Bantry Estate in the 20 th Century, and a note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
claiming that the handwriting is that of a clerk and not Simon White’s.
[Initialised] on the back cover, though unclear.
724 March 1901 – Nov. 1947
2pp
106pp & 2 enclosures
Day-book belonging to the Glengarriff estate for accounts 7-20 (from 1901-
1914), divided into town and agricultural holdings. From mid-1914, it gives
the accounts for Glengarriff village and division. Records details under
headings – Date; Folio; Tenants’ Names; Allowance; Income Tax; County
Cess; Poor Rate; Cash; Total.
2. Leases and Tenancy Agreements
2.1 Leases
725 3 July 1739 – 30 Nov. 1894
718pp & 3 enclosures
Folder containing “Old Deeds etc handed to me by Mr. T V Sadlier, Ulster
King of Arms. He stated they were given to him by Lady [Hudlam] some
years ago 24 th Aug. [1943]”. Includes mss statement for Messrs Murphy,
Warren and Leahey (Referrees) on the Bantry Estate trying to clarify what is
due to Col.White Hedges and Mr. John Payne from the Estate (1856); Also
lease (25 th April 1867) between Richard, Earl of Bantry to the Rev. William
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John Carey, the Parsonage, Glengarriff, of a site for a school house in part of
the lands of Cappyaughna at Glengarriff village, County of Cork, measuring in
breadth seventy feet and in width forty feet. Initial payment of five shillings,
with an annual rent of one shilling to be paid on the first of May, agreed 25
April 1867. Map of property is drawn on the lease, twenty feet to one inch,
drawn by A. Bernard; and copy of lease. Also draft renewal of a lease, by
Francis, Earl of Bandon and Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle. Originally
held in July 1739 between David Donnellan, Macroom and Christopher
Marshal, Macroom the house dwelt lately by Francis Murphy the
yearly rent of £2. 10. 0. On the death of David Donnellan, the deeds reverted
to Earl Bandon and R. Hedges Eyre; Also an assignment made on 30 th Nov.
1894 between John Timothy Murphy, Clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of
the Macroom Poor Law Union and Mrs. Catherine Collins Murphy, Sandyhill
House, Macroom, that she will pay £325. 7. 6 owed by John T. Murphy to
James J. Murphy and Company Limited, Lady’s Well Brewery, Cork and pay
the yearly rent on leased property. Also an agreement between Richard Earl of
Bantry and Charles Thomas, Ardnamana House, Schull, Co.Cork granted
mining rights in [Lisherenig] for 12 calendar months on 25 th April 1867,
giving at the end of term one 16 th of the value of all minerals take from the
land. Licence extended by 6 months from 25 th April 1868.
726 5 July 1739
172
7 items
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Joseph Woolf, the younger,
[Killvorra], Co. Cork, for the plowlands of [Killvorra], in the Barony of East
Carbery, for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of £17, payable half-yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The seal of White has been cut out.
727 28 Feb. 1740
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Whiddy, and John Harper (Merchant),
City of Corke [sic], for the plowland of Baltinbrack containing 430a 2r 18p
English Statute measure, the plowland of Tome, containing 463a 2r 35p, and
the plowland of Behagh containing 496a 0r 1p, all in the Barony of East
Carbery, and in the occupancy of Harper and his under tenants. It is for three
lives, renewable, at a yearly rent of £67. 0. 7, payable on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Failure to renew a life after six months of a death will
incur a fine of £16. 15. 1. 3. White purchased the lands from Richard Earl of
Cork and Burlington, who leased them to Harper originally.
728 20 March 1746
2 skins
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and William Blatchford
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(Victualler), Bantry, for the house and premises formerly held by Thomas
Niland and now by Blatchford, and also the house lately held by Blatchford
(Cooper) adjoining Niland’s premises. It is for a term of 60 years, from the
25 th March instant. The yearly rent is £2. 5. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Blatchford agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. Also he agrees to buy his malt at the Malt
house of Bantry, and to grind his malts at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
729 18 Nov. 1749
173
1 item
Counterpart lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and John Wolf
(Farmer), Granore, for the half plowland of Killeragh and the two gneeves of
Granore, in the Barony of East Carbery, and now in the tenancy of Wolf and
his under tenants. It is for three lives from the 25 th March last, and 99 years
from the death of the survivor of them. The yearly rent is £20, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
730 26 Feb. 1754 – 12 Sept. 1772
1 skin
Renewal of a lease made between Richard White, Whiddy, and John Harper
(Merchant), City of Corke [sic]. In consideration of £67. 0. 7 paid by Harper,
White renews the leases for the plowlands of Baltinbrack containing 430a 2r
18p, the plowland of [Tome] containing 463a 2r 36p, and the plowlands of
Behnagh containing 496a 0r 1p, each English Statute measure, in the Barony
of East Carbery. It if for three lives renewable, at a yearly rent of £67. 0. 7,
payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The original lease was
made between Richard Earl of Cork and Burlington with Harper in 1730.
White purchased the rent reversion and inheritance of the lands from the Earl,
and renewed the lease with Harper on 8 th February 1740. On the outside of the
renewal is the agreement to add the life of Roger Bernard to the lease instead
of William Longfield, paying the renewal fine of [£67. 0. 7], in 1772.
3 skins
731 26 Feb. 1754
see also
761
Renewal of a lease made between Richard White, Widdy, Co. Cork, and John
Harper (Merchant), City of Cork, for the plowlands of Baltinbrack, [Tome],
and Behagh in the Barony of East Carbery, for three lives, on payment of £67.
0. 7, the fine on the death of a life on the lease. The yearly rent is £67. 0. 7,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Also Harper
must “do service” to the Courts when in session for the Manor of Inniskean.
Also Harper and his undertenants must grind the [same amount of corn in the
Mill of Manch as is produced from the leased lands]. The original lease was
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made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington and John Harper in 24 th
Oct. 1730. Richard White purchased the inheritance of the lands from the Earl
in 28 th Feb. 1740. The name of Roger Bernard was added to the lives on the
lease on the death of William Longfield on 12 th Sept. 1772, on payment of a
renewal fine.
732 17 Aug. 1754
174
2½ skins
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and John Goodwin
(Apothecarry), Bantry, for the tenement and premises near the Great Bridge in
Bantry town, formerly held by Rev. John Kenny, with part of Katherine
Hurlies tenement in the tenure of Goodwin and his under tenants. It is for a
term of 61 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £10, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Goodwin agrees to buy and
grind his malt at White’s malt house and the manor mills of Bantry, and to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry. Signed and sealed by White and
Goodwin. A Memorial of the deed was entered in to the Register Office,
Dublin, on 15 th November 1777. Includes copy.
2 skins
733 2 Nov. 1754
see also
745
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and William Gash, Droumfea,
for the plowlands of Kinnebegg containing 429a 1r 16p English Statute
Measure, in the Barony of East Carbery. It is for three lives renewable, at a
yearly rent of £46. 18. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Gash agrees to pay a renewal fine of £22. 18. 6 for every life
added. If Gash should pay within the first 10 years to White the sum of £100,
the rent will be reduced after 10 years to £42. 18. 6. White names John Daunt
and William Barter as his lawfull [sic] attorneys of the lands.
734 24 May 1755
3 skins
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Daniel Sullivan (Farmer),
Ardnegeshill, for the lands of Ardneturishbeg, Derrecrehy, Esknafylan,
Dromgariffbeg, all premises in the possession of Sullivan. It is for a term of 31
years, at a yearly rent of £20, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March.
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735 30 May 1755
Lease made between Richard White of Bantry, and Robert Young (Merchant),
Bantry town, for the western side of the Pallaces on the strand, part of
Nicholas Meade’s former holdings, but now in the tenure of Young, in [Bantry
town]. It is for a term of 61 years, at a yearly rent of £4, payable on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Young agrees to serve at the courts in Manor
of Bantry when summoned, and to buy his grain at White’s Malt House,
Bantry, and to grind the grain in the Mills of Bantry, paying a fine if
otherwise.
736 10 June 1755
175
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Thomas Murray (Weaver),
Bantry, for the house and garden on the right side of the road leading from
Bantry to Newtown, now in the tenure of Murray. It is for a term of 31 years
from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £1. 6. 0, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Murray agrees to serve in the courts in the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. He is to buy his malt at White’s Malt
house, and to grind his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
737 11 June 1755
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and John Murray (Weaver),
Bantry town, for the house and garden near the Barrack, with the tenement
Murray formerly held from Stephen Hurley, and the field westward of same
now in Murray’s possession. It is for a term of 31 years, at a yearly rent of £6,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Murray agrees
to buy all his malt at White’s Malt House in Bantry, and to grind it at the Mills
of Bantry, paying a fine if he does otherwise.
738 14 Feb. 1756
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Robert Young (Merchant),
Bantry. It is for the house, out-house and garden formerly belonging to George
Murry, the three fields of [Knathfinine], formerly held by Patrick [Skidoy], the
small field formerly held by William Gallwey, and the two small fields
formerly held by Daniel Hartigan, all near the town of Bantry. It is for a term
of 199 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £11. 10. 0, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Young agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at White’s
malt house and to grind his malts at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
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739 14 Feb. 1756
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Robert Collins (Joyner [sic]),
Bantry, for a house on the right hand corner entering pound Lane in Bantry,
formerly held by William Green deceased, and the ground at the back of the
premises with liberty for Derby Skehane. It is for a term of 99 years, from the
25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
740 14 Feb. 1756
176
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Mary Young (Executrix of
John Young late of Reenraur), for the houses and fields near the Barrack
formerly held by John Grimstead and John Kenny, and now in the tenure of
Young and her undertenants. It is for a term of 199 years from the 25 th March
last, at a yearly rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Young agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to grind her grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
741 14 Feb. 1756
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Mary Young, Reenraur, Co.
Cork. The late John Young (husband to Mary) had leased part of the lands of
Reenraur from Richard White, for three lives and 199 years in reversion. Mary
Young now surrenders that lease and agrees to new lease for that part of the
lands of Reenraur now held by Young and her undertenants, for 199 years
only, from the 25 th March last. The rent is £37. 15. 0, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March. She also agrees to pay between the 1 st
Nov. and the 25 th Dec. 100 choice haak, one barrel of herring, or 18 shillings
in lieu (duty fish). Written on the outside of the lease is “the Tenant was
ejected”.
742 3 May 1756
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and John Bird, for the houses and
premises on the right side of the road leading from Bantry to Newtown, with a
small field opposite which was held previously by Denis Sullivan otherwise
Gauragh, but now held by Bird. It is for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of
£1. 1. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
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743 20 Dec. 1757
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry and Denis Sullivan (otherwise
Lave) (Farmer), Kealkill. It is for the half gneeve of land called the Mill Land
of Kealkill, with the four gneeves of Cahirmonteen, in the Barony of Beer and
Bantry, now in the possession of Sullivan and his under tenants. It is for a term
of 31 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £26. 10. 0, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
744 13 Jan. 1761
177
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Isaac Dowe, Reenadesert,
Co. Cork, for the lands of Reenadesert and the use for cutting turf from the
bog on the lands of Dromduff, all in the Barony of Beer and Bantry. It is for a
term of 31 years, at a yearly rent of £31. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Dowe agrees to serve in the courts in the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind the grain at the Mills
of Bantry, paying a penalty for not doing so. Includes draft of the lease.
2 items
745 28 Oct. 1763
see also
733
Deed of Surrender of a Lease by William Gash to Richard White. White paid
Gash £400. Gash leased from White on 2 nd Nov. 1754 the plowlands of
Kinnebegg, containing 423a 1r 16p, for three lives renewable, at a yearly rent
of £46. 18. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
746 28 Oct. 1763
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, and William Gash, [Dramfea], for the
plowlands of Kinnebegg in the Barony of East Carbery, for a term of three
lives, at a yearly rent of £66. 18. 6, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. The lease has been stitched in two places.
3 skins
747 31 March 1764
see also
269
[Lease] made between George Ogle, Leechfield, Co. Wexford, and Richard
White, Bantry, for the town and lands of Mollosky, and Ogle’s part of
Agroume, both in the Barony of Beare and Bantry. It is for five years from the
5 th November last, at a yearly rent of £50, payable half yearly on the 5 th May
and the 5 th November.
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748 29 Oct. 1767
178
1 item
[Bargain and Sale] Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Francis
Gash, [Buckerees], for the half plowland of Gortroe, containing 514a 1r 22p
English statute measure, and the five gneeves of Buckerys, containing 192a 1r
15p like measure, in the Barony of East Carbery. It is for one whole year,
paying on the feast of Easter next one pepper corn, if demanded.
749 10 April 1769
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White and Richard Spenser (Weaver), Bantry,
for the tenements with the garden belonging between Daniel Hanly’s and
Thomas Spenser’s holdings, now in the tenure and occupation of Richard
Spenser. A term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £1. 10. 0, payable half-yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
750 23 July 1769
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and Beecher Lavers (Farmer),
Bantry, for a house and the back of the house now in Lavers possession. It is
for three lives, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of one shilling, and
£1. 1. 0 during the life of the survivor of John and Beecher Flemin, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
751 19 Oct. 1769
1 item
Lease between Richard White and Patrick Mealy the tenement and premises
near to and adjoining the Church yard in Bantry town. The term of the lease is
the natural life of Mealy and three lives. The yearly rent is £5, payable halfyearly
29 th September and 25 th March.
1 item
752 26 Jan. 1770
see also
805, 806
Lease made between Simon White, Blackrock, Co. Cork, and John Vickery
(Farmer), [Roseogh], for the lands of Donbittern, now in the tenure of William
Warren, in the Barony of Bere and Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent
of £33, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
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753 27 March 1770
Lease made between Richard White and John Bird (Farmer), Bantry, for the
tenement and premises at the corner near the Barrack in Bantry, where Bird
has erected two tenements, together with a small field, for [2/3] lives, a yearly
rent of £3. 18. 5, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
179
1 item
754 27 April 1770
see also
944
Lease made between Richard White and John Godson (Farmer), Breenybeg,
for the lands of Breenybeg estimated at four gneeves, now in his possession
and his undertenants, in the Barony of Bere. A term of three lives, at a yearly
rent of £14. 14. 0, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
755 2 April 1771
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and William Gash, Bandon, for
the plowlands of Kinnebegg, containing 423a 1r 16p English Statute measure,
in the Barony of East Carbery, with all its premises, bogs, rivers, heaths and
mills. It is for three lives renewable, at a yearly rent of £84. 8. 6, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Gash must pay within six
months of the death of a life of the lease a fine of £22. 8. 6., and failure to do
so will incur a fine of £5. 19. 7.
756 11 Nov. 1771
2 skins
Lease made between Richard White and William Parrot (Farmer), Blackrock,
Bantry, for a plot of ground in the town of Bantry where Parrot has erected a
new house and in his tenure and occupation. A term of three lives, at a yearly
rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
757 10 June 1773
see also
932
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry, and John Clerke (Cloathier and
Post-Master), Bantry, for the houses, back houses and small garden in the
town of Bantry according to the portions marked out by the two parties, [with
those in Reenraur] already in the possession of Clerke. It is for three lives or
31 years, with a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent
of £7, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Clerke
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agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. He
agrees to buy his malt at Richard White’s Malt house in Bantry and to grind
all his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry. Includes a mss note on lease.
180
2 items
758 25 Nov. 1773
see also
934
Lease made between Richard White, Bantry and Francis Gash, Killroan. Gash
has agreed to surrender his lease for £110, and to take up another lease paying
an additional £5. 10. 0 rent. It is for the half plowland of Gortroe, containing
514a 1r 22p, the five gneeves of Buckleys, containing 192a 1r 15p, in the
Barony of East Carbery. It is for three lives renewable, at a yearly rent of £32,
payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. There is a renewal fine of
£13. 15. 0.
759 [29] Dec. 1774
1 skin
[Draft lease/release] made between Richard Levinge, City of Dublin, and
Richard White, Bantry. White paid £3,603. 6. 0 to Levinge for various lands
leased out by Levinge in the city and county of Cork. Mentioned are William
Litton (Alderman), City of Cork, representative of the late William Austen.
Also mentioned is William Tonson, as holding a lease of some lands from
Levinge.
760 7 April 1777
1 skin
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Michael Sullivan (Farmer),
Bantry. It is for the two gneeves of [Granure], formerly held by Derby
Donovan, the two gneeves of [Granure], formerly held by Cornelius Leary,
and the two gneeves of [Granure] formerly held by the Kellys and now in the
tenure of Joseph Willis and his under tenants, being in the Barony of East
Carbery. It is for a term of 999 years from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent
of £20, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 skin
761 24 July 1780
see also
731
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry and Thomas Bernard, Pallace
Ann, Co. Cork. Bernard paid 367. 0 . 7 to White as a renewal fine to add his
life to a lease for the plowlands of Balltinbrack, [Tome] and Behagh in the
Barony of East Carbery, for three lives. The yearly rent is £67. 0. 7, payable
half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Also Bernard and his
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undertenants agree to give service to the courts of the Mannor of Iniskeane.
Also he agrees to pay 5 shillings for every barrel of corn ground from the
leased lands. The original lease was made between Richard, Earl of Cork and
Burlington, and John Harper 24 th Oct. 1730.
762 31 Jan. 1783
181
4 skins
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Richard Blair, of the Abbey
near Bantry, for the plot of ground between Collin’s and Clerk’s holdings in
Church Street, on which two houses are [being built], with the back ground to
the houses, now in the tenure of Blair. It is part of the back of White’s
[mansion] house. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March next. The yearly rent
is £2, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Blair
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned, to buy
his malt at the Malt house of Bantry, and to grind his grains in the Manor
Mills of Bantry. White agrees to draw up a new lease to Blair during 99 years
from the 25 th March 1783. Blair has a freehold on the premises until the 25 th
March 1882, and will have a lease on the premises for three lives on and after
the 25 th March 1882.
763 9 July 1783
1 item
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Timothy [Gleen]
(Yeoman), the Abbey near Bantry, for the garden and premises to the west of
Mrs Jenkins’ garden extending from Black Rock Road to the Strand, near the
town of Bantry, formerly occupied by Daniel Cavanaugh and his under
tenants. It is for a term of 31 years from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of
£2, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. He agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to grind his corn
at the mills of the town and to buy his malts at the Malt house of White’s.
764 28 May 1786
1 item
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Thomas Leahy, Bantry. It
is for part of Dromleigh, fields on Kinathfinine, cellars on the Strand in Bantry
town, a tan yard and houses belonging to same, a dwelling house, back houses,
garden and field belonging to it in Bantry town, a house and back yard known
as Nathaniel Spencer’s, in Bantry town, and a field known as Dan Hanley’s. It
is for 99 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £27. 16. 6, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Leahy agrees to serve in
the courts in the Manor of Bantry when summoned. He also agrees to buy his
malt in Hamilton White’s Malt House in Bantry and to grind all his grains in
the Manor Mills of Bantry.
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182
1 skin
765 30 June 1786
see also
766
[Draft] lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and John Blachford, for
the holdings in the town of Bantry formerly held by Mary [Sheolan], and
Denis [Cahaun], between Blackrock Road and the Strand. It is for 61 years,
from the 25 th March [1786], at a yearly rent of £16. 11. 0, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 skin
766 30 June 1786
see also
765
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and John Blachford
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for a house in the town of Bantry formerly held by
Mary Skeolan. It is for a term of 61 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly
rent of [£16. 11. 0], payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
767 6 Sept. 1786
1 skin
Surrender of a Lease by Gilbert Mellefont to Hamilton White, of the lands of
Carriganassig in the half Barony of Bantry, for three lives, at a yearly rent of
£22. 15. 0. The lease was made on the 17 th May 1783.
768 7 Sept. 1786
1 item
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and David Mellefont,
Donnemark, Co. Cork, for the lands of Carriganass. It is for three lives, at a
yearly rent of £22. 15. 0, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Mellefont agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to buy and grind his and his undertenants’ grain at White’s
Malt House and the Mills of Bantry, or else pay a fine.
769 9 Nov. 1786
1 skin
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and David Jenkins
(Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for part of the strand at the south side of Bantry
cove, measuring 80 feet square, in front of Clerk, Blachford, and Downey’s
holdings. It is for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Includes copy.
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183
2 items
770 1 March 1787
see also
824, 862, 3012
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and John Clerke (Shopkeeper),
Bantry, for the premises formerly held by James Murphy on the west side of
Bantry, between Blackrock Road and the Strand, the field formerly held by
Daniel Murphy near Dromleigh. It is for a term of 61 years from the 25 th
March last, at a yearly rent of £7. 11. 0, on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Clerke agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to buy his malts in Hamilton White’s Malt House in Bantry
and to grind his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
1 skin
771 28 Sept 1787
see also
3005
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Michael Gallwey
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for the premises formerly held by Catherine Carthy,
commonly known as the Widow Baskinagh’s holdings, which are on the right
side of the road leading from Bantry to Blackrock. It is for a term of 31 years,
from the 25 th March l787, at a yearly rent of £15, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Gallwey agrees to serve in the courts of
the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at White’s Malt house,
and to grind all his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
772 31 Dec. 1787
1 item
Lease made between Hamilton White, Bantry, and Michael Galwey
(Merchant), Bantry, for the house Galwey lives in, with its yard and back
houses, in the town of Bantry. It is for a term of 61 years, from the 25 th March,
at a yearly rent of £4. 17. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Galwey agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, to buy his malt at White’s malt house, and to grind his grains at
the Mills of Bantry.
773 24 March 1788
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Jeremiah Sullivan
Darby, for the eastern division of the lands of Rossnacowen (excepting one
gneeve demised by White to Edmond Toomy) in the Barony of Bere and
Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £113. 15. 0, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
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774 1 Nov. 1788
Lease made between Richard White, Blackrock, and Michael Sullivan,
Newtown, Co.Cork, for the lands of [Cappuleig and Keeldromlave], being in
the Barony of Beer and Bantry. It is for three lives or 61 years, at a yearly rent
of £34. 2. 6, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November.
775 2 Jan. 1789
184
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Hamilton White, Lower
Gurteen, for the lands of Lower Gurteen, lately held by John [Vickery] Junior,
but now in the possession of Hamilton White, with an acre of turfbog on the
lands of Ardhoulihan. It is three lives with a covenant of renewal, one
peppercorn renewal fine. The yearly rent is £60, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September.
776 3 Jan. 1789
1 item
Copy Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Simon White,
Black Rock (brother of Richard), for the Northern half division of Ardturish
Bog and Dromgariff, with their sub-denominations, now in the tenure of
Timothy Sullivan, Ardnegashel. It is for three lives with a convenant of
perpetual renewal, the fine for which is one pepper corn. It is at a yearly rent
of £37. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Simon White agrees to give to Richard every year before the 20 th Aug., “sixty
hogsheads of good and well saved turf”, and that Simon will serve in the
courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
777 7 Jan. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and William Warner Snr.
(Farmer), Dunbittern, for the lands of Upper Gurteen, now in the occupation
of Warner and John Flyn, Cappanaloha, and their under tenants. It is for three
lives and 6 years after the last deaths. The yearly rent for the first 6 years is set
at £50, and after, it is set at £60, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The last life on the lease died on the 31 st Oct. 1841.
778 14 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Denis Neal otherwise
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Leigh (Farmer), Dromlave. It is for a fourth part of Dromlave, known as
[Trusnagh], and half the other fourth of Dromlave, known as Gortnefinchen,
now in the tenure of Leah. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March instant.
The yearly rent is £75. 7. 10 and a half penny, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Leah agrees to deliver to White 45 hogsheads
of turf on and before the 25 th August every year, paying one shilling for every
hogshead of turf not delivered.
779 14 March 1789
185
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Timothy Neal
(otherwise Leigh) (Farmer), Dromlave. It is for a fourth part of Dromlave,
commonly called Island, and half the other fourth of Dromlave, commonly
called [Gortnefinchen], in the tenure of Neal, situate in the half Barony of
Bere. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March instant, at a yearly rent of £25.
11. 10, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Neal
agrees to give 45 hogsheads of well saved dry turf to White on or befored the
21 st August in every year. Neal may have been evicted and the lease taken
over by a Sullivan.
780 21 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Robert Simpson,
Berehaven, for the lands of West Fahah under its ancient boundaries, in the
Barony of Bere and Bantry. It is for three lives renewable, at a yearly rent of
£40 during the natural life of the Widow Goodwin, Berehaven, and at £45. 10.
0 for every year after her decease. It is payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. This lease was originally used as an indenture made between
Richard White and Michael Sullivan, bur not for the same lands. Sullivan’s
name was erased as no official stamped paper was available.
781 22 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Cornelius Sullivan,
Joseph Sullivan, Denis [Shanchane], John Sullivan Gaur, Florence Sullivan
Gaur, Darby Sullivan Gaur, Owen Sullivan [Sullivan] Gaur, and John Sullivan
Gaur, (Farmers) all of Rusk in the parish of Killcaskin. It is for the lands of
Rusk (one and a half gneeves), reserving it into eight parts, with one-fourth
part to Cornelius Sullivan, one eighth to the rest (Florence and Owen sharing a
one eighth part). It is for three lives, from the 25 th March instant, at a yearly
rent of £30, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Written on the back of the lease is a note by White stating that the parties
[have possession of the lands for 31 years].
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782 24 March 1789
186
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Rev. Dennis Sullivan,
Carrigraur, for the lands of Carrigraur, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £20,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
783 24 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Peter [McSwiney],
Reen, and John Delany (Farmers), Glengariffe. It is for the Eastern and
Western parts of the lands of Trafesky now held by Charles and Richard
Blake. It is exclusive of the part of Trafesky and Crohan held by the Widow
Blake and sons, all in the Barony of Beer and Bantry. It is for three lives, at a
yearly rent of £30, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September.
784 24 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Cornelius Sullivan
(Farmer), Lackabane, for the lands of Lackabane in the Barony of Beer and
Bantry. It is for three lives from the 25 th March instant, at a yearly rent of £20,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Produced in
court on the 24 th June 1817.
785 24 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Jeremiah Sullivan,
Conane, for the lands of Drumgarriff, West Cross and Coonane, all in the
Barony of Bere and Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £113. 15. 0,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees
to give to White on or before the 1 st August of every year six [score]
hogsheads of turf.
786 24 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Blackrock, and Peter McSweeny, Reen,
for the lands of Reen, [Cumgira] and [Capanaparkee], in the Barony of Bere
and Bantry. It is for three lives or 41 years, at a yearly rent of £88, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
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787 24 March 1789
187
1 skin
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Mary Blake (Widow)
and John Blake, East Croha, Co. Cork, for the lands of East Croha, in the
Barony of Bera and Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £34. 2. 6,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
788 24 March 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Black Rock, and Patrick Brien (Farmer),
Shrone, for the lands of Shrone, in the Barony of Bere and Bantry, for three
lives. The yearly rent is £13, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September.
789 5 April 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield, and William Warner, the
younger (Farmer), Dunbittern, Co. Cork, for that part of the lands of
Dunbittern, now in the tenure of William Warner, the elder, and his
undertenants. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £27, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
790 24 June 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Daniel Murphy
(Farmer), Curragh, for one third part of the lands of Curragh in the tenure of
Murphy and James Downey. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £5. 13. 9,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in
court by James Murphy, eldest son of Daniel Murphy, on 28 th Oct. 1811.
791 24 June 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and James Downey and
Maurice Downey (Farmers), both of Curragh, for the two third parts of the
lands of Curragh, now in the tenure of the Downeys and Daniel Murphy, in the
half Barony of Bere. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly
rent of £11. 7. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. It is agreed that James Downey will only pay one third of the rent, and
Maurice Downey the other two thirds.
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792 1789
188
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Blackrock, and Edward McSweeny
(Farmer), [Monteensudder], for the lands of [Montesuder], for a term of 31
years, from the 25 th March instant. The yearly rent is £11. 7. 6, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. McSweeny agrees to give to
White one hogshead of good turf as well as the reserved rent.
793 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and James Dungan and
John Dungan (Smiths), Dunemark near Newtown. It is for eight statute acres
of the lands of Dromleigh, with three slate houses built or to be built by the
Dungans, on the road leading through [Keelmecuvane] in the parish of
Durrish, and one house to be built at Dromleigh on the public road leading
from Bantry to Fourmilewater, all situate in the half Barony of Bantry. It is for
three lives and 41 years from the 29 th September next, at a yearly rent of £4,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. They agree to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and
grind their grains in the Malt house and Manor Mills of Bantry.
794 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and John Burk (Cooper),
Parkplace, for two statute acres of Droumleigh with a slate house built by
Burk, and a plot of ground at the back of the house to the verge of the quarry.
It is bounded on the south by the old road leading from Droumacousane to the
town of Bantry. It is for three lives and for 31 years after the death of the last
survivor of the lives, from the 25 th March. The yearly rent is 20 shillings,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
795 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Francis Skuce
(Farmer), Ardhuolihan, for two statute acres of the field called Killnerevane,
two statute acres of Dromleigh, with two slate houses built by Francis Skuce
on the road leading through the field. It is for three lives from the 29 th
September next, at a yearly rent of £2. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Skuce agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at the Malt house appointed
by White, and to grind his grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry. It is further
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agreed that Skuce will build one slate house on or before the 1 st October 1791,
and two more houses before 1794. The lease is void if they are not built. The
term will then be three lives and 61 years.
189
1 item
796 24 June 1790
see also
799
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Florence Cotter, the
elder and Patrick Cotter (Blacksmiths), both of Parkstown. It is for eight
statute acres of the lands of Dromleigh with two slate houses, built by the
Cotters. They agree that John Beamish will have access out of [Keelnervane]
to his part of Dromleigh through the Cotters’ land. It is for three lives and 31
years after the death of the last life, from the 29 th September next. The yearly
rent is £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
797 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Miss Jane Goodwin,
Bantry, for three slate houses lately built by Goodwin, with 6 statute acres of
the lands of Dromleigh convenant to the houses, situated near the road leading
from Bantry to Four Mile Water. It is for three lives and 61 years from the
death of the last life, from the 29 th September next. The yearly rent is £3,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
798 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Daniel Donovan
(Farmer), Skart, the parish of Durrish. It is for one statute acre of the field
known as Keelnervane, with one slate house built by John Warner on the road
leading through the field, in the Manor of Bantry. It is for three lives (each life
renewable once) and 61 years after the death of the last life, from the 29 th
September next. The yearly rent is £1, payable half yearly on the 25 th March
and the 29 th September.
1 item
799 24 June 1790
see also
796
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Florence Cotter the
elder, and Florence Cotter (Smiths), both of Park Place. It is for one half of the
holdings now held by Cotter and his sons, part of the lands of Dromleigh, with
one slate house, in the Manor of Bantry. It is for three lives and 31 years after
the death of the last survivor, from the 29 th September next. The yearly rent is
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£2, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. If Cotter
senior should die before his wife, Ellen, she is to have his interest in the
premises.
800 24 June 1790
190
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Michael O’Sullivan,
Newtown, near Bantry, for three statute acres of a field known as
Keelnermane together with three slate houses built by O’Sullivan, all in the
Manor of Bantry. It is for three lives or 41 years, at a yearly rent of £3,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. O’Sullivan
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to
buy his malt at the Malt house of Bantry, and to grind his grains in the Manor
Mills of Bantry.
801 24 June 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Patrick Cotter
(Blacksmith), Park Place, for one half of the holdings now held by Cotter, his
father and brother, being part of the lands of Dromleigh in the manor of
Bantry. Also one slate house bounded on the North by Keelnerevane and on
the west by the High Road leading to Bantry. It is for three lives and 31 years
after the death of the survivor of them, from the 29 th September next. The
yearly rent is £2, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Written on the left margin is the history of the lives on the lease.
Includes a list of names on Cotters lott; and two notes on the amount of arrears
(£11. 1. 6) owed on the property up to the 25 th March 1846.
802 16 Oct. 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry, and Tom Kirby
(Innkeeper), Bantry. It is for three statute acres of the field called
Keelneravane, with two slate houses built or to be built by Kirby on the road
leading through Keelnerevane. It is for three lives and 61 years after the death
of the survivor of the lives, from the 29 th September last. The yearly rent of
£25. 15. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Written on the back of the lease is that the lands were sold under the Land Act
1905, dated 28 th Oct. 1948.
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803 1790
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Philip Harrington
(Weaver), Bantry, for one statute acre of a field known as [Keelnerevane],
with one slate house, lately built by Harrington, situated in the Manor of
Bantry. It is for three lives and 31 years after the death of the last life, from the
29 th September next. The yearly rent is £1, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Includes a note stating that the rent due is £7.
4. 0.
804 15 June 1791
191
2 items
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Peter Duclowe
(Farmer), Crutees, the parish of [Divrish], Co. Cork. For four statute acres of
Dromleigh in the Manor of Bantry, for three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent
of £1. 10. 0, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
805 21 June 1791
see also
752, 806, 1218
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and James Vickery
(Farmer), Reeskagh, in the parish of Durish, Co. Cork, for one statute acre
field called [Keelnarevane], with the ground to build one slate house on. It is
for three years or 61 years, at a yearly rent of £1, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Vickery agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and will buy and grind his grain at a Malt
houseand Brewery approved by White, and the Manor Mills of Bantry,
respectively. On the back of the lease is a claim by Vickery that he has sold
his interest in the lease to Lord Berehaven for £30, paid by Mr. Payne, on 10 th
June 1841, and he will execute a surrender of the lease. Also one copy of
lease.
2 items
806 21 June 1791
see also
752, 805
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Samuel Vickery
(Farmer), Reeskagh, parish of Durish, for one statute acre of the field known
as [Keellneruhane] together with the ground to build one slate house. It is for
three lives or 61 years, at a yearly rent of £1, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Vickery agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to but his malt at the Malt house in
Bantry, and to grind all his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
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807 24 June 1791
see also
879
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Denis McCarthy
(Farmer), Skeahill, for half the lands of Skeahill now in the occupation of the
McCarthy. It is for three lives [renewable], from the 25 th March last, at a
yearly rent of £12. 17. 7, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. It is agreed among them that McCarthy will take care of the
woods on the lands, and if a tree should be cut or stolen, he will pay to White a
fine of 5 shillings for each tree.
808 24 June 1791
192
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park in the one part and Darby
Rahilly (the Elder), Darby Rahilly (the Younger), Bartholomew Rahilly, Denis
Rahilly, sons of Darby Rahilly (the Elder), farmers in Skeahill, Co. Cork.
Rahilly agrees to lease half the lands of Skeahill, now in the occupation of
Rahilly and divided between them and Denis McCarthy. A term of three lives,
at a yearly rent of £11. 2. 5, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. It is also agreed that Rahilly will keep the woods on the lands of
Skeahill free from trespass, and that White will charge the Rahillys 5 shillings
for every tree cut on same lands that they cannot prove against.
809 22 May [1792]
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry, and John Sullivan
and Timothy Sullivan (Farmers), [Caunshanavohy], in the parish of
Killcaskan. It is for the four gneeves of [Caunshanovohy] now in the tenure of
the representatives of the late George Sullivan and their undertenants. It is for
3 lives from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £11. 7. 6, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. White has the sole reserve to
the timber on the land. A fine will be imposed if there is any loss of wood. The
Sullivans agree to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
They are to buy and grind all their Malt, corn and other grains in Malt Houses
or Mills approved of by White, or suffer fines.
810 7 Jan. 1793
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and William Warner the
elder (Farmer), Parkplace, for the lands of Reenadeesert, lately occupied by
Joshua [Bowe] and his undertenants, in the Manor of Bantry. It is for three
lives and 31 years after the death of the last life, from the 25 th March next. The
yearly rent is £91, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
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March.
811 21 Dec. 1793
193
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and William Warner
(Farmer), [Reenadesert], for the Western Division of [Cappanaloha], now in
the tenure of Warner and his under tenants. It is for three lives and 31 years
after the death of the survivor of them, from the 25 th March next. It is at a
yearly rent of £44, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Written on the back of the lease is that this land was probably sold
under a Land Act.
812 28 June 1794
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Cornelius Duggan
(Farmer), Ardra, the West division of East Carbery, for the lands of
Dromacosane in the Manor of Bantry. It is for three lives or 41 years, at a
yearly rent of £50, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
813 26 March 1796
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Peter McSweeny,
Reen, for one undivided fourth part of the three plowlands of [Dolhosky],
lately in the possession of Daniel Sullivan, and the three plowlands of
Ardgroom, lately in the possession of [Dermot] Lyne. It is for three lives or 41
years, whichever lasts longest, from the 25 th March instant. The yearly rent is
£154, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
814 26 March 1796
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Peter McSweeny,
Reen, for part of the lands of Bolhosky called the Point, otherwise
[Reenaroga]. It is for three lives and for 41 years, from the 25 th March instant.
The yearly rent is £24 payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
815 26 March 1796
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Hamilton White,
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Bantry, for a piece of ground where corn stores were lately built by Hamilton
White, in Bantry town. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of 10 shillings,
payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. They agree upon a fine of
one pepper corn to add a new life to the lease on the death of another.
816 26 March 1796
194
1 item
Lease made between Richard White, Seafield Park, and Hamilton White,
Bantry, for part of the lands in Whiddy Island called Reenavarry, also Hogg
Island to the East of Whiddy, now in the possession of Hamilton White. It is
for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £80, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
817 [1800s]
1 item
Draft Lease made between Richard Earl of Bantry, [Seafield] Park, and
Timothy Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry town. It is for part of Dromleigh,
containing four acres, known as Kerrymans Lot, and the part of Dromleigh
formerly held by Reverend John Beamish. It is for three lives, or 61 years,
with a covenant of renewal. No rent is mentioned. The original lease was
made between Richard White, Seafield Park, otherwise Earl of Bantry and the
Rev. John Beamish, Parkplace, in 6 th Jan. 1796. There is writing on the left
margin in ms pencil, commenting on the lease and its validity, similar to legal
notes. On the outside is written “not executed”.
818 13 March 1802
1 skin
Lease made between Lord Viscount Bantry, and Richard Barrett (Cooper),
Bantry, for the house down strand with a small back yard between said house
and the road, as formerly held by Cornelius Leary and his under tenants, now
held by Barrett. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March [next], at a yearly rent
of £2. 5. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Written on the back of the lease is that Barrett assigned his interest in the
premises to Batt Daly (Cooper) for £31, no date available.
819 21 Aug. 1803
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Viscount Bantry, Bantry, and Robert Nicholas
Bird (Merchant), Bantry, for a plot of ground on the strand in the town of
Bantry in the possession of Bird, bounded on the north by the sea, and on the
south by the road leading from Bantry to Seafield. It is for three lives, from the
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1 st May last, at a yearly rent of £3. 8. 3, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Bird assigns to Viscount Bantry casualties of
fire, war and rebellion only.
820 1 Jan. 1804
195
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry and Christopher Bant
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for a house in Bantry, for [three lives], a yearly rent of
£1. [2]. 9, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and 29 th September. Copy of
same.
821 5 July 1805
2 items
Lease made between Lord Viscount Bantry, and Michael [Dealy] (Farmer),
[Droumcaol], for a lot of waste ground, bounded on the south by the adjoining
road leading to Lord Bantry’s, on the west by Hamilton White’s stores known
as the Barrack. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is
£0. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
822 [7 Sept. 1805]
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and Jeremiah Sullivan
(Boatman), Bantry, for the half lot formerly held by Richard Kingston with its
appurtenances in the town of Bantry, in fee simple. It is for three lives from
the 29 th September last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable on every 25 th
March.
823 29 Sept. 1805
1 item
Lease made between Lord Viscount Bantry and Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Bere
Island, for a plot of ground in the parish of Kilmacomogue, Bantry, for a term
of three lives, at a yearly rent of six pence, payable half-yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September.
1 item
824 1 Jan. 1807
see also
770, 862
Lease made between Lord Viscount Bantry and John Clerke (Post-Master),
Bantry town, for a house on Black Rock Road, now in his possession, for three
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lives, at a yearly rent of 1 shilling, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and
29 th September.
825 22 Feb. 1808
196
1 item
Lease made between Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Murphy (Widow), Newtown, for the site of a house and back ground on the
road leading to Seafield House. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of one
British shilling, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
826 22 Feb. 1808
1 item
Lease between Lord Viscount Bantry and Miss Jane Goodwin on a house on
the road leading to Seafield House, for the natural life of Goodwin or lives of
Sarah [Moal] (her sister) and Jane Murphy (daughter to John and Elizabeth
Murphy of [Newtown]) aged six years. The rent is a yearly sum of one British
shilling, payable half-yearly in 25 th March and 29 th September.
1 item
827 10 July 1809
see also
Section D.6.1
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castle Mary, to
John Dennis (Farmer), Droumleagh, for a field and cabbins thereon near
Bantry town, formerly in the possession of Denis Healy and Richard Goggin.
It is for three lives from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £12. 10. 3,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Dennis agrees
to serve in the courts of the Barony. It seems that the lease was taken out at a
later date by Roland White.
828 16 March 1810
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and John
Sullivan (alias Bawn) (Farmer), Keelmore, Whiddy Island. It is for the one
half of the lands of Keelmore on Whiddy Island, containing 31½ acres, now in
the possession of Sullivan and his under tenants. It is for one life or 21 years
from the 25 th March instant, at a yearly rent of £75. 12. 0, being the rate of £2.
8. 0 an acre, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
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829 25 March 1810
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Samuel Vickery (Farmer), Whiddy Island, for the house at Park Place in the
parish of Kilmacomogue, built by the late Ross Cary, Adrigole, with the “back
ground” of the house and the two fields at Droumleigh, containing four acres.
It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
830 30 March 1810
197
1 item
Deed made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Bantry, in the one part,
Brigadier General Thomas Trotter, (Commanding Royal Artillary), Brigadier
General Benjamin Fisher (Commanding Royal Engineers), Lieutenant Colonel
Henry Roger (Storekeeper), Robert Coleman (Clerke of the Survey), and
Abraham Mills (Clerke of the Cheque), all officers conducting business of the
Civil and Military Department of the Ordinance in Ireland in the other part.
With a compensation payment of £529. 19. 8, Viscount Bantry releases the
Officers of Ordinance from a Convenant in Lease to Build Walls on Whiddy
Island. This lease was made on the 20 th Sept. 1804 between Lord and Lady
Longueville, Lord Viscount Bantry, and Officers of Ordinance.
831 2 Aug. 1810
1 item
Draft Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Bantry, and Robert
O’Callaghan Newenham, City of Limerick, and Robert Kenny, Donemark. It
is for the mining rights on Whiddy Island (excepting the lands already leased
to Her Majesty Board of Ordinance), for a term of 61 years. They agree to
give a one eight share of the minerals from the mine to Viscount Bantry.
832 20 Aug. 1810
3 skins
Indenture between Lord Viscount Bantry and Cornelius Harrington (Farmer),
West [Cloase], Island of Whiddy, Bantry, leasing to Harrington about 9½
acres of the Island of Whiddy for a term of 21 years or a life, a yearly rent of
£27. 6. 0, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
833 20 Aug. 1810
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and John Houlihan
(Farmer), West [Cloas], Whiddy Island, for half of the lands of West [Cloas],
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19½ acres, already in his possession. It is for a term of 21 years or three lives,
at a yearly rent of £27, 6. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Produced in open court on 30 th Oct. 1811.
834 3 Sept. 1810
198
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Samuel Vickery (Farmer), Whiddy Island, for the part of the lands of Kilmore
in Whiddy Island, commonly called Carrigfadda, together with part of the
lands of Trawnihahy in Whiddy Island, commonly called Turner’s Field,
Cooper’s Field, Orchard and Boat House Field, now in the possession of
Samuel Vickery. It is for three lives or 41 years, from the 25 th March last, at a
yearly rent of £91. 4. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
835 25 June 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and Owen
Murphy (Labourer), Bantry town, for the house Murphy now resides in,
adjoining little house and garden. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March last,
at a yearly rent of 10 shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. This was produced in court on the 29 th Oct. 1811 and 24 th June
1817.
836 7 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and William
Hutchinson ([Codwainer]), Bantry town, for the house and kitchen garden in
Bantry town, lately held by Joseph Bird (Nailer) and now in Hutchinson’s
possession, bounded on the north by the road leading from Bantry to
Dunemark. It is for three lives [renewal], from the 25 th March last, at a yearly
rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Hutchinson agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when
summoned. Written on the back of the lease is that Hutchinson received £9. 2.
0 from Lord Viscount Bantry in consideration of changing the south
boundaries from “ a riverlet or stream” to “Younge Lavers’s holding”, dated
12 th March 1814. The lease was later surrendered.
837 7 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and Timothy
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Linnehan (Whitesmith), Bantry town, for a house and forge in front, with back
yard and house in Old Barrack Road in Bantry. It is for a term of three lives, at
a yearly rent of £6. 16. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Linnehan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and to buy his malt at the Malt house of Bantry, and to grind
his grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry. Produced in open court 29 Oct. 1811.
838 25 Aug. 1811
199
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and Patrick
Leary (Chairmaker), Bantry town, for a lot of ground in the town of Bantry,
bounded on the south by a passage leading to Blackrock road, being part of the
premises formerly held by Dennis Williams. It is for three lives from the 25 th
March, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly (dates not given). Leary
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
839 25 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and Richard
Walsh (Farmer), Donemark, for part of the lands of Mahonaclee in his actual
possession, and one half of the mountain containing two gneeves,held by him
and John Sullivan (alias Cruagh). It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £34. 2.
6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Walsh agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to grind
his grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
840 25 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry of Seafield, and
Cornelius Sullivan (Weaver), Bantry town, for a lot of ground for a house and
yard, formerly held by John Sullivan alias Bra, now held by Cornelius
Sullivan, in the town of Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees
to serve at the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
841 25 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, Seafield, and Cornelius Croneen
(Farmer), Mahonaclee, parish of Kilmacomogue, for one third part of the lands
of the four gneeves of the Middle Division of Mahonaclee, now in his
possession. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £25. 15. 0, payable on the
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29 th September and the 25 th March. Croneen agrees to serve in the courts of
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy his malt at the malt house, and
to grind his grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
842 25 Aug. 1811
200
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and Richard
Walsh (Farmer), Donemark, in the parish of Kilmacomogue, Barony of
Bantry. It is for the lands of Mahonaclee, held by him by a deed of partition
with John Sullivan alias [Cnaugh], and one half of a mountain held between
him and Sullivan. For three lives, at a yearly rent of £34. 2. 6, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Walsh agrees to serve in the
courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to grind his corn and
other grain at the Manor Mills of Bantry, paying a penalty of 20 shillings for
grinding his corn elsewhere.
843 25 Aug. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield, and John
Sullivan (Farmer), Mahonaclee, parish of Kilmacomogue. It is for the part of
the lands of Mahonaclee now in the possession of John Sullivan, and half the
mountain in partnership held by John Sullivan and Richard Walsh. It is for
three lives, at a yearly rent of £34. 2. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind his malts at the Malt
House and the Manor Mills of Bantry. Includes copy.
844 25 Aug. 1811
2 items
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, Seafield, and Denis McCarthy
(Farmer), Mahonclee, for one third part of the lands of the middle division of
Mahonaclee now in the possession of McCarthy. It is for three lives, from the
25 th March, at a yearly rent of £22. 15. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. He agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor
of Bantry, when summoned, and to buy and grind his malts in the Malt House
and the Manor Mills of Bantry.
845 26 Oct. 1811
1 item
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and
Francis Woodley (Barrister-at-Law), Frankfort, Co. Cork. In consideration of
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the covenant of renewal and the renewal fine of £68. 14. 5, for the two
plowlands of Grillagh containing 712a 2r 19p English Statute measure, and the
plowland of Knockacullen, containing 379a 0r 12p. It is for three lives
renewable, at a yearly rent of £68. 14. 5, payable half yearly. Woodley paid
£188. 19. 7 renewal fine. The original lease was made between Richard Earl of
Cork and Burlington and Francis Woodley on 27 th Oct. 1730.
846 30 Oct. 1811
201
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and Denis
Slattery (Mason), Bantry town, for a house and premises in the town of Bantry
at Pound Lane, bounded on the east by the road leading from Bantry to
Mardyke. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of £1.
2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Slattery
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy
his malt at the Malt house at Bantry, and to grind his malts at the Manor Mills
of Bantry. Produced in court on the 27 th June 1817.
847 30 Oct. 1811
1 item
Draft Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Sea Field, and
Dennis Crimeen (Boatman), Bantry town, for the house and back ground now
in the tenure of Crimeen, bounded on the south by the road leading to
Blackrock. It is for three lives, from the 29 th September , at a yearly rent of £1.
2. 9, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Crimeen
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
848 30 Oct. 1811
1 item
Lease made between Richard Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and Jeremiah
Sullivan (Weaver), Bantry town, for a house in the town of Bantry on the road
called Droumligh in the possession of Sullivan. It is for three lives from the
25 th March 1812, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at the Malt House of
Bantry, and to grind his malt at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
1 item
849 9 Dec. 1811
see also
881, 929
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard Lord Viscount Bantry, and
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850 1811
Sampson Beamish, [Killmalada], Co. Cork, in consideration of payment of
renewal fines. It is for part of the lands of Concurbane, containing 37a 1r 34p
English Statute measure, in the Barony of East Carbery. The term is for three
lives, with a covenant of renewal fine of £2. 11. 0, at a yearly rent of £2. 11. 0.
The original lease was made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington,
and Francis Beamish (grandfather of Sampson), on 22 nd Oct. 1730.
202
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and Patrick Kearny
(Publican), Bantry town, for a dwelling house already in his possession,
adjoining the premises of Thomas Leahy in Bantry town. It is for [three lives],
at a yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly on the [25 th March and the 29 th
September].
851 27 Feb. 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Viscount Bantry, Bantry, and Richard Clerke
(Merchant), Bantry, for the entire premises on each side of Reenrour road,
formerly in the possession of Joan Murry, excepting the garden and cabbins
near the Barrack now in the tenure of Robert Bird. It is for three lives and 31
years in reversion, from the 1 st January last. The yearly rent is £18. 4. 0,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Clerke agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
852 1 March 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Viscount Bantry, and John Ferguson (Farmer),
Fourmilewater, Co. Cork, for a house and backyard in the town of Bantry,
now in his possession. It is for a term of 61 years or three lives, at a yearly rent
of £1. 2. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
853 2 March 1812
1 item
Indenture between Richard, Viscount Bantry and Timothy Sullivan
(Merchant), Bantry, to lease to Sullivan a house in Bantry for thirty one years
or the natural life of Sullivan and three others. Yearly rent of £9. 2. 0, payable
half-yearly 29 th September and 25 th March.
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854 3 March 1812
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry to Young Lavers
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for a plot of land known as Smiths Alley, Bantry for
three years or 61 years in reversion, a yearly rent of £11. 7. 6, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
203
1 item
855 4 March 1812
see also
924, 1074
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and Cornelius Sullivan
(Grocer), Bantry, the entire premises of Pound Lane, Bantry town, lately in the
possession of Daniel Sullivan, but for some time in the possession of
Cornelius Sullivan. It is for three lives and 31 years in reversion, from the 1 st
January last. The yearly rent is £5. 13. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry. Includes copy.
856 12 March 1812
2 items
Lease made between Richard, Viscount Bantry, and Denis O’Leary
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for a house and back yard in O’Leary’s possession,
bounded on the east by John Bird’s tan-yard. It is for three lives, from the 1 st
January last. The yearly rent is £11. 7. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. O’Leary agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. Written on the lease is “Ejected now held
by [Cornelius] O’Leary under a new lease”. Includes copy.
857 17 March 1812 – [4] Feb. 1948
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Thomas
Jenkins, Bantry town, for the dwelling house, backyard and the old walls back
of Hardings holdings formerly a salt house in the town of Bantry. It is for three
lives and 61 years in reversion, from the 1 st January last. The yearly rent is
£10, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Includes a
note attached to the lease from Geoffrey H. Shelswell-White, Bantry Estate,
stating the lease expired under Vickery and a new lease made on the 24 th
March [1848].
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858 23 March 1812
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry and David [Kirby],
Bantry, for [three acres] in Bantry, for three lives or [21 years], a yearly rent of
£18, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th March.
859 23 March 1812
204
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry and David Kirby, Bantry,
for a plot of ground in Bantry already in the possession of Kirby and demised
to his deceased father, John Kirby. For a term of three lives or 21 years, at a
yearly rent of £18. 11. 0, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March.
860 25 March 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Robert John Bird, Bantry, for a house and tan yard in Bantry town, for some
time in the possession of Bird. It is for three lives and 61 years in reversion,
from the 1 st Jan. last, at a yearly rent of £22. 15. 0, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Bird agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned.
861 26 March 1812 – 11 Feb. 1909
1 item
Copy Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Robert Nicholas Bird, Bantry, for various plots of land and dwelling houses in
and around Bantry, for s term of three lives renewable. During the first seven
years, the yearly rent is £17. 5. 0. After this time, the yearly rent is £23
sterling. All rents will be payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Richard Lord Viscount Bantry agrees to renew or execute a new
lease of these lands to Bird and his representatives during the space of 126
years from the 25 th March 1812 for the term of any three persons’ lives. Bird
will have the freehold of the premises until the 25 th March 1938, but will also
have a lease for three lives for and after the 25 th March 1938. Includes
envelope.
2 items
862 29 March 1812
see also
770, 824
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and John
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Clerke (Post Master), Bantry town, for a dwelling house, out-house and small
garden, in his possession, in the town of Bantry. It is for three lives or 91
years, at a yearly rent of £9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Clerke agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to grind their malt, corn and other grains in the Mills of
Bantry, paying a penalty if this is not carried out.
863 29 April 1812
205
1 item
Renewal made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and Robert Warren,
City of Cork. On payment of a renewal fine of £51. 14. 7 to add to a lease the
name of Robert Warren (son of the Lessee) as one of the lives. It is for the
plowlands of Caher, Teeny, and Conagh, for three lives, renewable, at a yearly
rent of £51. 14. 7, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. The original lease was made between Richard Earl of Cork and
Burlington, and Thomas Warren, late of Curra (grandfather to Robert Warren,
the elder), made in 24 th Oct. 1730. Viscount Bantry is seized of the lease from
the Earl of Cork and Burlington.
864 1 May 1812
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Timothy Flyn (Carpenter), Bantry. It is for the houses and garden in the town
of Bantry now held for some time by Flyn and his under tenants, bounded on
the north by the strand, and on the south by the road leading from Bantry to
Seafield. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £2,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Flyn agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. Produced in court
on the 24 th June 1817. Written on the outside is “Renewal of the enclosed
lease made in 1782.”
865 12 May 1812
1 item
Renewal of a lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield
Park, and Catherine Connell (Widow of Jeremiah Connell), Bantry, for the
house and appurtenances formerly lived in by Mrs. Jenkins, but now in
Connell’s possession. It is for three lives or 61 years in reversion, at a yearly
rent of £17. 1. 3, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Connell
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to
grind her grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
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866 22 June 1812
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Thomas Sullivan (Miller), Bantry town, for the premises formerly Downey’s
[near Bantry town]. It is for three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £3. 8. 3,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. The rent was
changed by the Earl to three guineas a year on 29 th Oct. 1818. Includes copy.
867 1 Sept. 1812
206
2 items
Lease made between Richard, Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and John Shea
([Brogue Maker]), for a dwelling house and back-yard being part of the
premises formerly held by Daniel Sullivan (Hatter), and now in the possession
of Shea. It is for a term of three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £2. 5. 6,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Shea agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to grind his
grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry. Produced in court on the 25 th June 1817.
868 1 Sept. 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
[Humphry] Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry town, for a house in the town of
Bantry near the Custom Gap, formerly held by Daniel Sullivan, for three lives
or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £[2]. 5. 6, payable on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. He agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned.
869 15 Sept. 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and John
Young Robert, Bantry town, for the fields, lots and cabins lying in the lands
and Manor of Bantry, now in his possession, for a term of three lives or 61
years, at a yearly rent of £13, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Young agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and to grind his corn and other grains at the Manor Mills of
Bantry. Includes copy.
870 29 July 1813
2 items
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and David
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Kirby (Lieutenant in the North Cork Regiment Militia), for all the premises in
the town of Bantry as occupied by Thomas Hunter (Baker) and Jeremiah
Cronine (Dealer). The property is bounded on one side by Francis [Hoskins]
holdings and on the other side by Kirby’s premises, on the front by the street,
and on the back by the Fair Rock. It is for three lives and 61 years in reversion
after the decease of the survivor of the lives, from the 29 th September 1814.
The yearly rent of £4. 17. 6 is payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The lease is signed and sealed by both parties.Written on the
back of the lease is “John Kirby dead John Clerke dead” (two of the lives
named in the lease).
207
2 items
871 25 Jan. 1814
see also
2154
Agreement between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry and Timothy Dealy
(Labourer), Bantry, to lease to Dealy a house on Blackrock Road, for 21 years
or the natural life John Clarke, aged 7, son of Richard Clarke of Bantry, at a
yearly rent of £1. 04. 0, payable half-yearly on 29 th September and 25 th March.
Written on back of lease is an assignment by Dealy to John Costigan [for £2.
2. 6] with arrears paid, on 16 th June 1817.
872 1 March 1814
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and Ann
White (alias Goggin) (Widow), Bantry, for a dwelling house and yard
bounded on the south by the road leading to Seafield Park. It is for a term of
21 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 4. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. White agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and to buy and grind her malt grains at the Malt House of
Bantry and at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
873 24 May 1814
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Michael [Flyn] (Tanner), Bantry town. It is for that part of the field and houses
on the road leading to Park Place. It is for one life or 31 years, should the life
not live as long, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £4, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. [Flyn] agrees to serve in the
courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
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874 29 June 1814
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and
Laurence and John Kenedy [sic] (Weavers), Bantry town, for part of the field
and houses on the road leading to Park Place. Term of one life or 31 years, if
the life should not live as long, from the 25 th March past. The yearly rent is £4,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. They agree to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
875 29 June 1814
208
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and John
Barry (Quarry Man), Bantry town, for a house and back yard on Blackrock
Road, for one life or 21 years, whichever lasts longest. The yearly rent is £1. 4.
0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Barry agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry. Written on the outside is
“premises ejected House [down]”.
876 30 June 1814
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry and Samuel [Heler], for
the house, back house and back yard in the town of Bantry, occupied by
[Heler] in the parish of Keelmacomoge, for a term of three lives, at a yearly
rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
877 9 July 1814
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, and the Reverend
Charles Smith (Vicar of the Parish of [Keelmocomoge], Diocese of Cork), for
part of the lands of [Cappanaloghy] containing 18a 1r 18p. Term of three
lives, at a yearly rent of £72. 1. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Smith agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Banty
when summoned, to buy his malt in the Malt House of Bantry, and to grind all
his grain in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
878 24 Sept. 1814
1 item
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry, Bantry,
and Thomas Godson (Writing Clerk), City of Cork, subject to a surrender of a
former lease, for the lands of Breenybeg containing 4 gneeves, in the Barony
of Bantry. It is for three lives renewable, from the [24 th ] September last, at a
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yearly rent of £14. 14. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Godson agrees to sow furze seeds and to erect 12 perches of
lawful double ditches, failure to do so will incur an additional 12 shillings on
the rent. The former lease was held by John Godson (grandfather of Thomas
Godson).
209
1 item
879 25 March 1815
see also
807
Surrender of a lease by Timothy McCarthy to Richard, Lord Viscount Bantry,
of the lands of [Skeahill]. It is written on the back of a copy of the original
lease (BL/E/B/807) made between Lord Bantry and Denis McCarthy.
880 10 June 1816
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Edward
Morony (Publican), Bantry town. It is for the house built by Morony, the plot
of ground to the rere and the garden, in the Bantry town. It is for three lives
with a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2.
9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Morony
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. It is also
agreed that Morony will have the use of the adjoining lands now leased to
Denis McCarthy in 1809, which expires after the deaths of the three lives
named in it, for a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9.
1 item
881 20 July 1816
see also
849, 929
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, and Sampson
Beamish, [Kilmaluda], Co. Cork, for part of the lands of Cloncurlane
containing 37a 1r 34p English Statute measure, Barony of East Carbery, in
consideration of the renewal fine for a term of three lives renewable, at a
yearly rent of £2. 11. 0. The original lease was made between the Earl of Cork
and Burlington and Francis Beamish (grandfather of Sampson Beamish) on
22 nd Oct. 1730.
882 3 Aug. 1816
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, and William [Leahy],
Glengarriff, and Daniel Sullivan, [Derryouane]. It is for the lands of
[Lickeens] lately in the possession of Timothy Sullivan and his undertenants,
with the houses on the land recovered by ejectment for non-payment of rent. It
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is for a term of 6 months, at a yearly rent of [£60], payable on the 25 th March
next.
883 5 Aug. 1816
210
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Henry
Clerke (Cordwainer), Bantry town. Refers to a house in Chappel Lane with the
back yard annexed 24 feet in front and 29 feet in depth, for a term of one life
or 21 years, which ever is longest, from the 25 th March 1916. The yearly rent
is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Clerke agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
Holding sold in 1913. Includes copy.
884 21 Nov. 1816
2 items
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry and John [Slatery], Mason,
Bantry town, for a house in the old Blackrock Road, with a garden in the rear,
already in his possession, for a term of one life or 21 years, at a yearly rent of
£1. 2. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
885 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, and Florence Sullivan
(Labourer), Gaur, Bantry, for a house with a back yard in the rear. The term is
for one life, at a yearly rent of one shilling, payable on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Produced in court on 24 th June 1817.
886 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Cornelius Sullivan
(Labourer), Gurteen, Bantry town, for a house and back yard in the lane
leading from Blackrock road. The term is for one life or 21 years, at a yearly
rent of one shilling, payable on the 29 th September and 25 th March. Produced
in court 24 th June 1817.
887 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, and James Dwyer (Labourer),
Whiddy Island, for a house and field containing one acre and nine perches,
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part of the lands of [Frahmahar], Whiddy Island, leased for the term of
Dwyer’s natural life, at a yearly rent of 5 shillings, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March.
888 10 June 1817
211
1 item
Agreement between Richard, Earl of Bantry and Denis Hurly (Fisherman),
Bantry, for Hurly to lease a house in Blackrock Road for three lives, a yearly
rent of 12 shillings, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
889 10 June 1817
1 item
Agreement between Richard, Earl of Bantry and Jeremiah Hurley ([Tyler]),
Bantry, leasing a house on Blackrock road, Bantry, for a term of three lives, a
yearly rent of 12 shillings, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th
March.
890 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry and Timothy Keohane
(Labourer), Bantry, for a house in Blackrock Road for the natural life of
Keohane and three lives. The yearly rent is 12 shillings, payable half-yearly on
29 th September and 25 th March.
891 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry and John Sullivan (Labourer),
Bantry, for a house in the lane leading from Blackrock Road, for the life of
Sullivan, a yearly rent of one shilling, payable half-yearly on 29 th September
and the 25 th March.
892 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Keohane (Labourer), Bantry town, for a house and a back yard on Blackrock
road, being 30 feet in front and 32 feet deep. The term is for three lives, at a
yearly rent of 12 shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
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893 10 June 1817
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Murphy (Labourer), Bantry town, for a house in the Fair Rock, Bantry, for
three lives, at a yearly rent of 10 shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the 23 rd June 1817.
894 17 June 1817
212
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Jeremiah
Donovan, Bantry town, for a house on the Fair Rock in the town of Bantry. It
is for one life or 21 years, whichever lasts longest, at a yearly rent of 10
shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
895 17 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Sheehan (Farmer), Garahy, Whiddy Island, for the part of the lands of Garahy,
Whiddy Island, containing 19 acres and one sixth of an acre. It is for one life
or 21 years, which ever is longest, at a yearly rent of £13. 8. 4, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
896 18 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Dominick
Raycroft (Labourer), Bantry town, for a house on the Fair Rock in Bantry
town, for the life of the lessee or 21 years. The yearly rent is 5 shillings,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. There is a note
attached stating the age of Raycroft, and mentioning a garden “9 feet of
ground east of the house - £2 yearly the premises are worth – makes £16 –
Dan Murphy saw the ground”. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
897 18 June 1817
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Daniel Collins
(Policeman), Droumleigh road, in the Manor of Bantry, for a house and back
yard in the Droumleigh road. It is for the natural life of Collins, at a yearly rent
of one shilling, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Produced in court on 27 th [June] 1817.
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898 21 June 1817
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Dealer (Farmer), Mahonacly, for the part of the lands of Mahonacly lately in
the possession of Richard Walsh. It is for one life and 21 years after the death
of that life, at a yearly rent of £20, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the 28 th June 1817.
899 23 June 1817
213
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry, and John Keohane,
Darby Keohane and Denis Keohane (Farmers), [Treanamodery], Co. Cork, for
that part of [Treanamodery] now and for some time in their possession. It is
for one life or 21 years, whichever shall be longer. The yearly rent is £22. 15.
0, from the 29 th September next, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March.
900 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry, and Timothy
Driscoll, Park Place, Co. Cork, for a house and garden at Park Place, bounded
on the east by the Mail Coach Road. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of one
shilling from the 29 th September next, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
901 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Burke (Farmer), West Keelmore, for part of the lands of West Keelmore on
the Island of Whiddy, containing 27 acres, now in Burke’s possession. Term
of one life or 21 years, whichever lasts longest, at a yearly rent of £32. 14. 0,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
902 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Samuel
Young ([Tide] Surveyor), Bantry town, for the house and field formerly held
by John Grimston, and the house and field formerly held by John Kinedy, but
now in the possession of Young. It is for three lives or 137 years, at a yearly
sum of £4, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Gives history of
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a lease from 1755 between Richard White (Grandfather to Earl of Bantry) and
Mary Young (Executix of John Young, late of Reenraure) on 14 th Feb. 1756.
903 24 June 1817
214
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, and Edward Blake (Fisherman),
Bantry town, for two houses and a garden on Blackrock road in the town of
Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half-yearly on
the 29 th March and the 25 th March.
904 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Maurice Goggin, Garahy,
Whiddy Island, for part of the lands of Garahy on Whiddy Island, some 25 and
a half acres, already in his possession. It is for a term of 21 years or one life, at
a yearly rent of £17. 17. 10, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March.
905 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and John Cleary (Farmer),
Reenaknuck, for the part of the North Division of Reenaknuck, Island of
Whiddy, now in his possession, for a term of two lives or 21 years, at a yearly
rent of £26. 18. 0, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
906 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Edward McCarthy, John
McCarthy and Timothy McCarthy (Farmers), [Trinamoduy], for part of the
lands of [Trinamoduy] now in their possession, with liberty to turf bog on that
part of land held by Darby, Denis, and Peter Keohane. Term of one life, or
21years, at a yearly rent of £46. 12. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the 26 th June 1817.
907 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Hurly (Dealer), Droumleigh, Co. Cork, for a house and garden on the lands of
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Droumleigh, for two lives, at a yearly rent of one shilling, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
908 24 June 1817
215
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Michael
[Monchane] and Timothy Sheehan (Farmers), Garahy, for that part of the
lands of [Garahy], Whiddy Island, [being one sixth now in his possession].
Term of one life or 21 years, which ever is longest, at a yearly rent of £13. 8.
4, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in
court 28 th June 1817.
909 24 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Darby
Keohane, Denis Keohane, and Peter Keohane (Farmers), [Treanamodery]. It is
for part of the lands of [Treanamodery] for some time in their possession
(excepting liberty of turf for the use of John Edward and Timothy McCarthy).
Term of 21 years, at a yearly rent of £50. Darby Keohane is to pay £25, and
Denis and Peter are to pay £12. 10. 0 each, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
910 26 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and James Dennis (senior),
James (John) Dennis and John Dennis (junior) (Farmers), Garahy, Co. Cork,
for part of the lands of Garahy, now and for some time in their possession, for
a term of [3/4] lives or 21 years. A yearly rent of £35. 15. 8, with James
Dennis (senior) paying £17. 17. 10 and James and John Dennis shall pay £17.
17. 10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
911 26 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
McCarthy and Timothy McCarthy (Farmers), Mahonacly, for that part of
Mahonacly now and for some time in their possession. Term of one life or 21
years, which ever is the longest, at a yearly rent of £13. 6. 8, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on 28 th
June, 1817.
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912 26 June 1817
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Sullivan and Patrick Sullivan (alias [Craugh]), (Farmers), Mahonacly. It is for
part of Mahonacly now in the possession of the Sullivans, for a term one life
or 21 years, whichever lasts the longest. They agree to pay the yearly rent of
£20, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced
in court 28 th June 1817.
913 26 June 1817
216
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
McCarthy, the elder (Farmer), [Trinamodery], for part of the lands of
[Trinamodery], formerly held by Bartholamew Harrington and Timothy
McCarthy, and now in the tenancy of John McCarthy and his under tenants. It
is for one life or 21 years which ever is the longest, at a yearly rent of £21. 12.
3, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Written on the back of
the lease is “Tenant turned out now held by Jack [Maloney].”
914 26 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
McCarthy (Farmer), Mahonacly, for part of the lands of Mahonacly, now and
for some time in the actual possession, being part of the gneeves held formerly
held by Arthur, Jerimiah, Richard and Catherine Leary. Term of one life or 21
years, whichever shall last the longest, at a yearly rent of £10. 18. 0, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the
28 th June 1817.
915 27 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Sullivan (alias [Cnaugh]) and Derby Healy (Farmers), Mahoncly, for part of
the lands of Mahoncly, now in their possession, and formerly held by Richard
Leary, Arthur Leary, Jeremiah Leary, and Catherine Leary, widow. It is for
one life or 21 years which ever is longest. It is for a yearly rent of £32, both
parties paying £16 each, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
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916 6 Aug. 1817
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Morty O’Sullivan,
[Cooladh]. It is for the lands of Reen, Dereen, Cumgira and Capanaparke,
lately in the possession of Peter McSweeny and his undertenants recovered in
ejectment for non-payment of rent. It is for a term of 6 months, at a yearly rent
of £391. 10. 5, payable in January next.
917 6 Aug. 1817
217
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Morty O’Sullivan,
Caulagh, for one undivided fourth part of the three plowlands of Bolhosky and
Ardgroom, previously in the possession of Peter McSweeny and his
undertenants, which were recovered in ejectment for non-payment of rent. It is
for 6 months, paying £334 rent in January.
918 24 April 1818
1 item
Lease between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and David Dick (Revenue Officer),
Bantry, for the houses and field in Blackrock Road, Bantry, now and for some
time in the possession of Dick, for a term of his life and three other lives, the
yearly rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th
March.
919 1 Aug. 1818
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Young (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for the dwelling house and back concerns,
now held by Young, bounded on the north by the river. It is for three lives
with a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £10,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Young agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
1 item
920 1 Aug. 1818
see also
1053
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Young (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for the dwelling house and back concerns
in the town of Bantry, already in his possession. It is for three lives, at a yearly
rent of £10, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Young agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. The original
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lease was between the late Viscount and Countess Longueville and William
Young and John Young (deceased).
921 28 Sept. 1818
218
1 item
Renewal made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Francis
Bennett, Bennett’s Grove, Co. Cork. On payment of a renewal fine of £13. 15.
0 to add to a lease the name of Edward Gillman, Woodbrook, Co. Cork, as one
of the lives. It is for the plowlands of Gurtroe and five gneeves of Buckleys,
all in the Barony of East Carberry, for three lives renewable, from the 25 th
March last, at a yearly rent of £32, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. The original lease was made between Richard White of
Bantry and Francis Gash, Kilroan, on the 25 th Nov. 1773. Includes signed and
sealed copy.
922 31 Jan. 1819
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Brien (alias [Mangan]), [Lackaneagh], parish of Kilmacomogue. It is for a lot
of ground on the church road with a house, bounded on the east and south by
the lands of Knucknamuck, and on the north by the high road. Term of two
lives, from the 25 th March, at a yearly rent of £3, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Brien agrees to serve in the courts in the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. Includes copy.
923 10 June 1819
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
[Keadigan] (Farmer), [Skahanagh], parish of Kilmacomogue. In consideration
of a surrender of a lease made between Viscount and Viscountess Longueville
to Patrick Sweeny (Carman), Bantry town, Richard leases to [Keadigan] two
fields on the cross road leading from Newtown to Knucknamuck. These were
in the possession of Sweeny, but for some time have been in [Keadigan]. It is
for three lives renewable, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £6. 16.
6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. [Keadigan]
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
1 item
924 10 Dec. 1819
see also
855, 1074
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
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Sullivan (Shop Keeper), Bantry town, in consideration of a surrender of leases
made by Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry to Cornelius Sullivan and Thomas
Sullivan. It is for the houses and garden in pound lane, the house and field
formerly held by Thomas Sullivan, and now in Sullivan’s possession, and the
old Manor pound. It is for three lives with a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th
March next. The yearly rent is £9. 2. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. He agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor
of Bantry, when summoned.
925 21 Feb. 1820
219
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Robert
Kenney, Bantry. It is for part of the lands of Reenrour, 12 acres English
Statute measure, with the houses lately erected there, for three lives [with a
convenant of renewal for 61 years]. The yearly rent is £33, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Includes a coloured map drawn of
the lands leased, with houses, roads and fields marked out. It has a scale of 8
perches to an inch.
926 24 March 1820
1 skin
Copy Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Blackrock, in the one
part, and Julian Murphy, Denis Murphy, William Murphy, Owen Sullivan,
Francis Sullivan, Denis Sullivan, and Daniel Sullivan, (Farmers), all of
[Inchintagin], Co. Cork. The Murphy’s lease one half of the lands of the
[Inchintagin], and the Sullivan’s lease the other one half of the lands of
[Inchintagin], for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £36, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
927 24 March 1820
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Black Rock, and Julian
Murphy, Denis Murphy, William Murphy, Owen Sullivan, Francis [Sullivan],
Denis Sullivan and Daniel Sullivan (Farmers), all of [Inchintaglia]. The
Murphys lease one half of the lands of [Inchintaglia], and the other half to the
Sullivans, now in their actual possession. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of
£36, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
928 14 Feb. 1821
1 item
Renewal of Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Robert
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Warren, Castlewarren, Co. Cork, for the plowlands of Caher, [Feeny], and
Conogh, for a term of [three lives], at a yearly rent of £51. 14. 7, payable halfyearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The original lease was made
between Richard Earl of Cork and Burlington and Thomas Warren
(grandfather of Robert Warren) in 1730.
220
1 item
929 10 April 1821
see also
849, 881
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Sampson
Beamish, Kilmaluda, Co. Cork, in consideration of the payment of a covenant
of renewal fine. It is for the lands of Cloncorbane, containing 37a 1r 34p
English Statute measure, in the Barony of East Carbery. It is for three lives,
with a covenant of renewal, at a yearly rent of £2. 11. 0. The original lease was
made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington and Francis Beamish
(grandfather of Sampson) on the 22 nd Oct. 1730.
930 1 June 1822
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Vickery (Shopkeeper), Bantry, in trust for the Methodists. It is for the garden
lately held by William Dowdell, with part of Fair Rock, being 70 feet in
length, 50 feet in breath at the north end and 60 feet in breath in the south end.
Term of three lives and 61 years after the death of the last life, from the 25 th
March last. The yearly rent is one shilling, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
931 14 June 1822
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Richard Spencer (Linen
Weaver), Bantry town, for a dwelling house, backyard, back house and
kitchen garden, in Bantry town, now in his possession, a term of three lives or
61 years, at a yearly rent of 15 shillings, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. There is a renewal fine of one pepper-corn, if a
new life is added to the lease. Produced in court 17 th June 1829. Includes copy.
2 items
932 14 June 1822
see also
757
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Richard
Clerke, Bantry, for the dwelling house formerly held by Richard Spencer, the
backyard and garden, now in the possession of Richard Clerke and his
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undertenants. It is for three lives or 61 years, with a covenant of renewal, from
the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of 15 shillings, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March.
933 5 Aug. 1822
221
1 item
Memorial of a Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
and Thomas [Pattison] (Farmer), [Capanabaul], in the Barony of Bantry. It is
for the two eastern gneeves of Droumduff, now in the tenure of [Pattison] and
his undertenants, for a term of three lives (two of which are the sons of
Hamilton White, the Earl’s brother), at a yearly rent of £30, payable half
yearly (not given).
1 skin
934 10 Aug. 1822
see also
758
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park,
and Samuel Bennett, Clonakilty. In consideration of the payment of the
covenant of renewal fine of £13. 15. 0, Bennett leases the half plowlands of
Gurtroe, containing 514a 1r 22p English Statute measure, and the five gneeves
of Buckerys, containing 192a 1r 15p in the Barony of East Carbery. It is for
three lives from the 25 th March last, with a covenant of renewal, at a yearly
rent of £32, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The
original lease was made between Richard White, Bantry, and Francis Gash,
[Kilroau] on the 5 th Nov. 1773, passing on to Richard Earl of Bantry and
Francis Bennett, deceased, on 28 th Sept. 1818. Includes copy.
935 25 Sept. 1822
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Joseph [Packer],
[Rossmacanin], Co.Cork, for one gneeve of the lands of [Rossmacanin], part
of a farm called Curriglass, in the parish of [Killaghanmagh], in the Barony of
Bere and Bantry. It is for three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £17,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
936 1 March 1823
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Sullivan (Victualer [sic]), Bantry town. It is for three plots of ground adjoining
the town of Bantry upon which several dwelling houses are now built, and two
small fields part of the lands of Reenrour, containing 1a 0r 26p English Statute
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measure. It is for three lives and 61 years from the death of the survivor the
lives, from the 29 th September 1821. The yearly rent is £25. 12. 3, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
937 [1 March ] 1823
222
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry town, for three plots of ground on which four
houses have been built. It is for three lives and 61 years from the death of the
last of the lives, from the 29 th September 1821. The yearly rent is £4. 7. 9,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
938 29 Sept. 1823
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
[Mealy] (Postmaster), [Castletown], for the dwelling house, back concern and
the small field in Friars Lane. It is for three lives and 61 years after the death
of the survivor of the lives, from the 29 th September. The yearly rent is £12,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Mealy agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. Written on the
back in pencil is “Barrack Street”.
939 29 Sept. 1823
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and William [Wats Healy],
(Post Master), Castletower, Co. Cork, for a house and field in [Barrack Street,
Bantry] for a term of three lives or 61 years, at a yearly rent of £12, payable
half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
940 4 March 1824
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and James Gallway, Park
place, Co. Cork, for two houses in Barrack road in the town of Bantry already
in his possession, at a yearly rent of £4, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. There is no term given. The lease is unsigned
and has no seals.
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941 26 March 1824
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, Bantry, and
Daniel Donovan (Ropemaker), Bantry, for a dwelling house and premises in
the town of Bantry, lately in the possession of Robert Harding and his widow.
It is for three lives [or 61 years] under a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th
March instant. The yearly rent is £8, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Donovan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of
Bantry when summoned, and to buy all his grains in the Mills of Bantry.
Includes copy.
942 10 May 1824
223
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Morty
P.O’Sullivan (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for a lot of ground on the strand in
Bantry town. It is for three lives and 61 years subject to a renewal, from the
25 th March last. The yearly rent is £16. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
943 10 May 1824
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Sealfield Park, and William
[Thomas] Symms, Bantry, for the two houses on Barrack Street, formerly
called the “Land of Egypt”. It is for three lives, and 61 years in reversion, at a
yearly rent of £17. 1. 3, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Leased in 20 th Aug. 1908 to Robert Kelly by Edward Leigh-White.
1 skin
944 [30 Oct. 1824]
see also
754
Draft Renewal of Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and
Jeremiah D. O’Sullivan, Breenbeg near Bantry town. By a covenant of
renewal, O’Sullivan renews his lease on part of the lands of [Breenbeg], for
three lives, at a yearly rent of £14. 14. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March
and the 29 th September. The original lease was made between Richard White,
since deceased, and John Godson, Droumaduneen, in 7 th April 1770.
Unsigned.
945 24 Feb. 1825
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Sea Field Park, Bantry, and
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Thomas Crowley, Skibbereen. It is for [premises] in the town of Bantry, lately
in the possession of Daniel [O’Crowley]. It is for three lives and for 61 years
after the death of the survivor of the lives. The yearly rent is [£31. 1. 0],
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. There is [shorthand]
written on the back, as is the fact that this was used as an affadavit
marked “A” in the [Bantry v. Clerke], [October 1893].
946 1 March 1825
224
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Daniel Collins, for a
small field in the suburbs of Bantry, already in his possession, for a term of
three lives or 61 years, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
947 14 March 1825
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and John Bird, Derrinkerig,
for a house in Main Street, Bantry, already in his posession, for a term of three
lives or 61 years, at a yearly rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
948 22 March 1825
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Timothy
Murphy (Ship Master Mariner), Bantry town. It is for a house and premises
that was sold onto Murphy by Ellen and Samuel [Piddell] for £20. It is for
three lives with a covenant of renewal, from the 25 th March instant. The yearly
rent is £6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Murphy agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
The Earl agrees to draw up a new lease with Murphy after 61 years. Holding
sold in 1913.
949 25 March 1825
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Murphy (Farmer), Droumduff, for [lands] in [Droumduff], now in his
possession, containing two gneeves. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March
last, at a yearly rent [£34. 2. 6], payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Murphy agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned.
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950 25 March 1825
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard Young, Bantry,
for a house and premises in Bantry, for a term of three lives or [21] years, at a
yearly rent of £5. 13. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
951 30 April 1825
225
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield, and Jeremiah Neil
([Wheelwright]), Barrack Road, Bantry town, for the house recently built and
now occupied by Neil, with a small lot of back ground belonging to the house.
It is for one life or 31 years, from the 25 th March, at a yearly rent of £1,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Neil agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
952 8 May [1825]
1 item
Mss statement by Timothy Sullivan agreeing to take from the Earl of Bantry
the field near the road leading to [Dromenleigh] for three lives or 61 years at
the yearly rent of £2, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th
March.
953 30 Aug. 1825
see also
716, Section A.2.3
Counterpart Mortgage of £50,000 Irish made to Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and
Richard, Viscount Berehaven by James Evan Baillie. Includes schedules of
tenancy agreements made on the Mansion House and Demesne of Bantry, the
Baronies of Bere and Bantry, and East Carbery. The money was not received
until the 3 rd Nov. 1825, and the payment of interest will be calculated from
then only.
954 20 Sept. 1825
1p
8 skins
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Garrett Barry
(Shopkeeper), town of Bantry. Barry agrees to lease a dwelling house and
premises in the town of Bantry, for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of
£10, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Written on
the back is “Garrett Barry Main Street Cancelled New Lease Granted at £8”.
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955 20 Sept. 1825
226
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Daniel
Donovan (Ropemaker), Bantry town. It is for a lot of ground 50 feet in length,
bounded on the west by Jeremiah Donovan’s (father) premises, on the south
by the house and garden held by James [Cowhig] on the Blackrock Road, on
the north by the railcoach road, and on the east by the extremity of the said 50
feet in front and rear. It is for three lives with a covenant of renewal. The
yearly rent is £3. 2. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Donovan agrees to serve the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned.
956 11 Oct. 1825
1 item
Surrender of a Lease by John Smith (Barrister-at-Law, eldest son of the late
Rev. Charles Smith), City of Dublin, and Mrs. Jane Smith (widow of Rev.
Charles Smith), late of Bantry and now the city of Cork, to Richard, 1 st Earl of
Bantry. It is for the lands of [Capamanopy] (18a 1r 18p), the same lands that
were formerly in the possession of Bryan Kelly (4a 2r 0p), and the lands of
[Capamanopy] (3 roods). The original lease was made between Richard, Lord
Viscount Bantry and Rev. Charles Smith, on the 9 th July 1814. It was for three
lives, at a yearly rent of £72. 9. 1.
957 1 Feb. 1826
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Sullivan (Farmer), Caugh, Cahermoaunteen. It is for the four gneeves of
Cahermounteen and half a gneeve of Kealkill, now in his possession, bounded
on the east by [Cahermuckey] and on the south by the river of Mahonaclee.
For the term of three lives from the 25 th March 1826, at a yearly rent of £60,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. Written on the
outside of the lease is a declaration by Somers Payne that he had nothing to do
with the granting of the lease.
958 21 March 1827
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Michael
Daly (Cooper), Bantry town, for the premises formerly held by Cornelius
Leary and his under tenants, bounded on the north by the Mail Coach Road,
and in the south by Blackrock Road. It is for three lives or 31 years, from the
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25 th March 1827. The yearly rent is £2. 2. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Daly agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor
of Bantry when summoned.
959 26 March 1828
227
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Godson (Architect), Bantry town, for a lot of ground in Bantry town with the
dwelling houses (see map). It is for three lives or 99 years, whichever is
longest, from the 25 th March. The yearly rent is £6. 10. 0, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. There is a coloured drawing of the
plot of ground with its houses on the left margin of the lease. It gives the
dimensions and adjoining premises. It was surveyed by Murphy and copied by
Nicholas M. Fitzgerald, Cork. The lease was surrendered in 1859. Includes
copy.
960 24 March 1829
2 items
Lease between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Denis Hurly (Yoeman), Bantry,
for a house and garden in Bantry for 61 years the yearly rent of £2. 2. 0 ,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th March.
961 6 April 1830
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
[Tagoe], Bantry town, for a store and yard on the quay adjoining the Strand in
the town of Bantry, in the possession of [Tagoe]. Term of three lives or 91
years from the 25 th March past. The yearly rent is £7 payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
962 2 Sept. 1830
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
Sullivan (Farmer), [Dromlane], parish of Kilcaskin, in the Barony of Bere. It is
for part of the [north/south] division of [Dromlane], formerly in the possession
of Timothy [Milo] senior, but now in the possession of Sullivan. Term of 31
years, from the 25 th March past, at a yearly rent of £10. 10. 0, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned for by the Earl.
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963 1 Oct. 1830
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and John Brien Corkery
(Farmer), Bantry town, for the house known as the Market House in Main
Street and Barrack Street in Bantry town. For a term of 99 years, at a yearly
rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
228
1 item
964 10 Aug. 1831
see also
95, 96, 97, 982, 988
Renewal of lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard
White, Inchiclough ([nephew] of the Earl, eldest son of Hamilton White), for
the lands of Reenavanna on Whiddy Island, with Hogg Island, in consideration
of a renewal fine of one pepper corn, forever. The yearly fee farm rent is £73.
16. 11, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The
original lease was made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Hamilton
White (brother to the Earl) on 26 th March 1796.
965 10 Aug. 1831
2 skins
Renewal of Lease between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Richard White,
Inchiclough, for the lands of Lower Gurteen, with one acre of bog of
Ardhonlikan, subject to a renewal fine of two pepper corns. It is for three
lives, perpetual renewal, at a yearly rent of £55. 7. 8, payable half yearly on
the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
966 10 Aug. 1831
2 skins
Renewal of Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard
White (heir and son of the late Hamilton White), Inchiclough, of land on the
west of Bantry town, for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £0. 9. 3,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. White pays a
renewal penalty of two pepper corns. The original lease was made between
Richard Earl of Bantry and Hamilton White on the 26 th March 1796.
967 21 Feb. 1832
2 skins
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Dennis Leary (Farmer),
Whiddy Island, [for part of the lands of East Close, in the parish of
Kilmacamogue], for three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £38, payable
half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
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968 [30] Aug. 1832
229
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, [Bantry House], and Samuel
Willis (Dyer), Bantry town, for two dwelling houses in [Main Street of
Bantry]. It is for a term of 99 years from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent
£16, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Written on
the back of the lease is a declaration of surrender of the interest of the lease, to
Henry Cullinane. This is in order to enable Cullinane to receive a lease from
Lord Bantry, who has agreed to draw up a new lease with Willis for another
premises, dated on the 18 th June 1844.
969 30 Aug. 1832
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Richard
Clerke, Bantry town. It is for a dwelling house on Main Street Bantry, for a
term of 99 years from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £6, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
970 1832 – 1934
1 item
Schedule of Castletown Berehaven Leases held by the Shelswell-White Estate.
Details information by – date, parties involved, type, rental and term. Those
that have been sold are highlighted in red. Includes typed copy.
971 20 June 1833
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
[Sandy Bird], Bantry Town, for a field near the town of Bantry, now in his
possession, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £7. 10. 0, payable on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Surrendered in 1878.
972 April 1834
1 item
Draft Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
John Sullivan (Farmer), Trenamadree, for part of the lands or farm of
Trenamadree, lately occupied by Peter, Jeremiah and Julian Keohane,
containing 119 acres statute measure. It is for three lives or 31 years, from the
25 th March past, at a yearly rent of £60, payable half yearly on the 25 th March
and the 29 th September. It is not signed by the Earl but may be signed by
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Sullivan. Written on the back is “ejected”. Includes a copy of the lease.
973 5 June [1834/1837]
230
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Sandy Bird, town of Bantry, for part of the [Reenraur], containing seven and a
quarter acres English Statute measure, in the parish of Kilmacomogue in the
Barony of Bantry. Term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £14, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. There is a sketch map on the
left margin of the lease, giving the divisions of the lands leased. Written on the
back of the lease is that the rent was reduced to £13.
974 17 Sept. 1834
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Lease made between Richard, 1st Earl of Bantry, Seafield Park, and Timothy
McCarthy (Farmer), Cruah, Co. Cork. It is for the part of the lands of Cruah
called Middle Cruah, in the parish of Kilcaskin, in the Barony of Bere, now
and for some time in the tenancy of McCarthy. It is for one life or 31 years,
which ever should be longest, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £30.
9. 3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
975 19 Oct. 1834
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
Linehan (Farmer), [Trenamadree], parish of Kilmacomogue, for part of the
lands of [Trenamadree], now and for some time in the tenancy of Linehan,
containing 6 gneeves, for a term of three lives, from the 25 th March 1830, at a
yearly rent of £90, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Linehan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned.
976 25 March [1835]
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and [Darby]
Neill (Farmer), Droumlane. It is for one-third part of the North Division of
Droumlane (called Island), formerly in the possession of [Tim J. Neill] and
now in the possession of [Darby] Neill. For a term of 31 years from the 25 th
March 1835, at a yearly rent of £10. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
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977 25 March 1836
see also
978
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Sullivan (Farmer), [Coolyearegh], parish of Kilcaskin, for the three fourths of
the farm or lands of Bocama, “with the sea manure and all other
appurtenances”, for some time in the tenancy of Sullivan. Term of three lives
or 31 years, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £30, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
231
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978 25 March 1836
see also
977
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Sullivan (Farmer), [Coolyearigh], parish of Kilcaskin. It is for the farm or
lands of Cooyearigh, “with the sea manure and other appurtenances”. It is for
three lives or 31 years, from the 29 th September last. The yearly rent is £40,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
979 11 April 1836
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Daniel Timothy Sullivan
(Tanner), Bantry town, for premises situated on the mail coach road at the
entrance to the town of Bantry, formerly held by Timothy Sullivan, but now in
the tenure of Daniel Timothy Sullivan, for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent
of £5, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. It was
later surrendered, and new lease given in 1845.
980 21 March 1837
981 1837
1 item
Copy of a Lease made by Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Richard White,
Viscount Berehaven, to Thomas Eccles (Inn Keeper), Glengarriff. It is for that
part of the lands of Glengarriff called West Reenmeen on which the
Glengarriff Inn stands. It is for a term of 200 years from the 25 th March last, at
a yearly rent of £12. 8. 3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. This was referred to in the Affidavit of John Warren Payne as
Exhibit “A”, sworn on the 8 th April 1879. It was Lot 39, part of the Bantry
Estate, No. 383 in Bantry Ledger of 1890, and No. 71 in Schedule.
1 item
Draft lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
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Samuel Vickery and William Vickery (Farmers), both of Tranahaha, Co. Cork.
It is for part of the lands of Tranahaha in Whiddy Island, now in the
possession of the Vickery’s. It is for three lives or 21 years, whichever is
longest, from the 25 th March 1838. The yearly rent is £75, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
982 29 Nov. 1838
see also
95, 96, 97, 964, 988
Renewal of Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Richard
White, Inchiclough, Co.Cork, eldest son and heir-at-law to Hamilton White,
Bantry, deceased. White agrees to a renewal of a lease made in 1789, for the
manor, house and garden in the town of Bantry and the lands of
Knocknamuck, for 999 years, at a yearly rent of £106. 1. 3, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. This was made between
Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and Hamilton White, Bantry.
983 25 March 1839
232
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and William Murphy
(Farmer), [Inchinlaglin], Co. Cork, for the lands in [Ballinihaw] in the Barony
of Bere, for a term of three lives or 31 years, a yearly rent of £18, payable
half-yearly on the 1 st July and the 1 st January. The lives of guarantors include
Robert Hedges Eyre. Includes copy.
984 28 May 1839
2 items
Proposal of a Renewal of Lease made by Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry
House, to [Cornelius] O’Leary, for a plot of ground in Bantry already in his
possession under lease of 3 lives and 61 years in reversion made by Denis
O’Leary (his father) on the 12 th March 1812. The renewal is for 200 years,
from the 29 th September next. The yearly rent is now set £8. 10. 0, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. He agrees to build a
build a dwelling house to the same size as the one he now resides on the land.
It is addressed to Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry or the Rev. Somers Payne.
985 17 July 1840
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Thomas Vickery
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for a house, grounds and premises in Bridge street,
Bantry, for a term of 200 years, yearly rent of £13. 14. 0, payable on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September.
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986 29 Sept. 1841
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Patrick
O’Sullivan, Mill [House], Berehaven, for a plot of ground in Adrigole on
which Denis Murphy, lately of Inchintaglin, parish of Kilcaskin, partly built a
house. Its dimensions are in the front from east to west 90 feet, and in breadth
from north to south 56 feet. It is for three years or 31 years, at a yearly rent of
10 shillings, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Written on the back of the lease is that it was surrendered to the Earl of Bantry
on the 5 th June 1874.
987 3 Dec. 1841
233
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Lease made between John Tandy Bird and Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry residing
at Glengariffe House. Tandy Bird agrees to lease to Richard, Earl of Bantry
the dwelling house, out offices, yards, linney and gardens in Barrack Street,
Bantry (see attached map). For a term of 200 years, at a yearly rent of £36,
payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map on the
lease has a scale of 30 feet to an inch, with the leased property coloured in
yellow.
1 item
988 8 April 1842
see also
95, 96, 97, 964, 982
Renewal of Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Richard
White (his nephew), Inchiclough, for the part of the lands of Whiddy Island
called Reenavanny, and Hogg Island, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £73.
16. 11, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. One of
the lives on the original lease has died, Martha White Adams. The lease has a
perpetual renewal clause, and with the renewal fine of one pepper corn to
Richard, Earl of Bantry, White has added the name of Hamilton White, his
eldest son. The original lease was made between Richard White, Seafield
Park, and Hamilton White (his brother), in 26 th March 1796.
989 2 Aug. 1842
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Surrender of Lease by Denis Linehan to Richard, Earl of Bantry, for 10
shillings. The original lease was made in 18 th Oct. 1834, for part (six gneeves)
of the lands of [Trienamadree], for three lives, at a yearly rent of £90, payable
half yearly.
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990 10 Sept. 1842
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriffe, and William
Vickery (Farmer), Kilmore, for the lands of Kilmore, containing 31 acres
English Statute measure, in the Barony of Bantry. It is for three lives or 31
years whichever lasts longest, at a yearly rent of £36, payable half yearly on
the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
234
1 item
991 10 Sept. 1842
see also
993
Copy of a Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriffe, and
Augustus Warren Payne, Bantry, for part of the land of Reenrour, containing
10 acres English Statute measure, lately held by John Brien Corkery but now
in the possession of Payne. It is for three lives or 31 years, whichever is
longest, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £32, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
992 10 Sept. 1842
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff, and Augustus
Warren Payne, Bantry, for part of the lands of Reenrour, 20 acres English
statute measure in the Barony of Bantry, held lately by John Breen, Co. Kerry,
but now in the possession of Payne. It is for three lives or 31 years, at a yearly
rent of £32, payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1 item
993 10 Sept. 1842
see also
991
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff, and Augustus
Warren Payne, Bantry, for part of the lands of Reenrour, containing 20 acres
statute measure, as held by John Brien Corkery, now in the possession of
Warren Payne. It is for three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £32, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September, to commence on the 29 th
September next. On the outside is written by [Somers Payne] that he is willing
to assign the lease in 1848. Judicial rent fixed for Michael Driscoll, January
1890.
994 26 Sept. 1842
1 item
Declaration of an agreement entered into by John Sullivan with Richard, 1 st
Earl of Bantry. Sullivan agrees to pay yearly to the Earl a rent of £1. 6. 0 for
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the house now inhabited by Daniel Sullivan, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. A lease is to be perfected at the request of
either party.
995 1 Oct. 1842
235
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriffe and Lord
Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, and John [Jagoe], (Barrister-at-Law), City
of Dublin. It is for a house and building ground on the Mill Quay in Bantry
town (see attached map), for a term of 200 years from the 25 th March, at a
yearly rent of £4. 4. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes a coloured map drawn on the left margin, no scale given.
It shows the leased premises, the adjoining holdings and its position relative to
the river, the mill and Main Street; and a draft copy of this lease.
2 items
996 1 Oct. 1842
see also
1221
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Lord Viscount
Berehaven, and John [Jagoe] (Barrister-in-Law), City of Dublin, for a store
yard on the quay adjoining the strand in the town of Bantry. It is for three lives
or 91 years, at a yearly rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. There is a map on the left margin, with no scale. This was
surrendered and new lease given to Denis McCarthy on 26 th Aug. 1882.
Includes copy.
997 25 March 1843
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Denis Leary, for [lands]
at a yearly rent of £14. 14. 4. Leary agrees to serve in the courts in the Manor
of Bantry when summoned. The top half of the lease is missing.
998 28 Sept. 1844
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengariffe Lodge, Richard
Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, and James Leary ([Lawyer]), Bantry
town, for a plot of building ground on the quay in Bantry town. The term is for
100 years from the 29 th September 1844. The yearly rent is £1. 10. 0, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Plan of the plot of
ground on the left margin with its dimensions and the adjoining premises.
There is a sketch of the frontage of the house that may be built on the plot.
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Counterpart lease given to tenant on the 27 th April 1848. Includes a note
attached to the lease relating to court cases in the Bantry Sessins, July 1855,
Earl of Bantry v. Dudley Sullivan, McCarthy, Margaret Duggan, and Johanna
Duggan. They owe £9 rent on premises in Blackwell Road, Bantry. Same v.
Denis Leary, [Cathal] Driscoll, and [John] Harrington. £4. 10. 0 is owed on
this leased property in July 1855. Lessee James Leary is in America. Holding
was sold to Miss Barrett in July, 1923.
999 17 Dec. 1844
1000 1844
236
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Lease between Richard, 1st Earl of Bantryof Glengarriff, Richard, Lord
Viscount Berehaven and Henry Cullinane (Shop Keeper), Bantry, agreeing to
lease to Cullinane two houses in Bantry for 200 years, annually for £6,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Written on back
of lease is “Cancelled Leases made to Jerh. Cullinane”.
1 item
Draft Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff, Richard,
Lord Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, and Henry Cullinane (Shop Keeper),
Bantry town. It is for a house and yard in Bantry town for some time in
Cullinane’s possession, some 19 feet, 4 inches in front, and 51 feet in depth,
bounded on the North by Main Street. It is for a term of 100 years, at a yearly
rent of £4. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September.
1 item
1001 9 May 1845
see also
329, 2945, 3069
Draft Lease made between Richard, Viscount Berehaven, and John
O’Sullivan, [Cametringane]. It is for the 60 plowlands and 9 gneeves of the
lands of Berehaven, and the 9 plowlands of Castledermot. It may also be for
part of [Derrikciveen], Beer Island or the Great Island, and some premises in
Castletown. Term of two lives and the survivors of them from the 29 th
September past. The yearly rent is £1,145. 14. 7, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. This document is marked “B”, referred to
by the affidavit of John Macnamara made on the [14 th ] May 1845. This draft
lease was referred to in the award for the Representatives of Robert Hedges
Eyre against John O’Sullivan.
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1002 [17 July] 1845
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Thomas Vickery (Shop-
Keeper), Bantry, for the houses ground and premises in Bridge Street, Bantry,
for some time in the possession of Vickery, for a term of 500 years, at a yearly
rent of £3. 8. 6, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1003 10 Nov. 1845
1004 1845
237
1 skin
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengariffe, Richard
Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, and Jeremiah Cullinane (Shopkeeper and
sole Executor and Devisee of the late Henry Cullinane, Bantry town),
Skibbereen town. It is for two houses lately in the possession of the late Henry
Cullinane and formerly by John Willis, containing in front 22 feet, and in
depth 51 feet. It is for a term of 200 years from the 25 th March 1839, at a
yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Cullinane agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned. The premises were sold to Charles O’Donovan on the 15 th
October, 1923.
1 item
Amended Draft Lease made between Lord Viscount Berehaven, and John
O’Sullivan, [Cametringane], Co. Cork, for the 60 plowlands and 9 gneeves of
Berehaven, the 9 plowlands of Castledermott, part of the lands of Derrikaneen,
Bere Island, and houses in the town of Castletown. Term of [three lives], at a
yearly rent of £1,145. 14. 7, half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Gives history of the Edward Eyre, Galway, portion of the
Berehaven estates – Robert Hedges Eyre, John O’Sullivan, Morty O’Sullivan,
Samuel Cooper and Austin Cooper.
1005 5 Feb. 1847
1 item
Copy lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
William O’Sullivan, Carriganass Castle, for the lands of Carriganass,
containing 10 gneeves in the half-Barony of Bantry, already in his possession.
It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £21, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 28 th September. This is a renewal of a lease made between
Hamilton White and David Mellefont, Donnemark, on 7 th September 1786.
O’Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when
summoned, and to buy his malt at the Malt house of Bantry owned by the Earl.
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1006 18 May 1847
1007 1847
1008 [1847]
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Berehaven, and John Greenway,
Castletown Berehaven, for the lands of Droum being one field of 2a 2r 36p,
adjoining the town of Castletown in Berehaven (see map). It is for a term of 54
years, at a yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st
November. The map at the back of the lease has a scale of 1 inch to 3½
perches. The original lease was made between the late Robert Hedges Eyre,
Macroom Castle and John Greenway. It is signed and sealed by both parties. A
Memorial of it was entered into the Registry Office Dublin on 11 th October
1848. Includes copy.
238
2 items
Draft Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengariff Lodge, and
Mary Murphy (Widow), for a dwelling house, yard and garden lately in the
possession of William Murphy (deceased) in Bantry town. It is for a term of
31 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 1. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September.
1 item
Abstract of Title of Daniel O’Sullivan of Bridgemount, Co. Cork, to the lands
of Breenymore.
1009 7 Jan. 1848
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff Lodge, and the
Rev. Richard Henry Wright, Adrigole Parsonage, for part of the lands of
Adrigole, which has been for some time in the possession of Wright. It is for
three lives or 31 years, from the 29 th September last. It is at a yearly rent of
£16, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
8pp
1 item
1010 23 Feb. 1849
see also
1013, 1022, 1050
Lease made between Richard White, Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, in
the first part, Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff, in the second part, and
John Lavallin Puxley, Tenby, South Wales, in the third part. Refers to the
eleven twenty-one parts of the mining rights on the lands of Kilogue,
Cahermilaboe, Ballydonegan and Killagh, in the Barony of Bere. It is for the
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term of 41 years, from the 23 rd Feb. 1849, paying to Berehaven, one twelfth
part of the eleven twenty-one parts of the profits and minerals. Berehaven is
seized of the mines through the will of the late Robert Hedges Eyre. Written
on the outside is a reference to a letter enclosed by Litton (Solicitor), there is
no letter. Includes copy.
2 items
1011 12 April 1849
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengariffe Lodge, and
Patrick O’Sullivan, Mill Cove, in the first part, Rev. Michael O’Leary,
Kilcaskin, commonly called Clanlaurence, in the second part, and the
Commissioners National Education in Ireland, third part. The Earl of Bantry
and O’Sullivan lease a lot of ground in the Townland of Trafask, in the parish
of Kilcaskin, containing 70 yards in front, 70 yards in the rear, and in depth
112 yards. It is bounded on the north by the road leading from Bantry to
Castletown, and in the south, east and west by lands in the possession of
O’Sullivan and his undertenants. Term of three lives, or 31 years, which lasts
longest, at a yearly rent of one penny on the feast of St. Michael if demanded.
The school is to be called Trafask Male and Female National School. There is
a map drawn on the inside of the lease, showing the dimensions.
1012 16 July 1849
239
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Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and the Reverend Michael
O’Leary, for the farm and lands known as Letrim-beg, containing 174 acres
and one rood statute measures, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £20, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
1013 5 April 1850
see also
1010, 1022, 1050, 2902, 2910
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriff, in the first part,
Richard White, Lord Viscount Berehaven, Bantry House, in the second part,
and John Lavallin Puxley, Tenby, South Wales, in the third part. Puxley leases
eleven twenty one parts of the mines of the lands of Coome, Cominchies,
Cloune, and Allihies, all in the Barony of Bere. It is for 41 years, at a rent
from time to time during the term of one twelfth part of the eleven twenty one
parts of the minerals. It is signed and sealed by all parties. Bantry and
Berehaven are seized of the mines from the will of the late Robert Hedges
Eyre. A Memorial of the deed was entered into the Registry Office Dublin on
8 th July 1850. Includes a copy of the lease with some insect damage.
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1014 1 Feb. 1851
Lease made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, Glengarriffe Lodge, and
Daniel Kenealy, Shrone, for part of the lands of Shrone, in the parish of
Kilcaskin, Barony of Bere, now in his actual possession. It is for three lives or
31 years, which ever lasts longer, at a yearly rent of £13. 13. 0, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1015 20 Sept. 1851
240
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Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
McCarthy (Dealer), Bantry, for a dwelling house, back yard and out houses at
the Custom Gap in the Bantry town, for some time in the possession of
McCarthy. It is for a term of 31 years, from the 25 th March last. The yearly
rent is £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1016 20 Sept. 1851
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Mary
Webber (Dress-Maker), Bantry, for the dwelling house in Bantry, now in her
actual possession, for a term of 100, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent
is 15 shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Webber agrees to serve in the courts in the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
The property was sold to Kate Sullivan on the 13 th Oct. 1923.
1017 20 Nov. 1851
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Mary
Harrington (Widow), Bantry. It is for a dwelling house and premises formerly
held by William Willis, and lately by William Fleming, and now in the
possession of Harrington, in the Main street in Bantry town. Term of 80 years
from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent of £8, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. New lease granted to James (M.P.) and Agnes
Gilhooly on the 8 th Aug. 1913.
1018 7 Sept. 1852
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Frances
Rosa Maria Puxley (otherwise White), Dunboy House, Co. Cork, widow. It is
for part of the lands of Ardgroom, containing five acres English Statute
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Measure in the Barony of Bere. It is for three lives, or 31 years, from the 25 th
March last, at a yearly rent of £5, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. Sketch map drawn on the margin, no scale given.
1019 20 April 1852
241
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Lease between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and John Meara (Shopkeeper),
Bantry town, for the lands of [Lisaremig], in the parish of Keelmacomogue,
and now in his possession. Term of three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of
£55, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Meara’s
interest was sold to William Warner and rent fixed in July 1889.
1020 20 Sept. 1852
1 item
Agreement between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and John O’Connell
(Merchant), Beach Farm, Co. Cork, leasing a premises in Bantry town for 200
years, a yearly rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March.
1021 1 Dec. 1852
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Lease between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Thomas
Godson (Hotelkeeper), Bantry, for the lot of ground at Bantry with several
cabins. It is for 200 years, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £6.
10. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Map
accompanying lease has the premises coloured in green, blue and white. No
scale given, drawn by Daniel Murphy, Bantry. Counterpart given to Godson
on 19 th Feb. 1853. “Ejected and possession taken –[debt].”
1 item
1022 23 March 1853
see also
1010, 1013, 1050, 2902, 2910
Lease between Richard 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Tenby, South Wales, for eleven twenty-one parts of the mines of the
mines of Irhin and Caherkeen, in the Barony of Bere, for 41 years. Puxley is to
pay Bantry one fifteenth part of the eleven twenty-one parts’ profits from time
to time over the term. This was originally leased from Robert Hedges Eyre,
Macroom Castle. [Through whose last Will and Testament, Richard, 1st Earl
of Bantry received the mines.]
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1023 15 April 1853
see also
1024
Leases between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and the Reverend Thomas
O’Grady (Rector of the parishes of Kilcatterin and Killaconnenagh), Globe
House, Castletown. Bantry conveys to O’Grady a plot of ground part of the
lands of Agroom, having been built Agroom Church, being in the parish of
Kilcatterin. Leased in perpetuity, at a yearly rent, if demanded, of one shilling,
payable every 1 st of May. Map accompanying has land marked out, with a
scale of 44 feet to an inch. It is reduced and copied by Clarges Greene & Son,
Dublin. Written in pencil on one is “the area covered by this lease was sold
together with some surrounding land by the R. C. B. to [Mrs.] O’Neills sister
who subsequently sold the entire holding to a man named Murphy.”
242
2 items
1024 10 Aug. 1853
see also
1023
Lease between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and the Reverend Thomas
O’Grady (Rector of the parishes of Kilcatterin and Killaconnenagh), Globe
House, Castletown. Bantry conveys to O’Grady a plot of ground part of the
lands of Rossmacowen West called Curriglass, having been built a schoolhouse
licenced for Divine service. Let in perpetuity, at a yearly rent, if
demanded, of one shilling, payable every 1 st of May.
1025 23 Jan. 1855
1 item
Lease between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Thomas Lannin
(Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for a dwelling house in the main street of the town
of Bantry. Term of 200 years from the 29 th September past, at a yearly rent of
£8, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Lannin
agrees to serve in the courts of Bantry when summoned. The lease/premises
was sold to George J. Vickery on the 27 th August, 1927.
1026 23 Jan. 1855
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Flynn (Farmer), Cahirdaniel, for the farm and lands of Milleenculogh, in the
parish of Keelmacomague, Barony of Bantry, previously in the possession of
Daniel Murphy, but now in the possession of James Flynn. It is for two lives
or 21 years, from the 25 th March 1851. It is a yearly rent of £22, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Flynn agrees to serve in the
courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
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1027 5 Jan. 1856
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Mary
Anne Geran (Widow), Rushmount. It is for the house, garden and premises in
Castletown, formerly held by Ellen Puxley and now in the occupation of Rev.
Mr. Liddy, in breadth 90 feet, and in length 126 feet. Term of three lives or 31
years from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £4. 12. 0, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A new lease was made to
John M. Sullivan on the 4 th Dec. 1919. The holding was purchased by the
Board of Works on the 6 th Nov. 1928.
1028 5 Jan. 1856
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1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Patrick Murphy, for a
house and premises at Cluir, in the parish of Kilnamanagh, already in the
possession of Murphy, for a term of three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of
£1. 11. 0, payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1 item
1029 5 Jan. 1856
see also
1041
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Daniel Moriarty
(Shopkeeper), Castletown, for the house and premises in the Main Street,
Castletown, a house and premises at Barrack Point, Castletown, for a term of
three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £6. 7. 6, on the 25 th March and the
29 th September.
1030 5 Jan. 1856
1 item.
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Sullivan (Postmaster), Castletown, of the house and premises in the Main
Street of Castletown now in the occupation of Sullivan. Term of three lives or
31 years from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £2. 12. 0, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve
in the courts of the Manor of Altham when summoned.
1 item
1031 27 Feb. 1856
see also
1109
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
Murphy (Shopkeeper), Castletown, of the house and premises in Castletown,
in the occupation of Murphy. Term of three lives or 31 years, whichever shall
1031 contd..

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last longest, from the 29 th September last. The yearly rent is £5, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Murphy agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Altham when summoned. Typed on the outside is
that the premises is probably same as that of BL/E/B/1109. Includes mss note
referring to [BL/E/B/2976].
2 items
1032 27 Feb. 1856
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, Patrick
Sullivan (Builder), Castletown, for part of the lands of Filldarrig containing
one field with a mill built on it by Jeremiah Leary, and now in the occupation
of John O’Sullivan, containing one acre English Statute measure. Term of
three lives or 31 years, whichever is the longest, from the 29 th September past.
The yearly rent is £6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of [Altham]
when summoned. The map attached on the left margin of the lease is cut out
from the OS map, with the lands coloured in red.
1033 27 Feb. 1856
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1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Minihane (Farmer), Bawnagerah, for part of the lands of Bawnagerah,
containing 71a 1r 19p statute measure, now in his occupancy. Term of three
lives or 21 years, whichever is longest, from the 29 th Sept last. The yearly rent
is £25, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map
attached to the lease is taken from the ordinance survey sheet 105, with the
lands leased coloured in red.
1 item
1034 20 Jan. 1857
see also
1066
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Keohane (Farmer), Droumclogh, for the dwelling house and premises in New
Barrack Road in Bantry town, lately in the possession of Timothy Murphy
(Shoemaker). Term of 61 years, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent
of £1. 0. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Keohane agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned. Holding sold to Thomas Hurley on the 15 th January, 1938.
1035 17 March 1857
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James
1035 contd..

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Swanton (Farmer), Mullagh, for the lands of Mullagh containing 173a 3r 35p
English Statute measure now in his occupation. Term of three lives or 21
years, whichever is the longest, from the 29 th September past, at a yearly rent
of £65, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. There is
a map attached to the left margin, cut out of an official ordinance survey map
showing the divisions of the lands of Mullagh.
245
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1036 29 March 1858
see also
1045
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Harrington (Shopkeeper), Castletown Berehaven, for the dwelling house and
premises now and for some time in the possession of Harrington (see map).
Term of three lives or 31 years, whichever lasts longest, from the 25 th March
instant. The yearly rent is £3, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Harrington agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of
Bantry when summoned. The map attached to the left margin of the lease
shows the dimensions of the holding and adjoining premises, at a scale of 30
feet to an inch. A note attached states that the holding was sold, date unknown.
1037 29 March 1858
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Eugene O’Sullivan,
Castletown Berehaven, for the house and premises in Castletown Berehaven in
the occupation of O’Sullivan (see map), for a term of [three] lives or 31 years,
at a yearly rent £12. 9. 0, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Features two sketch-maps on the back of the lease, scale of 30 feet
to an inch.
1038 26 May – 24 Dec. 1859
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and Robert Hicks,
Gleenwich, County of Kent, for all the mines and veins of black chalk or slate
in Whiddy Island. For a term of 21 years, from the 1 st June next, paying to
Bantry one-twentieth part of any black chalk and slate. Includes mss letter
from Francis Benthall (Solicitor for Hicks) to John Litton (Solicitor to Lord
Bantry) acknowledging receipt of the original lease.
2 items
1039 4 Feb. 1860
see also
1139
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Michael
1039 contd..

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Hanly (Shopkeeper), Castletown Berehaven, for the and premises in Main
street, Castletown, formerly held by Anne Newman but now in the tenancy of
Hanly. Term of three lives [or] 31 years, which ever lasts longest, from the
29 th September. The yearly rent is £1. 17. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. There is a note attached stating that the holding
was sold, date unknown.
1040 8 Jan. 1861
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2 items
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Moriarty (Shopkeeper), Castletown, for the house and premises at Barrack
Point in Castletown now in the tenancy of the Moriarty. Term of three lives or
31 years, whichever lasts longest, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent
of £11, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Holding
sold to Margaret A. O’Neill in November, 1929.
1 item
1041 8 Jan. 1861
see also
1029
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Daniel Moriarty
(Shopkeeper), Castletown, for a house and premises in Main Street,
Castletown, for a term of three lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 5. 6,
payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1042 2 March 1861
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Moriarty (Shopkeeper), Castletown, for the house and premises on the Barrack
Point Road in Castletown, now in his tenancy. Term of three lives or 31 years
whichever lasts longest, from the 29 th September last. The annual rent is £1.
13. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. There is a
note attached stating that the holding was sold, date unknown.
1043 2 March 1861
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Crowley (Farmer), Glenbeg. It is for part of the lands of Glenbeg containing
1,055 acres English Statute measure, now in his tenancy. Term of three lives
or 31 years, whichever shall be longest, from the 29 th September last. The
yearly rent is £72, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. The map attached to the lease is the lands cut out of an ordinance
1043 contd..

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survey map, coloured in red.
1044 22 March 1861
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2 items
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Margaret
Greenway (Spinster), Castletown, for the house and premises in Castletown,
now in her occupation, 40 feet 3 inches in breadth and front, and in depth from
front to rear [150] feet. Term of three years or 31 years, whichever lasts
longest, from the 29 th September last. The yearly rent is £3, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A note attached states that
the premises was sold, date unknown.
2 items
1045 30 Nov. 1861
see also
1036
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Timothy
Harrington (Merchant), Castletown, for a plot of ground at the south side of
the Main Street in Castletown, now in the occupation of Harrington. Term of
three lives or 31 years, whichever lasts longest, from the 29 th September last,
at a yearly rent of £4. 6. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Holding purchased by Peter C. Murphy in 1946.
1046 2 Dec. 1861
1 item
Counterpart Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
and Ellen Sullivan (Widow), Dromgarvan. It is for part of the lands of
Dromgarvan, containing 230a 1r 6p English Statute measure, now in her
tenancy. Term of three lives, or 21 years, whichever shall be longest, from the
29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £42, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. A map of the lands is drawn on the inside of
the lease, coloured in pink, with a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile. It shows the road
to Bantry from Castletown, and Adrigole Bay. Drawn by [A.] Bernard, June
1861.
1047 31 Dec. 1861
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
Costigan (Farmer), Trenamodaree. It is for the lands of Trenamodaree,
containing 123 acres English Statute measure, now in his tenancy. Term of
three lives or 21 years, whichever is the longest, from the 25 th March past. The
yearly rent is £25, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
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September. A map on the inside of the lease shows the lands leased, noting
that the “lease includes only one undivided half of the part coloured red”,
having a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile, drawn by [A.] Bernard, July 1861.
1048 31 Dec. 1861
1049 1861
248
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and Daniel Costigan
(Farmer), [Trenamodaree], Co. Cork, for part of the lands of [Trenamodaree]
containing 180 acres, in the Barony of Bantry, already in his possession. It is
for three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £25, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. Coloured map inside of lease of the lands,
with a scale of 6 inches to 1 mile, by A. Bernard (CS), December 1861.
1 item
Counterpart/Draft Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry
House, and Bat Sullivan (Farmer), Droumlane, for part of the lands of
Droumlane, now in his tenancy, in the parish of Kilcaskin. It is for three lives
or 21 years, which ever will last the longest, from the 29 th September past.
Annual rent of £37, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes a copy of the lease.
2 items
1050 8 April 1862
see also
1010, 1013, 1022, 2902, 2910
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Henry
Lavallin Puxley, Dunboy Castle, Berehaven, for that part of the lands of
Droum in the occupation of Lavallin Puxley containing 20 acres English
Statute measure, in the parish of Killacomenagh, Barony of Bere and Bantry.
Term of three lives or 31 years, whichever is longest, from the 29 th September
1860. The yearly rent is £6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Lavallin Puxley has planted trees on the lands, and it is agreed that
he may do what he wishes with them, not interfering with this lease. A map on
the inside of the lease drawn by A. Bernard (CS), Feb. 1862, shows the lands
in pink, at a scale of 20 perches to an inch. The house and gardens on the map
are excluded from the lease. This holding was sold to Henry Lavallin Puxley
in 1910.
1051 15 April 1862
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Denis
1051 contd..

BL/EP/B/
William Murphy (Merchant), Bantry. It is for a piece of building ground on
the quay in the town of Bantry. It is for a term of 200 years from the 25 th
March last, at a yearly rent of £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. This was sold to Messrs Murphy and O’Connor in 1926.
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1 item
1052 22 Aug. 1862
see also
1150
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Timothy Regan
Harrington (Shopkeeper), Castletown, for the house and premises in Main
Street, Castletown, for a term of three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £3,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
1053 1862
see also
920
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Young, Bantry, for a house in Bantry town, for a term of 61 years, at a yearly
rent of 8 shillings, payable on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Unsigned. Referred to in affidavit of S. W. Payne on 3 rd May 1875 in [case of
Queen V. Parties]. Includes copy.
1054 10 March 1863
2 items
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Thomas
Spencer (Shopkeeper), Dunmanway, and Catherine Spencer (Spinster),
Bantry, for the piece of ground upon which the late Henry Spencer built
dwelling houses in front of the main street adjoining Denis Murphy’s premises
and extending backwards to the Kerry Coach road, in the town of Bantry. It is
for a term of 200 years from the 25 th March past. The yearly rent is £2. 13. 4,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. [The holding
was sold to John Clarke for £52.]
1055 10 March 1863
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Timothy Harrington
(Merchant), Castletown, for the house and premises in Main Street,
Castletown, for three lives or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £3, payable halfyearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1 item

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1056 10 March 1863
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Nicholas
Power (Master Mariner), Castletown, for a house and premises in the Main
Street of Castletown, lately in the possession of Michael Sullivan (Smith), and
now in the occupation of Power. Term of three lives or 31 years, whichever
lasts longest, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £3. 10. 0,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. William
Swanton purchased the holding on the 21 st Nov. 1929.
1057 2 Dec. 1864
250
1 item
Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and Cornelius
O’Leary (Merchant), Newtown near Bantry, for 12 acres English Statute
measure of the lands of Reenrour, with the Mansion House, out offices and
other buildings, these lands now called Marino, in some time in the possession
of O’Leary. Term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £30. 9. 3, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The original lease was made
between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry, and Robert Kenny on the 21 st Feb. 1820.
1 item
1058 25 April 1865
See also
Section B.9.2
Agreement made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Charles Thomas,
Ardmana House, Schull, for a full licence of 12 months to mine for minerals
on the lands of [Lisherenig] in the Barony of Bantry. Thomas agrees to pay a
royalty of one-sixteenth value of any minerals from the lands. On the cover of
the document there is written “Ejected + premises let to J Warner”.
1 item
1059 May 1866
See also
Section B.9.2
Abstract of an agreement as to the mines of Droumkeal, Droumduff East and
West, and [Tremamaderee] Co. Cork, from the Earl of Bantry to [M.] R.
[Auketell] and William B. Ritchie. In August, 1865, Thomas [Lisale] leased
the mines from the Earl of Bantry for 41 years. [Lisale] sold his interest in the
mines for £300 to [Auketee] and Ritchie, under a number of conditions,
namely that [Lisdale] would procure a lease for the mines on behalf of
[Auketee] and Ritchie.
1 item

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1060 7 Sept. 1867
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Elizabeth
Vickery (Widow), Droumkeal, for that part of Droumkeal now in her tenancy,
containing 81 acres statute measure. Term of three lives from the 25 th March
1867, at a yearly rent of £40, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. Includes a coloured ink map of the area leased, in pink. It
shows the road linking Bantry and Glengarriff, and buildings, eg the schoolhouse.
Signed A. Bernard, June 1867, with a scale of 12 inches to one mile.
1061 7 Sept. 1867
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1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Samuel
Vickery (Farmer), [Tranahaha], for part of [Tranahaha], now in the tenancy of
Vickery, containing 83a 2r 20p statute measure (see map), in the parish of
Kilmacomogue. Term of three lives or 21 years, whichever longest, from the
25 th March 1867, at a yearly rent of £77. 11. 8, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Coloured map drawn on the inside of lease has
a scale of 12 inches to one mile, drawn by A. Bernard, June 1867. The area
leased in coloured pink, also showing Kilmore Lake.
1062 4 Nov. 1867
1 item
Lease made between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Coakley (Carrier), Old Barrack Road, Bantry. It is for the house and premises
in Old Barrack Road in Bantry town now and for some time past in the
tenancy of Coakley, on one field (0a 2r 23p). It is for a term of 31 years from
the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £2. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. A new lease was granted on the 1 st March
1915 to Margaret Donovan.
1063 26 April 1873
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Murphy (Grocer and Vintner), Macroom, for a house and premises built and in
the occupation of Murphy, a range of houses known as the “centre bulk”,
bounded on the west and south by the street called the square. It is for a term
of 91 years from the 1 st November last, at a yearly rent of £20, payable half
yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November. Written on the back of the lease is
“Mr. Turner will call to consult Mr [Sutton] about renewal of this lease”, dated
18 th March 1903.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
1064 28 Feb. 1874
Lease made William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House and Macroom Castle,
and William Cahill, (Farmer) [Coolnegerah], for part of the lands of
Coolnegerah, lately in the possession of William Cahill, in the Barony of East
Muskerry. Term of 32 years from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent of £92.
10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map
drawn on the margin of the lease shows the lands in question in relation to the
River Lee, the road to Cork, and adjacent occupied lands. No scale is given.
1065 4 April 1874
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1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
Bartholomew Sullivan, [Droumlave], for part of the lands of [Droumlave]
containing [104] acres statute measure. Term of 31 years, at an annual rent of
£44, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map
on the inside of the lease is cut out from the OS map with the lands leased
coloured in red. Typed on the front of the lease is “Premises situated in the
Adrigole district. No entry in 1902 Ledger. Probably sold before 1902 with
other Adrigole holdings.” Signed by [ ] 30 th Dec. 1947.
1 item
1066 12 May 1875
see also
1034
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Keohane (Farmer), [Droumclogh], for the dwelling house and premises built
by and in the occupation of John [Manning] in [New Barrack] road in the town
of Bantry. It is for a term of 32 years from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent
of £1. 1. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
[Lease expired in1907, purchased by Charles Connor for £20].
1067 28 May 1877
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and James H.
Payne, Beechmount, for the house, premises, yard and garden in the square in
Bantry town, now occupied by Payne. Term of three lives from the 25 th March
past, at a yearly rent of £2. 2. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The holding was split before 1902, with new leases granted
seperately on the 13 th Sept. 1909 and on the 1 st Oct. 1914.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
1068 28 May 1877
see also
1069
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Clarke (Merchant), Bantry, for a house and premises in the Main Street,
Bantry, now in Clarke’s possession. Term of 41 years from the 25 th March
last, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. A map has been drawn on the left margin of the lease, with the
premises coloured in red and blue, no scale given. A new lease was granted to
Mrs. Hannah Sullivan on the 20 th July 1914.
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1 item
1069 28 May 1877
see also
1068
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and William
Clark (Merchant), Bantry town, for a house and premises in the Main Street of
Bantry town in the possession of Clark. It is for a term of 41 years, at a yearly
rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map
drawn on left margin showing premises, no scale.
1070 15 Oct. 1877
1 item
Amended Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
John B. Eddy, Droumkeal, and William J. Sennott, 46 Southampton Buildings,
London. It is for the slate and slate quarries on the lands of Droumkeal,
Treenamoderee and Droumduff, in the parish of Kilmacomogue, for a term of
31 years, from the 1 st Nov. past. Annual rent is £15 or one twentieth part of all
the profits. The names of the parties are crossed out at every mention, but what
is in their place is unclear. It is as if the lease was reused for different named
parties. Written on the back in pencil is “New lease to be made to James
[Coates] and [John] B. Eddy, both of Droumduffe…1 st May 1883”. Eddy and
Sinott may have been ejected.
1071 31 Aug. 1878
1 item
Copy lease made between the William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry and John McCarthy
(Shopkeeper), the Square, Bantry town, for a plot in the town of Bantry,
formerly in the possession of John Goodwin, deceased, known as the tanyard
premises with three houses adjacent, fronting New Street. It is for three lives,
at a yearly rent of £11. 1. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. The original lease was made between Richard, 1 st Earl of
Bantryand William Young, in 8 th September 1817.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
1072 10 Sept. 1879
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and the
Guardians of the Poor of the Bantry Union, for the house and premises in
Bantry town in the occupation and use of the Board of Guardians as a
Dispensary. It is for a term of 61 years from the 25 th March past, at an annual
rent of £1. 16. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Lease was cancelled and a new lease was drawn up on the 3 rd
April 1944, taken out by the Cork County Council, for [35] years, from the
25 th March 1944, at £4 annual rent.
1073 8 April 1880
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1 item
Lease made between William Henry Hare White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry
House, and John O’Shea (Publican), Gurteenroe Street, Macroom, for a house
yard and premises on the south side of Gurteenroe Street (see map). Term of
31 years from the 1 st November past, at an annual rent of £5, payable half
yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November. Coloured map on the back of the
lease has the building in red and the yard in brown, a scale of [10 feet to half
an inch]. Sketched by [Lehane, Killinardrish], 14 th February 1880. Lease
surrendered in 1889.
1 item
1074 1880 – 28 March 1881
see also
855, 924
Corrected Draft Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry
House, and Mary Young (wife of William Young), Bantry, for the houses and
garden in Pound Lane, and the house and garden called Summer Hill, for some
time in the possession of Young, and formerly held by Timothy Sullivan.
Term of one life from the 25 th March 1881, at a yearly rent of £8. 8. 0, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Includes a page stating
the premises leased. There is a rough map drawn of the premises, “corrected
by Dan [Minehane] under Mr. Payne’s orders on the 15 th Feby 1881”. Also a
renewal of the lease with a sketch of the premises leased on the back of the
document, footage and boundaries given. The original lease on the house was
made between Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and Timothy Sullivan in December
1819. It was sold to William H. O’Sullivan on 16 th May, 1913.
1075 1881
3 items
Draft lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry and George John
Vickery (Hotel Keeper), Bantry town, for a part of building ground in New
Street. It is for a term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of £5, payable half yearly on
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the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1076 9 May 1882
255
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry and the Reverend John
Larkin (Parish Priest), Eyeries, Castletown Bere. Bantry agrees to lease to
Larkin, with partial funding from the Commissioners of National Schools, a
plot of ground for the erection of a school to be known as Ardgroom, in the
townland of Slieve, in the parish of Kilcatherine, Barony of Bere. Term of 99
years, at a yearly rent of one penny, payable on the Feast of St. Michael. Map
accompanying lease shows land for the school, no scale. The school will cost
£581. 6. 0 in total.
1077 21 Aug. 1882
1 item
Renewal Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and
Ellen Kingston (Widow), Ursula Kingston (Spinster), Richard Paul Kingston,
all of Bloomfield Avenue, city of Dublin, and Eliza Beamish (wife of Francis
Beamish, Victoria, Australia), relates to the Bolting Mills, stores, Mill yard,
outhouses, the front garden of the Bank House up to the front wall of the Bank
House adjoining the yard, and the field on which the Roman Catholic Chapel
is built with the graveyard attached, in the town of Bantry, with the mill
stream leading from [Loughboofinnagh]. Term of three lives, from the 29 th
September 1882, at a yearly rent of £27. 13. 10, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Surrendered on the 25th January [1907].
1078 26 Aug. 1882
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry and Denis McCarthy
(Merchant), Bantry, for a store and premises situated near the quay in Bantry,
for a term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Attached is a document giving later history on
the premises.
1079 29 Dec. 1882
2 items
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, and Miss Sarah Clerke, for
the two houses and the back yard and back ground attached to them, on the
south side of the Main Street of Bantry town. Term of three lives, at a yearly
rent of £0. 18. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. The original lease was made between Hamilton White and Richard
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Blair on 31 Jan. 1783.
1080 28 Aug. 1883
256
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Healy (Victualler), Barrack Road, Bantry, for two houses and premises now in
the tenancy of Healy in Barrack road, for a term of [61] years, from the 25 th
March last. The yearly rent is £1, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. A map is drawn on the left margin with the premises
coloured in blue, with a scale of 12 feet to 1 inch, with the adjoining premises.
Sold to Daniel Hourihane in 1928.
1081 28 Aug. 1883
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, and John McCarthy
(Shopkeeper), Barrack Street, Bantry, for a house and premises in the
possession of McCarthy in Barrack Street, for 91 years, at a yearly rent of £2,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Sketch map on
back of lease, no scale given, but measurements of premises are given.
1082 1 May 1885
1 item
Lease made between William, 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Cornelius
O’Leary (Tailor), Bantry, for a dwelling house with the yard to the rear in
High street in Bantry town, for some time in the occupation of O’Leary. It is
for a term of 61 years, from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £4,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Replaced with a
new lease in 1951.
1083 1 May 1885
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry and Daniel Sullivan (Cardriver),
Bantry, for a plot of building ground where a house is being built, in
High Street, Bantry. For a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of £2, payable on
the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1084 5 Oct. 1885
1 item
[Counterpart] Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
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and William Shanahan (Carpenter), the Custom Gap, Bantry. It is for a plot of
building ground on which a dwelling is being erected, in the square in Bantry,
for a term of 91 years from the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £6,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map drawn
within the lease shows the plot in pink, with a scale of 16:1 inch. It also shows
the proposed site for the National School. Signed by the Earl’s attorney. The
property was sold on 31 st Dec. 1943 to Timothy Keane.
1085 12 Oct. 1885
257
1 item
Counterpart Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry in the one part,
the Reverend James Neligan (Parish Priest), Adrigole, in the second part, and
the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland in the third part. Refers to
a lot of ground in the townland of Derreenacarrin in the parish of Kilcoskan,
for the erection of a school-house. Term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of one
penny on the Feast of St. Michael. Map drawn inside of lease of lot, a scale of
[two and a half inches for every 100 feet].
1086 13 July 1886
1 item
Counterpart Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and the very
Reverend Michael Canon [Shinkwin] (Parish Priest), Bantry, the Reverend
Joseph Canon Shinkwin (Parish Priest), Ovens and the Reverend Thomas
Shinkwin (Roman Catholic Curate), Glounthane. The Earl of Bantry has
agreed with the Shinkwin’s, with some financial support from the
Commissioners of National Education, a lot of ground for the erection of
school, to be called Whiddy Island National School, in the townland of
Trawnahaha, in the parish of Kilmacomogue, Barony of Bantry (see map, no
scale). Term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of one penny, payable on the feast of
St. Michael. The cost of the school is £333 in total.
1087 4 Sept. 1886
1 item
Copy Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, Bantry,
and William Warner (Saddler), the Square, Bantry. Refers to a plot of building
ground, with a dwelling house situated between Blackrock Road and Old Mail
Coach road to Cork, in the town of Bantry. It is for a term of 99 years from the
29 th Sept. 1886, at a yearly rent of £21. Verified as a true copy on the 20 th Oct.
1919, by [Charles] Jermyn (Solicitor), Gregg Jermyn & Sons, Cork.
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1088 4 Sept. 1886
see also
1223
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Daniel
Healy (Victualler), New Barrack Road, Bantry town, for two dwelling houses
and a plot of building ground, now in the occupation of Healy and his
undertenants at Mill Rock, Bantry town. Term of 91 years, from the 29 th
September 1885, at a yearly rent of £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March
and the 29 th September. A map is drawn on the back of the lease showing the
premises darkened, and adjoining premises. It is a scale of [1/8 th inch to one
foot]. Holding was sold to Daniel Minehane on the 25 th May, 1933. Enclosed
in an envelope, badly burnt, with areas around the centre creases missing.
Includes a typed copy of the lease.
258
3 items
1089 30 Dec. 1886
see also
1090
Lease made between William, 4 th Fourth Earl of Bantry and Margaret Taylor
(Superioress of the Convent of Mercy), Castletown Berehaven. Taylor agrees
to lease part of the lands of Knocranroe, about nine square perches, in the
parish of Killaconenagh. Term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of one shilling,
payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and 29 th September. Map drawn on the
back of the lease, plot marked in red. No scale given.
1 item
1090 30 Dec. 1886
see also
1089
Lease made between Denis Neill, Castletown Berehaven in the first part,
William, 4 th Earl of Bantry in the second part, and Margaret Taylor (Mother
Superioress of the Mercy Convent Castletown Berehaven) in the third part.
Neill and the Earl have demised to Taylor a plot of ground adjoining the town
of Castletown Berehaven measuring one and three fourths English Statute
Measure, part of the lands of Knockanroe, parish of Killaconenagh (see
accompanying map). Term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of one shilling to Neill
and one shilling to the Earl, payable half-yearly to both parties on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Map accompanying lease has no obvious scale.
1091 [1886]
1 item
Draft Renewal of Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Henry
Allen, Bantry, for a house,out buildings and a plot of ground situate at the rear
of Jerry Donovan’s Store up to Black Rock Road, Bantry, now in the
occupation of representatives of Timothy McCarthy, and [Philip] Wolfe. It is
for three lives, at a yearly rent of £3. 18. 9, payable on the 25 th March and the
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29 th September. The premises are to be held in trust for the legal
representatives of Daniel and Jerry Donovan (the Lessee in the original lease
of the 4 th May 1824).
1092 15 Aug. 1887
259
1 item
Copy Lease between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry and Henry Allen, Bantry, the
premises outlined in a Lease (4 th May 1824) between Richard, 1 st Earl of
Bantryand Jeremiah Donovan, for 61 years or the lives of three individuals
named in Lease, for a yearly rent of £4. 05. 3. Henry Allen a relative-in-law to
Donovan’s heirs, has agreed to a renewal of the 1824 Lease, for a yearly rent
of £3. 18. 9, first payment due the 29 th September next.
1093 1 Oct. 1887
1 item
Lease made between William Henry Hare, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Mary
Cullinane (Shopkeeper), Main Street, Bantry, for a plot of building ground at
the North West side of the Square in the town of Bantry. Term of 91 years
commencing on the 1 st June 1887, at a yearly rent of £3. 10. 0, payable half
yearly on the 1 st June and the 1 st December. Includes map of premises on back
of lease, coloured in pink, with a scale of 16 feet to one inch. Typed note on
lease stated that this is the probable site of the cinema in Bantry. It may have
been sold before 1902.
1 item
1094 12 Nov. 1887
see also
1010, 1013, 1022, 2902, 2910
Surrenders of eleven twenty one parts in the mines of Killogue, Cahermilaboe,
Ballydonegan, Killeagh, Coome, Cominchies, Cloun, Allihies, Urheen and
Caherkeen, by the Berehaven Mining Company (Limited), and Thomas
Bunker and Charles Cummins (the Liquidators), City of Dublin, to William
Henry Hare White, Earl of Bantry. The original leases were made between
Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry and John Lavallin Puxley on the 23 rd Feb. 1849, 5 th
April 1850, and 23 rd March 1853.
1095 30 Nov. 1887
3 items
Counterpart Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
in the first part, Robert Warner Jr. (Farmer) Reenadesert, in the second part,
and Rev. Benson Edward Gentleman (Methodist Minister), James Robert
Swanton (Medical Doctor), Gilbert Fenton (Mercantile Manager), John
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Swanton Warner (Shopkeeper), George John Vickery (Shopkeeper), all of
Bantry, Robert Vickery, Droumkeal, George Vickery, Ballycomane, Samuel
Warner, Reenadesert, all farmers, and Daniel Boyd (National School Teacher)
Durrus, all in the third part. The Earl with the consent of Robert Warner,
leases a piece of ground part of the lands of Reenadesert on which a school
house has been built to the Trustees (parties of the third part). Term of 91
years from the 29 th September 1887, at a yearly rent of six pence, if demanded,
to be payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A map
drawn on the back of the lease shows the plot of ground and the school house
in relation to the coast, the Glengarriff road and Warner’s ground. It has a
scale of 1/8 inch to 1 foot. Typed on the front of the lease is the following “No
note of this holding in old ledgers Schoolhouse mentioned in Lease does not
now exist or perhaps was never built. Appears to have formed part of one of
several holding held by Robert Warner from Bantry Estate at Reendisert. All
those holdings were purchased in 1908 and Estate now holds no property at
Reendisert.
1096 18 Feb. 1888
260
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Lyne, Mill Cove, Castletown Bere, for a building site in the square of
Castletown Bere (see map). Term of 91 years from the 25 th March 1888, at a
yearly rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. It is agreed that if a dwelling house is built on the site, then its
front must face east. A map on the back of the lease shows the site in yellow
with its dimensions and adjoining premises. No scale is given, and it is by W.
[Braddy], Dunmanway. A note attached to the lease states that the holding was
sold, date unknown.
1097 5 May 1888
2 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Robert Cleary
(Shoemaker), Custom Gap, Bantry, for a dwelling house, yard and premises at
Custom Gap. It is for a term of 91 years, commencing the 29 th September
1887, at a yearly rent of £9. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. Includes a map on the back of the lease, the lands coloured
“crimson lake”, with a scale of 20 feet to one inch. It has “Denis Murphy
Builder Bantry Dec. 1887”. Sold in 1923.
1098 12 Oct. 1888
1 item
Counterpart Lease made between William 4 th Earl of Bantry in the first part,
Maria Margery Ashe, Codrum Macroom, second part and Charles Evanson
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Ashe (husband of Maria M. Ashe), third part. Ashe agrees to the surrender of
an existing lease of premises in Macroom made in 1842 between the Earl of
Bantry and Edward Ashe. She agrees to lease a house and premises known as
the Old Court-house and Bridewell in Macroom, for a term of 60 years, at a
yearly rent of £15, payable half-yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November.
Includes a piece of paper with “Probably of no value”.
1099 8 Dec. 1888
261
2 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry and Michael McCarthy
(Merchant), Castletown Berehaven, for a plot of ground for building purposes
in Castletown Berehaven. Term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 10. 0,
payable on the 25 th March and the 28 th September. There is a coloured map of
the plot with a scale of 1 inch to 30 feet.
1100 31 Dec. 1888
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and John McCarthy
(Victualler), Barrack Street, Bantry town, for a small house and a field at the
West Side of New Chapel Road, and a plot of ground at the East Side of Mill
Rock, both in the town of Bantry. Term of 91 years commencing in March
1889, at a yearly rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes a map on the back of the lease, with the lands coloured in
red, and a scale of [40 feet to one inch]. This was surrendered in 1913, and
new leases given to Timothy J. McCarthy on 2 nd March, 1914, the holding was
split. Includes copy.
1101 31 Dec. 1888
2 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and John
Denis Shea (Farmer), Tooreen, for a plot of building ground at Glengarriffe
Cross, part of the lands of [Cappyanghna], parish of Kilcascan. It is for a term
of 91 years, from the 25 th March 1888, at a yearly rent of £2. 5. 0, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map drawn on the back of
the lease has the premises coloured in blue, with the boundaries marked and
measured.
1102 1888 – 1947
1 item
Notes of various leases drawn up on the Bantry Estate by the 4 th Earl, the
Trustees and Shelswell-White, and where the property ended up.
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1103 1 July 1889
262
5 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and William [Lymms] Bird
(Justice of the Peace), Bantry town, for two small houses at Old Barrack Road
in Bantry town, in the occupation of John Shea and Thomas Burke. It is for a
term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of 12 shillings, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. Includes map on the back of the lease, no
scale given. Sold 28 th Aug. 1923 to Michael Donovan.
1104 27 Aug. 1889
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Robert Cleary
(Shoemaker), High Street, Bantry town, for a dwelling house, yard and garden
[from High Street to Custom Gap] in Bantry town, in his occupation. It is for a
term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half yearly on the 25 th March
and the 29 th September. Includes map on back of lease, no scale given. There
is a reference to “Denis Murphy Builder Bantry 1889”. Sold to Mary O’Leary,
28 th Aug., 1923.
1105 21 Sept. 1889
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Timothy McCarthy jnr.
(Cattle Dealer), Parade Field, Bantry Town. It is for two dwelling houses at
Old Barrack Road, now in the occupation of William Fitzgerald and John
Spillane. It is for a term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of 18 shillings, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Lease contains a map
with the premises coloured in pink, with a scale of 24 feet to one inch. Sold in
September 1933.
1106 31 Oct. 1889
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Cornelius McCarthy
(Butcher), New Street, Bantry town. It is for a dwelling house and premises at
New Barrack Road in the town of Bantry, for a term of 91 years, at a yearly
rent of 18 shillings, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Map drawn on the lease with the premises coloured in pink, with a
scale of 16 feet to 1 inch.
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1107 9 Nov. 1889
Copy of a Lease between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry and Julia O’Leary
(Shopkeeper), Railway Inn, Bantry for two dwelling houses at High Street,
Bantry for 91 years, annually for £2. 10. 0, payable half-yearly on 25 th March
and 29 th September.
1108 31 Dec. 1889
263
1 item
[Counterpart] Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
and Denis Crowley (Shopkeeper), Main Street, Bantry, for a dwelling house,
shop, out offices and garden, in the Main Street of the town of Bantry, for
some time in the possession of Crowley. Term of 91 years from the 1 st May
last, at a yearly rent of £20, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st
November. Map on the back of the lease shows the premises in question,
giving a ground and first floor plan, drawn by Denis Murphy, Oct. 1889. The
premises was sold in the 12 th July 1923.
1 item
1109 15 April 1890
see also
1031
Counterpart Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
and James Francis Murphy (Hotel Proprietor), Castletown Berehaven, for the
dwelling house, yard and premises used as a hotel with its appurtenances now
held for some time by Murphy, on Main Street in Castletown Berehaven. It is
for a term of 91 years from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent of £6, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map on the back of
the lease shows the premises leased coloured in blue, with its adjoining
premises, no scale given. The premises was purchase by William Sheehan on
the 25 th September 1934, signed by [ ] on 30 th Dec. 1947.
1110 19 April 1890
1 item
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Patrick O’Callaghan
(Grocer and Spirit Merchant), Main Street, Bantry town, for a plot of building
ground in the town of Bantry. It is for a term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of 18
shillings, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map
on the back on the lease has premises coloured in pink, with a scale of 10 feet
to 1 inch. New Lease on 21 Aug. 1914 and this one surrendered.
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1111 31 May 1890
Counterpart Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House,
and Joseph Richard Acton (Shopkeeper), Bantry, for three fields part of the
lands of Reenrour (7a 2r 36p English Statute measure), for a term of 91 years
from the 29 th September 1890. The yearly rent is £9. 12. 0, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A map on the back of the lease
shows the lands coloured in pink, with a scale of [half inch to 100 feet]. It
shows the adjoining leased lands and the road from Bantry to Newtown. The
holding was sold in May, 1908.
1112 4 June 1890
264
1 item
Lease made between John Warren Payne, [Rookhurst], Monkstown, Co. Cork,
in the first part, William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, second part, and
Somers Henry Payne (Justice of the Peace, Barrister-at-Law), Bantry, third
part. Warren Payne leases to Somers Payne a dwelling house, coach house,
stable, out offices and garden in the square in the town of Bantry. It is for a
term of 91 years, from the 29 th September next, at a yearly rent of £30,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map
accompanying lease has these premises marked in pink, with a scale of one
inch to 16 feet. The premises coloured blue on the map was leased to Somers
Payne in 1852 by the late Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, and may be in doubt.
William 4 th Earl of Bantry enters into a new lease for the same property (stable
and coach house) in 1890, for 91 years, from the 29 th September next, a yearly
rent of one shilling, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes attached stamp with Crown motif.
1113 26 July 1890
2 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Margaret
Kelly, Castletown Berehaven, for a plot of ground with the dwelling house and
appurtenances at Castletown Berehaven (see map), for a term of 91 years from
the 29 th September next. The yearly rent is £2, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. A map drawn on the back of the lease shows
the premises coloured in blue with its dimensions and adjoining premises. No
scale given. Includes note stating that the holding was sold, date unknown.
1114 25 Oct. 1890
2 items
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Patrick
Murphy (Shopkeeper), Castletown Berehaven, for a dwelling house, out
offices, a plot of building ground and garden, lately in the possession of James
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Carey, at [Foildarrig] near Castletown Berehaven (see map), for a term of 91
years from the 29 th September 1890. The yearly rent is £6. 10. 0, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A map on the back of the
lease shows the premises outlined in brown, with its dimensions and adjoining
premises, no scale given. There is a note attached stating that the premises was
sold, date unknown.
1115 20 Dec. 1890
265
2 items
Surrender of a Lease by William Henry O’Sullivan, Bantry, to William, 4 th
Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, of a dwelling house, yard and offices in the
square of Bantry town, now in the occupation of Mrs. Hannah Hurst, at a
yearly rent of £5. The original lease was made in 1840 between Richard, 1 st
Earl of Bantry and Mary Sullivan (Widow). It is agreed that William
O’Sullivan by covenant will keep indemnified the Earl from any costs which
may arise from the Earl leasing the surrendered premises to Thomas Robert
Hurst, Bantry, for a term of 91 years, at a yearly rent of £10, made at the
request of O’Sullivan.
1116 26 Sept. 1891
1 item
Schedule of leases from Lord Bantry’s Estate in Bantry, Berehaven,
Glengarriff and Macroom, sent to Lord Ardilaun. Records details under
headings of – No. of Leases; No. of Leases in Rent Ledger of 1890; Names of
Leasees; Dates of Leases; and Yearly Rents. It records which estate the leases
are held; Bantry; Bere; Berehaven; and Macroom.
1117 30 Dec. 1892
10pp
Lease made between Olivia Charlotte, Baroness Ardilaun, St. Anne’s,
Clontarf, Co. Dublin, and John [T.] Murphy, Sandyhill House, Macroom, for
the house and premises known as Sandyhill House, Macroom, for a term of 62
from the 29 th September 1892. Annual rent is £25, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. Map drawn on the inside of the lease has
the premises coloured in pink, marking out house, gardens, yards and offices,
as well as adjoining premises. It has a scale of 60 feet to 1 inch.
1118 3 Oct. 1893
1 item
Lease made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun, St. Annes, Clontarf,
Dublin and Richard Edmund Longfield, Longueville (Trustees of the Bantry
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Estates), and John McCarthy (Victualler), Main Street, Bantry, for part of the
lands of Kilnaruane (14 acres) and Droumleigh North (9a 1r 10p) known as
the Goulane field, containing 23a 1r 10p in the parish of Kilmacomogue. It is
for a term of 31 years from 25 th March 1893, at a yearly rent of £30, payable
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map on the back of the
lease has the lands leased coloured in pink, with a scale of 2 feet to 1 mile,
drawn by R.T. Perry, 7 th Oct. 1893. Includes draft copy of lease, burnt at its
edges.
1119 27 May 1895
266
2 items
Lease made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund
Longfield (Trustees of the Bantry Estates), and George W. Biggs, Bantry, for a
parcel of ground in Bantry, bounded on the north by the public road, on the
south by part of the Bantry House demesne, in the East by premises in the
occupation of William Murphy and on the West by stores held by Biggs. Term
of 21 years from 25 th March 1895, at a yearly rent of £5, payable half yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map of the premises is drawn on
the back of the lease, coloured in pink, with a scale of 10 feet to an inch. Lease
expired in 1916 and new lease granted in March 1917. Includes a copy of the
map.
1120 28 Sept. 1896
2 items
Lease made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund
Longfield (Trustees of the Bantry Estates), and Ellen O’Brien (Spinster),
Castletown Berehaven. It is for part of the lands of [Filedarrig] being part of
the Castletown Berehaven, for a term of 99 years from the 25 th March 1896.
The yearly rent is £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. A map on the back of the lease shows the dimensions of the
premises, coloured in green, and the premises adjoining it. No scale given.
Includes a note attached stating that this holding was eventually sold, exact
date unknown.
2 items
1121 20 Dec. 1896
see also
1125, 1163
Lease made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund
Longfield (Trustees of Bantry Estates), and John Swanton Warner
(Shopkeeper), Barrack Street, Bantry, for a plot of ground in Castletown
Berehaven, where the old Police Barrack stands, for a term of 31 years, from
the 1 st November 1896. The yearly rent is £26, payable half yearly on the 1 st
May and the 1 st November. A map on the inside of the lease shows the
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premises coloured in pink, showing its dimensions and the adjoining premises.
It has a scale of 16 feet to one inch.
1122 4 June 1897
267
1 item
Lease made between John Cullinane, the Square, Bantry town, and Arthur
Edward, Baron Ardilaun, and Richard Edmund Longfield (Trustees of the
Bantry Estate), for a house and premises in the square in Bantry occupied by
E. F. Ellis. Term of twenty six and a half years from the 1 st December 1896, at
a yearly rent of £45, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. This is the lease of the Agent’s house. Cullinane held the premises
under lease of 1 st December 1852 from the Estate.
1123 3 Nov. 1898
1 item
Typed list of leases omitted from the Old Macroom Leases “included in
Schedule already sent”, as they are in use at present, supplied by Fred Sutton
& Son (Solicitors).
1124 1 June 1899
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, in the first
part, Rev. William J. Carey, Glengariffe Glebe, in the second part, and the
Representative Body of the Church of Ireland in the third part. Refers to the
Townland of Monteensudder (1a 2r 35p statute measure) on which the Glebe
house and offices have been erected (see map). Term of 99 years from the 25 th
March 1899, at a yearly rent of £2. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. This was arranged originally during the
lifetime of Richard, [2 nd ] Earl of Bantry but no lease was drawn up. The map
on the back of the lease shows the premises coloured in green with a scale of
24 inches to 1 mile.
1p
1 item
1125 28 Feb. 1900
see also
1121, 1163
Copy Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and
John Swanton Warner (Merchant), Bantry, for a plot of ground at Dunmanway
Road in Bantry town, for a term of 99 years, from the 29 th September1899.
Annual rent of £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes two signed copies (one slightly burnt) of the lease in an
envelope, with a note in mss “leases for holdings sold”. They both have maps
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of the holding outlined in pink, with a scale of 16 feet to an inch. The holding
was sold in July 1930.
1126 15 March 1901
268
5 items
Surrender of a Lease by Michael Harrington to Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Bantry House, of part of the lands of Cappyaughna containing 2 roods statute
measure, in the parish of Kilcaskin. Harrington was a tenant from year to year.
A map on the inside of the surrender shows the lands outlined in red, its
dimensions and its adjoining lands.
1127 11 April 1901
1 item
Surrender of Lease by Mary Sullivan, William Sullivan, Denis Sullivan,
Michael Sullivan, all of Monteensudder, and Mary Harrington of Glengarriff,
to Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House. It is for part of the lands of
Monteensudder, containing 135 square feet statute measure in the parish of
Kilcaskin. William Sullivan has agreed to take out a new lease for the same
lands with Leigh-White. Includes a map at the back of the lease with the
premises marked out. No scale is given.
1128 31 July 1901
1 item
Copy of a lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White (J.P.), Bantry
House, and William Lewis Boyle, Elsing Hall, Norfolk, England. Refers to the
coppermines, etc. on Dersey Island, Barony of Bere, from the 1 st Aug. 1901
for the term of 30 years. Leigh-White and his tenants may take limestone, etc.
from the lands so long as it does not interfere with the rights of Boyle. The
rent for the mines is £300 payable yearly in advance on the 1 st Aug., and
royalties of one equal twentieth part in value of all the ores mined made
merchantable and fit for smelting. No royalties will be payable until the equal
twentieth part shall exceed the £300 yearly rent. The royalties will be payable
quarterly, on the 1 st Aug., 1 st Nov., 1 st Feb., and the 1 st May. Leigh-White will
have access to the accounts of the mining company at all times. If there should
arise any dispute between the two parties, then three arbitrators will be
appointed, and if they still do not agree, it will decided upon by an Umpire
nominated by the arbitrators.
1129 15 Aug. 1901
1 item
Surrender of a Lease by John Sullivan McGrath, Ardnacloghy, to Edward
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Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, for part of the townland of Ardnacloghy
containing 75a 1r 0p statute measure (see map), for three lives or 21 years, at a
yearly rent of £26. The original lease was made on the 7 th September 1867
between Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and John Sullivan McGrath (party
hereto). The map drawn on the inside shows the lands outlined in red, showing
the adjoining lands. No scale is given.
269
1 item
1130 1 May 1902
see also
1131
Surrender of a Lease by Margaret Reegan, Reen, Adrigole, to Edward Egerton
Leigh-White, Bantry House. Refers to part of the townland of Reen and
Clyddagh, with a dwelling house, outoffices and buildings, known as Reen
Lodge, containing 58a 0r 16p statute measure. The original lease was made
between Edward Egerton Leigh White and Cornilius Reegan. Reegan later
took a lease out on the lands (BL/E/B/1131).
1 item
1131 2 May 1902
see also
1130
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and
Margaret Reegan, Reen Adrigole. Refers to the townland of Reen and
Clyddagh with a dwellinghouse, out-offices, and buildings known as Reen
Lodge, containing 58a 0r 16p statute measure, in the possession of Reegan. It
is for one year from the 1 st May 1902 and so on from year to year. The yearly
rent is £40, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November.
1132 24 March 1904
1 item
Lease made between Edward E. Leigh-White and Julia McCarthy, Castletown
Berehaven, for a house and premises in Main Street, Castletown (see map), for
a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of £4, payable half-yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Accompanying map has premises highlighted
in pink, with a scale of 16 feet to the inch.
1133 26 June 1904
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and Denis
Michael O’Shea (Shopkeeper), Castletownberehaven, for the house and
premises in the town of Castletownberehaven opposite the Church Gate. It is
for a term of 31 years from the 29 th September 1903, at a yearly rent of £4,
payable half yearly of the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map on the
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back of the lease shows the premises coloured in pink with a scale of 1/32 of
an inch to 1 foot, the boundaries marked out and the magnetic north meridian.
The holding was purchased buy Daniel Downing on the 24 th May 1933
(signed [ ] 30 th Dec. 1947).
1134 1 July 1904
270
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, in the first
and second parts, and the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland, in
the third part. In consideration of £76. 9. 4, Leigh-White leases a plot of
building ground for the erection of the Glengariffe National School, for a term
of 99 years, at a yearly rent, if demanded, of one penny on the feast of St.
Michael. A map is drawn on the inside of the lease, with the plot delineated in
red, showing boundaries and measurements in feet. Includes a schedule of
rules in the running of the schools.
1135 24 Oct. 1904 – 17 Aug. 1907
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, in the first
part, Denis Harrington, Youngfield, Glengariffe, second part, Rev. John
Mangan (Bishop of Ardfert), the Palace, Killarney, Rev. John Browne (Parish
Priest), Bonane, Kenmare, and Rev. John Canon McDonnell (Parish Priest),
CastletownBere, third part (Trustees), and the Commissioners of National
Education in Ireland, fourth part. Leigh White in consideration of £220. 15. 4,
leases the plot of building ground in the townland of Youngfield, to the
Trustees as the premises of Youngfield National School, Co. Cork, for 99
years from the 24 th Oct. 1904. The yearly rent, if demanded, is one penny on
the Feast of St. Michael. Map drawn on the back of the lease shows the plot
bounded in red, with a scale of 33 feet to one inch. Denis Harrington gives
permission for a right of way passage from his holdings to the school. Includes
a schedule of rules for the running of the school. Also a second lease dated the
17 th Aug. 1907, with the same parties, school premises and money, but with a
slight change to the entrance to the premises as shown in the map drawn on
the back of the lease.
1136 13 Dec. 1904
2 items
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and the Eccles Hotel
Company Limited, 30 South Mall, Cork, the lands, slob lands and foreshore in
front of the Hotel (see accompanying map) for a term of 61 years from the 29 th
Sept. 1901. Annual rent is £3, payable half-yearly on 25 th March and 29 th
September. First payment due on 25 th March 1902. Coloured cloth map
attached to lease, scale 30 feet to 1 inch. Includes photocopy of lease and map.
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1137 6 June 1906
271
2 items
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and
Quinlan Sullivan (Shoemaker), Ardgroom Village, for a dwelling house, yard
and premises in the village of Ardgroom, parish of Kilcatherine, for a term of
31 years from the 29 th September 1906. The yearly rent is £1, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. A map on the back of the
lease has the premises coloured in brown, showing the adjoining premises,
with a scale of 8 feet to 1 inch. [Lease expired 1937, and probably bought
under Land Acts before then.]
1138 11 June 1906
1 item
Counterpart Building Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Bantry House, and Richard Harvey (Constable RIC), Glengarriff, Co. Cork,
for a portion of the townland of [Monteensudder], containing 146 feet frontage
bounded on the North by the public road leading from Bantry to Castletown
Berehaven. Term of 99 years, from the 25 th March 1906, annual rent of £11,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Includes map of
land leased, with a scale of 10 yards to one inch. The land was sold on 1 st
November 1939.
1 item
1139 11 March 1908
see also
1039
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and
Michael Hanley (Shopkeeper), Castletown Berehaven, for a piece of ground
with the house and premises in Main Street in Castletown Berehaven (see
map). Term of 99 years, from the 25 th March 1908, at a yearly rent of £6,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map drawn
on the inside of the lease shows the premises coloured in pink, giving its
dimensions and the adjoining premises, with a scale of 20 feet to 1 inch. There
is a note attached stating that the premises was sold, date unknown.
1140 15 July 1908
2 items
Counterpart of Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry
House, and the Most Rev. John Mangan (Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry),
the Palace, Killarney, the Rev. John Patrick Canon MacDonnell (Parish
Priest), Castletown Bere, and the Very Rev. Patrick Canon Hayes
(Administrator), Killarney. Refers to a piece of ground in or adjoining the
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town of Castletown Bere, containing 0a 3r 15p statute, coloured pink and blue
in the accompanying map. It is for a term of 999 years from the 25 th March
last, subject to the use of worship for the people of the Roman Catholic faith in
the parish of [Killaconenagh] and for a residence for the officiating priest. It is
at a yearly rent of 5 shillings, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The map of the premises leased has a scale of 40 feet to 1
inch, with adjoining streets and buildings marked out.
1141 31 Oct. 1908
272
1 item
Agreements between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and the Admiralty
Commissioners Office to Lease property in the townlands of Derreenacarrin,
Muccurragh, Derrylough, Roosk, Bocarnagh, and plots on the islands of
Garnish, Illauntheive and Sheelane for a term of 21 years. Annual rent is £16,
payable half-yearly on the 1 st May and 1 st November. Lease commences on 1 st
May 1908. The property is marked on the two attached maps, scale of 6 inches
to 1 statute mile. Includes a schedule of tenancy with headings number of lot
on map; townland; occupiers; nature of tenancy. Deeds surrendered 1 st April
1926.
1142 1 July 1909
2 items
Building Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Michael M.
Sullivan (Farmer), Bere Island, for a piece of ground in the square in
Castletown Berehaven, (see map), for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of
£5, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map
accompanying the lease has a scale of one-eighth inch to 1 foot.
1143 6 April 1910
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and the Commissioners for
executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland. The Commissioners agree to Lease from Leigh-White the
lands known as Bark Island in Glengarriff Harbour, for a term of 21 years, at a
yearly rent of £5, payable half-yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November.
Accompanying map has the island marked in red, a scale of 6 inches to a mile.
1144 21 June 1910
1 item
Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and the Admiralty
Commissioners Office to lease a piece of land on Whiddy Island for 21 years,
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commencing on the 1 st May 1908, an annual rent of one shilling, payable halfyearly
on 1 st May and 1 st November, first payment due on 1 st May 1910. See
attached map, 6 inches to 1 statute mile. Surrendered by Deed 1st April 1926.
Includes copy.
2 items
1145/a 21 June 1910
Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and the Admiralty
Commissioners to lease a piece of ground in the townland of Mucurragh, and
part of the island of Illaungarriff (see accompanying map) for 21 years for
annual rent of £2, payable half-yearly on the 1 st March and the 1 st November.
First payment due 1 st May 1910. Subject to determination to tenancy of Daniel
Moynihan, in the townland of Mucurragh. The map is entitled “Bantry Bay
Calibrating Range”, 6 inches to 1 statute mile. Surrendered by Deed 1 st April
1926. Includes copy of lease.
1145/b 16 May 1913
273
2 items
Conveyance made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, in
the first part, Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun, St. Annes, Clontarf, and
Richard Edmund Longfield of Longueville, Mallow, in the second part,
Rosamund Catherine, Baroness Trevor (widow of William, 4 th Earl of Bantry)
in the third part, Olivia Charlotte, Baroness Ardilaun in the fourth part, Baron
Ardilaun in the fifth part, the Representative Body of the Church of Ireland,
St. Stephen’s Green, in the sixth part, and William Henry O’Sullivan (Justice
of the Peace), Main Street, Bantry, in the seventh part. Leigh-White has agreed
to convey, for £2,526. 7. 1, to O’Sullivan, plots of ground and premises
situated in Bantry town, on the Quay, in the Main Street, fronting High Street,
William Street and New Street, on the corner of Main Street and New Street,
on Black Rock Road, Barrack Street, Glengariffe Road, Market Street, a
garden on Church Road, New Market Road or Chapel Street now known as
Union Hill, and Pound Lane. O’Sullivan will have use of them for the
remainder of the terms of leases, free of payment of jointures owed on the
Estate. It is agreed with all parties that the £2,526. 7. 1 will be given directly to
the Representatives of the Church Body, as part payment of £6,000 left to
them by the will of William 3 rd Earl of Bantry. Includes a schedule of the
deeds mentioned in the conveyance, and a map of the town of Bantry with the
premises conveyed coloured in pink and numbered.
1146 12 June 1913
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh White and Denis Florence
McCarthy, Castletown Berehaven, for a plot of ground in the square in
Castletown Berehaven (see map), for a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent of
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£10, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map at
the back of the lease has a scale of 8 feet to one inch.
1147 June 1913
274
1 item
Copy of Lease between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Jeremiah O’Leary,
Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, of a plot of building ground fronting Glengarriff
Road and extending therefrom to Barrack Road, Bantry, for a term of 99 years,
annual rent of £2. 5. 0, payable half-yearly on 25 th March and the 29 th
September.
1148 20 July 1914
1149 1914
1 item
Surrender of a lease between Hannah O’Sullivan and Edward Egerton Leigh-
White, taken out by William Clarke in 1877, a property in Main Street, Bantry
in 1877 for a term of 41 years, at annual rent of £4.
1 item
Draft Lease between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and John Hurley (Civil Bill
Officer) for the plot of ground situate in Glengarriff Road, Bantry, for 99 years
from the 25 th March 1914, at an annual rent of £2. 10. 0, payable half-yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September
1 item
1150 8 Jan. 1915
see also
1052
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh White and Michael Regan
Harrington (Merchant), Castletown Berehaven, for a plot of ground consisting
of a stable, cow house and yard in the town of Castletown Berehaven, (see
attached map). It is for a term of 99 years, at a yearly sum of £2, payable halfyearly
on the 25th March and the 29 th September. Accompanying map has
premises coloured in pink, with a scale of one-eighth inch to the foot.
1151 17 Feb. 1915
1 item
Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Michael Lorigan
(Acting Sergeant, R.I.C) to lease a house at Summerhill, Bantry from month to
month at 25 shillings, payable monthly in advance on the ninth of every
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month, first payment due on 9 th January 1915.
1152 1 Oct. 1915
275
1 item
Counterpart Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh White to Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy, for a dwelling house and premises in Market Street, Bantry
town. It is for a term of 35 years from the 29 th September 1915. It is a yearly
rent of £1. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes a map on the back of the lease, with a scale of “one
eight”. Sold in 1926.
1153 [1 Oct. 1915] – 4 Dec. 1916
1 item
Typed list of “Leases on Messrs Sutton’s Schedule and not on…” Gives
details under headings; Lease No; Date; Parties; Particulars, between 1845-
1915. Includes a mss schedule of leases lodged in the Munster and Leinster
Bank by the Leigh-White Estate, with reference to those lodged in 1909.
1154 2 April 1917
1155 1917
1156 1917
4 items
Counterpart Lease between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and John D.
O’Shea, Glengarriff, for a plot in the lands of Monteensudder, in the parish of
Kilcaskin, and a general right of way from the main road to the said premises
(see map). Lease is for 99 years from the 25 th March 1917, yearly rent of £5,
payable half-yearly on 25 th March and 29 th September. Map drawn on back of
lease [100 feet to 1and 1/8 inches].
1 item
Copy of a draft Lease between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and George W.
Biggs (Merchant) on premises in Marino Street, Bantry for a term of 99 years,
for an annual rent of £6, payable half-yearly on the twenty-fifth of March and
twenty-ninth of September, commencing on the 29 th September 1916.
1 item
Copy of draft Lease between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and John D.
O’Shea (Grocer and Publican), [Bantry] on lands of Monteensudder, in the
Parish of Kilcaskan, Beara, for the annual rent of £5, payable half-yearly on
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the twenty-fifth of March and the twenty-ninth of September, commencing on
the 25 th March 1917.
1157 8 Feb. 1918
276
1 item
Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Mary Sullivan to lease
a house at [Reemour] East, Bantry, at the weekly rent of 2 shillings, payable
monthly, commencing 2 nd February 1918.
1158 6 May 1918
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Louisa Salter,
Glengarriff Road, Bantry, to lease a house in the parish of Kilmocomogue,
Bantry from week to week at a rate of one shilling, with first payment made on
11 th May 1918.
1159 27 May 1918
1 item
Memorandum of Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and
Jeremiah Sheehan, Chapel Lane, Castletown Bere, to lease a house at Chapel
Lane monthly for one shilling, payable the first of every month, commencing
1 st June 1918.
1160 3 July 1918
1 item
Copy of a Lease made between the Congested Districts Board of Ireland,
Edward Egerton Leigh-White (JP), Edward Sidney Herbert (Brigadier General
in Abbassia, Egypt), William Waller, Castletown Manor, Pallashenry, Co.
Limerick (JP), Deputy Lieutenant, and George Crosby Halahan, “Rovehurst”,
Chiddinggold, Surrey, (Captain in his Majesty’s Army), Isabel Alice Edith
Hutchins, Ardnagashel, acting on behalf of Richard [Newbury] Hutchins, a
minor. All except Leigh-White are the Lessors. John Kelly and Joseph Kelly,
Sea Park, Clontarf, as Lessees. The Lessors and Leigh-White agree to lease to
the Lessees lands in the Barony of Bere and the mining rights for a term of 60
years. At a yearly rent of 21 shillings, payable half-yearly on the 1 st Nov. and
the 1 st May, and a royalty of one equal twentieth part of all profits from the
mining.
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1161 3 July 1918
Agreement between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Patrick Sheehan,
Chapel Lane, Castletown Bere, for a lease of a house in Chapel Lane monthly
for one shilling, payable on the first of every month. First rent due on the 1 st
Aug. 1918
1162 21 May 1919
277
1 item
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and John
D. O’Shea (Publican), Glengarriff, for a parcel of ground in [Cappyaughna],
Co. Cork. Term of 99 years from 25 th March 1919, at a yearly rent of £15,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Includes map on
the back of the lease, with the ground coloured in pink, with a scale of 80 feet
to one inch. Sold 11 th June 1925.
1 item
1163 4 Dec. 1919
see also
1121, 1125
Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, and John
Michael Sullivan, South Terrace, Cork, for the dwelling house, out-offices and
buildings known as the Police Barracks used by the Royal Irish Constabulary,
in the Castletown Berehaven. Term of 35 years from the 29 th September 1919.
The yearly rent is £12, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. A map shows the premises leased outlined in green, with a scale of
[½ 500].
1164 8 May 1920
1 item
Lease made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton) and Mary B. O’Dea, the
Convent, Castletown Bere, for a house at Chapel Lane, Castletown Bere, for
one shilling, payable monthly, commencing 1 st Jan. 1920.
1165 31 March 1921
1 item
Lease made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton), and Timothy McCarthy
(Pig Buyer), Chapel Street, Bantry, for a dwelling house known as the
“Steward’s House” on the lands of Seafield, being part of the Bantry
Demesne, with two piggeries and fowl house attached. It will be on a monthly
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basis, from the 1 st March 1921, paying £2. 10. 0, payable monthly in advance.
1166 8 June 1922
278
1 item
Lease made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton), and Mrs. Anne J. Dwyer
(Widow and Draper), Main Street, Castletown Berehaven. Refers to a
dwelling house and premises in Main Street, Castletown Berehaven. Term of
35 years, at a yeraly rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The map accompanying the lease has a scale of 30 feet to one
inch.
1 item
1167 15 July 1922
see also
2154
Typed and mss details given on various leases held by individuals with the
Leigh-White Estate. These include Mrs. Hurst, George Costigan, Reps. Robert
Cleary, and Patrick Mealy.
1168 8 Sept. 1922
4 items
Lease made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton) in the one part, and Denis
O’Connell (Bootmaker and Shopkeeper), Glengariff, in the other part. It is for
a plot of ground in the village of Glengariff (see map). Term of 99 years from
the 29 th March 1922, at a yearly rent of £3. 10. 0, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. The map on the back of the lease shows
the premises coloured in pink, with its dimensions and the adjoining premises.
Scale of 16 feet to an inch. Includes copy of lease with an additional piece of
ground added to the map, written on front of this lease is “surrendered and
new one made.
1169 25 May – 23 Oct. 1923
2 items
Mss Lists of Holdings of the Leigh-White Estate giving the particulars of the
leases, from the Estate Office, Bantry. These include the holdings of Mrs.
Nora Cullinane, Bantry, Michael M Sullivan, Castletown, John Kennedy,
Bantry, and John Clarke, Bantry. It seems that these individuals were
negotiating with the Estate to purchase their fee simple.
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1170 1923
Draft conveyance made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate
(Richard Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton), and Charles
O’Donovan (Draper), Main Street, Bantry, of premises leased by O’Donovan
in Main Street, Bantry. O’Donovan agrees to pay the Trustees £113. 10. 0 for
the premises.
1171 6 April 1925
1172 1926
279
1 item
Letting Agreement made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate
(Richard Edmond Longfield, Ernest Francis Leslie Ellis and Richard Oliver
Marton), and Mary Corkery. She agrees to take a cottage in Glengarriff,
known as Back Lodge, from week to week, from the 4 th April 1925, at a
weekly rent of one shilling. This is deemed to be a Cottier Tenancy. Signed by
Corkery.
1 item
Conveyance made between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, and Col. Richard Marton), to Julia Hill, High Street,
Bantry. Hill agrees to pay £185 to the Trustees for the dwelling house and
premises at Custom Gap, for 99 years from 25 th March 1887, at the yearly rent
of £9. 10. 0. The original lease for the property was made between William 4 th
Earl of Bantry and Robert Cleary on the 5 th May 1888. Includes a map of the
conveyed premises, coloured in red. It has a scale of 1 inch to 20 feet, drawn
by R. Kelly (BE). The map also shows the surrounding premises, with the
names of those occupying them.
1 item
1173 [1929]
see also
1121
Draft Lease made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
and Hester Anne Warner, [Castletown Berehaven], refers to the plot of ground
with the shop and premises in Castletown Berehaven (street name not given),
formerly held by John Swanton Warner. Term of 99 years, from the 1 st
November 1928, at a yearly rent of £26, payable on the 1 st May and the 1 st
November. A map on the inside of the lease shows the premises coloured in
pink, with its dimensions and the adjoining premises. Scale of 16 feet to 1
inch. This lease is a copy of the 1896 lease (BL/E/B/1121) with the names of
White and Warner written over the original names in pencil.
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1174 20 Feb. 1931 – Oct. 1971
File entitled “AGREEMENTS File 12” containing legal agreements between
the Shelswell-White Estate and various tenants – Thomas Skillicorn, H. M.
O’Sullivan, Patrick F. O’Shea, Hannah Sullivan, Catherine Lavalle, [C.]
O’Sullivan, Michael Cremin, Oonagh V. Leigh Yarrow, and William Stevens.
These relate to letting of estate premises and lands (for the drying of clothes).
1175 14 Dec. 1931
280
11 items
Letting agreement made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, and Lucy Johnston (Spinster), Blackrock Road, Bantry, for a house
lately occupied by Daniel Keohane, in Newtown West, parish of
Kilmacomogue. It is from week to week, at a weekly rent of two shillings,
from the 19 th Nov. 1931. Shelswell-White agrees to maintain the dwelling
house during the tenancy. On the outside of the agreement is “House Rope
Walk”. Signed by Johnston only.
1 item
1176 28 Dec. 1931
Lease made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White and Daniel Buckley
(Motor-Driver), Bantry, for a plot of ground at Reenmeen East, Barony of
Bere, a term of 99 years, a yearly rent of £7, payable half-yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. He agrees to erect a dwelling house within a
year on the plot of ground, at a cost of at least £500, maintaining it from then
on.
1177 28 April 1934 – 18 May 1939
1 item
Letting agreements made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, and Minnie Sullivan. Refers to the plot of ground on which Sullivan
has erected a hut at Monteensudder, for a period of eleven months. The rent is
10 shillings for the each term during 1934-38, and increases to £1 from 1 st
May 1939 to the 1 st April 1940. Signed by Sullivan only.
1178 29 July 1935
5 items
Letting agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, and John McCarthy, Chapel Street, Bantry, for the dwelling house
situate within the Stable Yard premises of Bantry House, from month to
month, from the 1 st Aug. 1935. The monthly rent is £2, to be paid in advance
on the first of every month. McCarthy agrees to maintain the premises, and
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Shelswell-White agrees to pay the rates on the premises. This letting
agreement was originally used in April 1933 between Shelswell-White and
Robert Christopher Kelly, for the same premises and term, with the rent at £1.
13. 0 only. McCarthy’s name is written over Kelly’s in pencil. Signed by
Shelswell-White and Kelly. Includes typed copy.
1179 6-7 June 1940
1180 [1940]
281
2 items
Schedule of leases lodged in the Munster & Leinster Bank, Bantry. Includes a
copy of a letter from Daniel Flynn (Manager), Munster & Leinster Bank Ltd.
Bantry to Ernest Ellis (Estate Offices), Anglesea Buildings, Dublin, informing
him that there are no deeds from the Estate of Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White
lodged at his office. Also a typed note from A. R. Cooke asking that these
documents be handed to Mr. Dunlop.
4 items
Details of tenants’ leases – Daniel Murphy and Patrick D. Kelly, both of
Castletown Berehaven – held from the Shelswell-White Estate. Details
information under – Folio No.; Tenant’s Name; Rent Due; Arrears Due;
Allowance (if any); Amount Paid; If likely to Purchase.
5 items
1181/a 15 March 1941 – 24 Feb. 1942
see also
1183
Letting agreements made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, the Lodge,
Glengarriff, and Michael Cremin, for the garden and gardener’s house in
Bantry Demense, for two terms of eleven months, from the 1 st Feb. 1941 to the
1 st Jan. 1943. The rent is £5 per eleven months. Two schedules are included on
the back of the first lease, listing the numbers and types of plants in the
garden, and garden tools. Includes a copy of the second letting of 1942-’43.
Signed by Cremin.
1181/b 15 July 1941
3 items
Conveyance of part of the field called Keelneruvane containing 4 statute acres,
with the houses and buildings on it by Rev. John Henry Warner, St. Mary’s
Vicarage, Sheffield, William Warner, the Precincts, Roscarbery, Rev. Arthur
Warner, Cudham Vicarage, Sevenoaks, Kent, Ethel Young (wife of Rev.
Alexander Young), Chilton Polden Vicarage, Bridgewater, Somerset, Rhoda
Good (wife of Edwin Good), The Precincts, Roscarbery, Ruth Warner
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(widow) Beryl Warner (spinster) and Mavis Warner (spinster), all of 59
Baldry Gardens, Streatham, London, Elizabeth Warner (widow), Mary
Rebecca Warner and Kathleen Hope Warner (spinsters), all of Chilton Polden
Vicarage, Bridgewater, Somerset, and Alan John Warner (assistant professor),
Rhodes University College, Grahamstown, South Africa, to Clodagh Elizabeth
Maude Shelswell White. She agrees to pay them £130 for the use of the land,
for the remainder of the lease (the life of the Duke of Connaught and the term
of 61 years), at a yearly rent of £3. 13. 10. This conveyance fee will be paid by
the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (Ernest F.L. Ellis, Richard O. Marton
and Granville Proby), and it is agreed that Mavis Warner (a minor) will
receive her share of the £130 (which is £5) when she reaches the age of 21
years. The original lease was made between Richard White (later 1 st Earl of
Bantry) and William Warner, the Elder, Upper Gurteen on the 24 th June 1790,
and later leased on the 19 th Nov. 1857 by Richard, 2 nd Earl of Bantry, to Mary
Edy. Includes a copy of the conveyance.
1182 15 Oct. 1945
282
2 items
Lease made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White in the first part, the
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland (Estate Trustees), College
Green, Dublin and Granville Proby (Estate Trustee) 18 Ely Place, Dublin in
the second part, and Donal Harrington (Merchant), Castletown Berehaven in
the third part. Harrington agrees to pay to the Trustees £4. 16. 0, for which
Shelswell-White agrees to lease to Harrington a plot of ground part of the
Foreshore in the Main Street of Castletown Berehaven (see map, marked out
in red). It is for a term of 999 years, at a yearly rent of one shilling, payable
half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The map has a scale of
88 feet to 1inch, drawn by James V. McGrane, 1 Cavendish Row, Dublin.
1 item
1183 10 May 1946
see also
1181/a
Agreement made between Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and
Michael Cremin, Rope Walk, Bantry. Cremin agrees to take the Garden and
Gardener’s House at Bantry Demesne, Bantry for 11 months from the 1 st
February 1946 to the 1 st January 1947, paying a rent of £5 sterling in advance.
He is to have use of the tools set out in the Schedule B and is permitted to
collect from the Demesne leaf-mould, loam, pea and chrysanthemum stakes
for his own use in the garden.
1184 20 April 1960 – 24 Oct. 1968
1 item
Photocopy of a Lease made between Bantry Estates Company and Irish Hotels
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Limited, 31 Highbury Hill, London, N5, for the lane, slob lands and foreshore
of the Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff. A term of 999 years, in consideration of
£600, at a yearly rent of [one shilling], payable half-yearly on the 25 th March
and the 28 th September. Accompanying map has relevant lands coloured in
red, a scale of 1 to 2500, by J. K. Cush, BE. There is also a photocopy of a
Notice from Irish Hotels Limited, requiring information from the Bantry
Estates Company’s lease on Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff. Includes a copy of a
notice to acquire the fee simple of Eccles Hotel from the Bantry Estates
Company, by Irish Hotels Limited.
1185 2 March – 22 April 1963
1186 [1968]
283
2 items
Typed letters from Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor), Bantry, to A. Cooke, Estate
Office, Bantry, acting on behalf to tenants of the Estate, informing the Office
of changes in tenancy. Also mss summary sheets giving details of leases from
the Estate. Details information under headings – Fol. NO; Date; Lessee; Term;
Rent p.a.; Description; Boundaries; Covenants; Remarks; Map.
17 items
Copy Notice to acquire the Fee Simple from the Bantry Estates Company by
Timothy [Corkerry], Drumclarig, Glengarriff. It is for the lease made on the
25 th July 1930 between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White and Timothy
Corkerry, for a dwellinghouse and premises known as “Back Lodge”,
Glengarriff, for 99 years from the 25 th March 1930 at the yearly rent of £4.
Includes copy of same.
1187 3 May 1973
1188 [1973]
2 items
A Memorial of a Lease to the Registrar of Deeds in Ireland made between
Bantry Estates Company, Gardner House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, and Fastnet
Fisheries, Limited, Bantry. For a plot of ground with the building known as
the Central Hotel at the Quay, and the site on which there were three houses in
Tower Lane, all in the town of Bantry. For a term of 99 years, at a yearly rent
of £162.50p, payable half-yearly to be made on the gale day next.
1 item
Copy of a lease made between Bantry Estates Company and George William
Ian Vickery, Vickery’s Hotel, Bantry, for a premises consisting of a shop, yard
and overhead accommodation at New Street, Bantry. A term of 99 years from
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1189 [nd]
1190 [nd]
1191 [nd]
1192 [nd]
1193 [nd]
the 25 th March 1973, at a yearly rent of £50.
284
1 item
Typed list of leases relating to Estate property from 1783 – 1887 in no
particular order. Information provided is the year; the Lessee; the Lessor, the
property, its location, the term; and rent.
10pp
Draft of a Renewal of a Lease made between Richard, Earl of Bantry, Seafield
Park, and Timothy Sullivan, town of Bantry, for a field containing 3 acres and
3 roods, called [Keelnervane], together with ground to build three slate houses.
Also 8 statute acres of the lands of Droumleigh. It is for three lives, or 61
years. Rental charge is not given. Mss notes in pencil are written on the
margins.
1 skin
A non-executed Renewal of lease by Richard, Earl of Bantryto Timothy
Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry, for premises in Bantry town.
1 skin
Mss list of leases held in the town of Bantry by Mr. W. H. O’Sullivan
detailing information under headings – No. Denominations; Tenants’ Names;
Arrears due to; One Year’s Rent to; and Adjusted Rent 1 year. Details of the
leases are also given.
A list of Tenants of the Shelswell-White Estate. Details information under
headings – Folio No.; Tenants’ Names; Denominations; Conveyance date;
purchase Mon.
8pp
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2.1.1 Sub Leases
1194 23 June 1772
Lease made between Sarah Swan (Widow), Bantry, and Jane Goodwin
(Spinster), Bantry, in the one part, and John Blackford Jnr. and William
Blackford (Surgeon and Apothecary), Bantry. Refers to the dwelling house,
backceller, and kitchen garden now in the occupation of William Blackford,
for a term of twenty one and a half years from the 1 st May last. The yearly rent
is £25, payable half yearly on the 1 st November and the 1 st May.
1195 11 Oct.1775
285
1 item
Assignment of a lease for a cellar on the strand with a lot of ground westward
of Cellaron which there were old walls, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £3
by John Goodwin (Apothecary), Bantry, to Hamilton White, Incheclogh, for
£26. The original lease was made between Simon White and Goodwin in 24 th
September 1770.
1196 5 Nov. 1791
1 item
Lease made between Miss Jane Goodwin, Bantry, and William Warner the
elder (Farmer), Parkplace, for three slate houses lately built by Jane Goodwin,
with 6 statute acres of the lands of Dromleigh, as held by Goodwin from
Richard White. This is half the 12 acres laid out for Simon White and Jane
Goodwin, the good and bad parts of the 12 acres to be equally divided
between Simon White and Warner. It is for three lives and 31 years after the
death of the last life, from the 25 th March 1792. The yearly rent is £13. 13. 0,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1197 6 Dec. 1797
1 item
Agreement between Elizabeth Jenkins jointly with her son Thomas Jenkins,
Bantry and John Sullivan, Dunemark. Jenkins has demised to Sullivan the
cellar and store-house with appurtenances on the Strand, South Side of Bantry
subject to all charges and conditions in the lease between David Jenkins
(deceased) and Hamilton White (deceased). For a term of 86 years at a yearly
rent of £6, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th March.
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1198 26 Dec. 1800
Lease made between Richard Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry, and Timothy
Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry, for the small field to the east of the road leading
from Bantry to Ballydehob, near the town of Bantry. It is for three lives from
the 25 th December instant. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1999 28 Sept. 1802
286
1 item
Lease made between John Clerke and Robert Clerk, Bantry, and Denis
Sullivan (Publican), Bantry, for the holdings on the Strand now in the tenure
of Sullivan, but that the Clerkes will have the use of the water for their tan
yard. It is for the term of 31 years, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of
£5. 13. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1200 12 Nov. 1806
1 item
Lease made between Mrs. Ellen O’Driscoll, Castletown, parish of
Kilaghamagh, Bantry, and Timothy Sullivan (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for a
house, back house and yard, which John Batison now holds, and which
O’Driscoll has been renting for the last 22 years. It is for a term of 22 years, at
a yearly rent of £24. 0. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March.
1 item
1201 10 April 1812
see also
3005
Lease made between Samuel Kingston (Farmer), Gurteenroe, and Timothy
Sullivan and Jeremiah Hurley (Dealers), Bantry town. It is for the premises on
Barrack road, formerly in the possession of Cornelius Casey, but now in the
possession of Sullivan and Hurley. It is for one life or 40 years, whichever
lasts longest, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £12. 10. 3, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. It was produced in Court
on 28 th June 1817. Includes copy.
1202 10 June 1817
2 items
Lease made between James Barry and John Murphy (Farmer), [Coolnikinagh],
[Kilbarry], Co. Cork, for part of the lands of [Coolnikinagh], for one life, at a
yearly rent of [four] pence, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the
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25 th March.
1203 10 June 1817
287
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, Kilbarry, and Derby Leary (Farmer),
[Kealaverheen], for that part of the lands of [Kealaverheen] containing one
eight of a part of a gneeve. It is for one life, at a yearly rent of £2, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1204 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, Kilbarry, and John FitzPatrick (Farmer)
and Cornelius Leary (Farmer), Kilbarry. It is for that part of the lands of
Kilbarry containing one half of a gneeve, in the Barony of West Muskerry. It
is for the natural live of Daniel Leary, Kilbarry, so long as Barry’s title to the
lands shall be continued. The yearly rent is £6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the 10 th June 1817.
1205 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, Kilbarry, and Patrick Morris (Farmer) and
Michael Crowley (Farmer), Kealariheen, for part of the lands of Kealariheen
containing one fourth of a gneeve, in the Barony of West Muskerry. It is for
one life, at a yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Produced in court on 10 th June 1817.
1206 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, Kilbarry, and Daniel Kearney and Dennis
Kearney (Farmers), Kilbarry, for that part of Kilbarry containing one half of a
gneeve, being in the Barony of West Muskerry. It is for one life so long as
Barry’s title to the lands continues. The yearly rent is £6, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the 10 th June
1817.
1207 10 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, Kilbarry, and Michael Barry (Farmer),
[Derreen], for one half gneeve of the lands of Derreen, in the Barony of West
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Muskerry. It is for the natural life of Michael Barry, at a yearly rent of £6,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in
court on the 10 th June 1817.
1208 10 June 1817
288
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, and Barry Crean (Farmer), Kilbarry, for
part of the lands of Kilbarry containing one fourth of a gneeve. It is for the
natural life of Daniel Leahy (Farmer), Kilbarry, at a yearly sum of £4, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on the
11 th June [1817].
1209 11 June 1817
1 item
Lease made between James Barry, and Charles Vaughan (Farmer), [Derreen].
It is for part of the lands of [Dirveen] containing half a gneeve. It is for the life
of [Daniel] Leahy, [Kilbary] House, at a yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Produced in court on 11 th June
1817.
1210 24 March 1825
1 item
Lease made between Morty P. O’Sullivan, Bantry and Mary Sullivan, (Spiritretailer
and Shopkeeper) widow of Denis Sullivan, Bantry, for a plot of ground
forty-nine feet in length, already in her possession, for a term of three lives, at
a yearly rent of £8, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Rough sketch-map of the lot on the back of the lease, no scale.
Numerical figures written on the back in pencil.
1211 29 Sept. 1826
1 item
Indenture between David Kirby and Daniel Kirby, Bantry in the one part and
John Vickery (Shopkeeper), Bantry in the second part, to lease to Vickery a
house and half a back yard in Bantry already in his possession for the past
year. It is at a yearly rent of £14. 15. 4, payable the 25 th March and the 29 th
September, for a term of three lives and 60 years in reversion. It was produced
in Court on 23 rd March 1828
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1212 29 Sept. 1827
Lease made between Timothy Driscoll (Shopkeeper), Bantry, and William
Eccles and Mrs. Anne Conway (Farmers), Droumgariff. It is for part of the
lands and houses of Parkplace, and part of the lands of [Cappanaloha]. It is for
a term of 21 years, from the 29 th September [ ], at a yearly rent of £3 per
acre, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
1213 16 Jan. 1828
289
1 item
Lease made between David Kirby, Park Place, and John Vickery
(Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for the back garden lately in the possession in Mr.
Blackford, [in Bantry town]. It is for three lives and 20 years in reversion,
from the 25 th March next. The yearly rent is £1. 5. 0, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1214 31 March 1831
1 item
Lease made between Thomas Clerke (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, and Thomas
[Post] (Chandler), Bantry town, for the house [Post] now lives in, bounded in
front by the Quay and on the west and south by Clerke’s premises. It is for a
term of 70 years, from the 25 th March instant. The yearly rent is £3, payable
half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1215 2 May 1835
1 item
Agreement between Timothy Keadigan, (Farmer) Skahanagh, Co. Cork, and
John Cotter, Lisheen, Co. Cork. Keadigan agrees to convey to Cotter, for £24,
the two fields on the Cross road leading from Newtown to Knucknamuck. It is
for three lives, at a yearly rent of £6. 16. 6. The original lease was made
between Richard Earl of Bantry, and Timothy Keadigan on 10 th June 1819.
1216 15 June 1836
1 item
Assignment of lease by Daniel Murphy (Labourer), Bantry to William
[Sagoe], Bantry, whereby [Sagoe] agrees to take the lease of a house in Fair
Rock, Bantry for £20, originally leased to Murphy in 1817 for annual rent of
10 shillings, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th March.
1 item

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1217 19 May 1847
Deed of Conveyance of the lands of Shrone for £97, by Margaret Brien
(Widow), Denis Brien (Farmer, and her son), and Patrick Brien (Farmer), all
of Shrone, to Daniel Kenealy, Glengariffe [sic]. A lease on the lands was taken
out by Patrick Brien from Richard White on 24 th March 1789, for three lives,
at a yearly rent of £13. The Briens now hold the interest of this lease conveyed
to Kenealy for the same terms.
290
1 item
1218 [1850s]
see also
805
Draft assignment of lease by James Vickery (Farmer), for £30, to Mark
Anthony Saurin (Stephen’s Green, Dublin), for one statute acre of the field of
[Keelnarurane]. It is for the remainder of the three lives or 61 years, at a yearly
rent of £1, payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. The original
lease was made betwee Richard White, Seafield, and Vickery, in 21 st June
1791.
1219 11 Feb. 1852
1 item
Assignment made by Robert Warner (Farmer), [Bigmill] for £350 to Mark
Anthony Saurin, Stephen’s Green, Dublin. It is for the two statute acres called
Keelnarurane (now called Park Place), with two slate houses built by William
Warner being in the Manor of Bantry, and the lands of Knockacullen (now
called Holly Hill), with a division of the turf bog on Dromicosane. These lands
were originally leased by Richard White to William Warner on the 24 th June
1790 and the 24 th Feb. 1794.
1220 14 Feb. 1860
1 item
Lease made between Thomas Pattison, Bantry Town, and Daniel Cronin
(Farmer), East Droumduff, for part of the lands of East Droumduff, parish of
Keelmacomogue, Barony of Bantry, already in his possession. It is for a term
of 21 years, at a yearly rent of £20, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September.
1 item
1221 11 May 1861
see also
996
Assignment made by Anne Jagoe (Widow), Bantry Town, Rev. Joshua
Richard Jagoe, 20 Cockspur Street, London, and Samuel Jagoe of [Sofala] on
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the [Turon] river, New South Wales, Australia, to Denis McCarthy
(Shopkeeper), Bantry. McCarthy pays to the Jagoes £55, and they assign to
him a store yard and [rere] on the quay adjoining the Strand in Bantry town,
formerly in the occupation of John Jagoe (Barrister-at-Law), city of Dublin. It
is for the residue of the three lives and the 91 years term, at a yearly rent of
£10. The original lease was made between Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry, Richard
White, Viscount Berehaven, and John Jagoe, on the 1 st Oct. 1842.
1222 17 Nov. 1865
291
1 item
Lease made between Thomas Pattison, Bantry, and Jeremiah Sullivan
(Farmer), East Droumduff, Co. Cork, of the Eastern Kneeve of the lands of
East Droumduff. It is for the natural life of Sullivan, at a yearly rent of £36,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 item
1223 25 June 1889
see also
1088
Lease made between Daniel Healy (Victualler), Bantry, and John Driscoll
(Shopkeeper), Barrack Street. Refers to a piece of building ground adjoining
the rere of Warner’s premises at Mill Rock (see map), with a right of passage
7 feet wide and leading from the mail coach road to the premises and
adjoining Cremeen’s premises. This is part of the premises leased by William,
4 th Earl of Bantry to Healy in 1886 (BL/E/B/1088). It is for remainder of the
term of 91 years of Leary’s lease of 1886, from the 29 th September 1885. The
yearly rent is £1, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. There is a map drawn on the back of the lease, showing the ground
leased (coloured in green) and the adjoining premises.
1224 15 Sept. 1893
1 item
Assignment made by Timothy Sullivan (Tailor), Bantry, to Hanora Cullinane
(wife of Charles Cullinane, Draper) Main Street, Bantry. Cullinane pays £35
to Sullivan, and he in turn assigns to her the two dwelling houses, one slated
and one thatched, in New Barrack Road, with yards and appurtenances.
1225 5 Dec. 1902
1 item
Copy lease made between John Costigan (Farmer), in the first part, George H.
Costigan (Farmer and son of John), in the second part, both of Marino, Bantry,
and Florence O’Leary (Merchant), Main Street, Bantry, in the third part. It is
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for a plot of ground at or near Marino Street and Barrack Street in Bantry
town, 53 feet in front and a depth of 50 feet gradually diminishing to 40 feet at
the rear boundary. It is part of the lands leased by John Costigan from William
[3 rd ] Earl of Bantry on the 13 th Oct.1879, for three lives. O’Leary is to hold the
lease for the remainder of the lives on the 1879 lease, at a yearly rent of £15,
payable half yearly on the 1 st January and the 1 st July.
1226 12 July 1921
292
1 item
Assignment made by Michael Hourihan (Farmer), Carrigarass, to William
Hourihan (Farmer), Carrigarass. William Hourihan pays £50 to Michael
Hourihan, for part of the lands of Carrigarass, containing one field of 2 acres
statute measure. Michael Hourihan is a tenant of the Trustees of the late
Egerton Edward Leigh-White, and these lands are part of a lease held with this
estate. William Hourihan is to pay a yearly rent of £1 to the Trustees, thus
reducing the rent of Micheal Hourihan by £1.
1227 11 Dec. 1925
1 item
Assignment by Timothy J. McCarthy (Merchant) Rock House, Bantry to
Humphrey Cotter, Deskin, to sell to Cotter a dwelling house and premises with
a stable at Chapel Street, Bantry for £100 and the annual rent of nineteen
shillings. McCarthy was tenant of the Estate of Leigh-White, owner of
premises.
2.2 Fishing and Shooting Rights
1228 8 Feb. 1864
1 item
Fisheries map of the “Mouths of the Rivers Glengarriff, Coomhola or Snave,
Owvane or Ballylickey, Mealagh or Dummamark; and of the Estuaries of the
said Rivers, in the District of Bantry, County Cork.” Surveyed by Frederick
Eden and Wallace Houston. It has been marked out under The Salmon Fishery
(Ireland) Act, 1863, and the Irish Salmon Fisheries Acts. The areas are colour
coded, marking which areas are prohibited for Draft Nets, Stake Nets, and Bag
Nets.
1229 7 July 1887
65.7cm x 84.5cm
Lease made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, Bantry House, and Somers
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Payne (Barrister-at-Law), the Square, Bantry, Arthur Edward [Camac]
Newburgh, Bantry, and Rosamund, Countess of Bantry (wife of the Earl),
Bantry House. It is for the exclusive right for net fishing at Glengariffe [sic],
known as “The Rock Salmon fishery”, and the exclusive right for net fishing
for salmon and trout on that part of the Glengariffe river between Thompsons
Lodge and the sea. All the premises are in the parish of Kilcaskin, Barony of
Bere and Bantry. It is for a term of 5 years from the 1 st June last. The yearly
rent is £7, payable on the 1 st November. This was surrendered in December
1889.
1230 27 May 1889
293
1 item
Counterpart agreement made between William, 4 th Earl of Bantry, and Charles
Evelyn Arkwright, Beaufort Gardens, Middlesex, England. Arkwright has the
exclusive right of Shooting in all the lands of the Earl on the west side of
[Trafalsk] river, from the 1 st Nov. 1888 to the 1 st March 1889, paying a rent of
£60, payable on the dates already mentioned. The Earl agrees to keep at least
three effective gamekeepers and watchers over the game. Written on the back
of the agreement is “Expired”. Signed and sealed by Arkwright only
1231 29 Sept. 1900
1 item
Mss memorandum on the trout fishing in Mr. Leigh-White’s Lakes in the
Caha Mountains, Co. Cork, compiled by Edward Harrow Ryde, Windsor,
from visits to the Lakes between 1888 and 1900. Includes a tracing of a 6" OS
map (17cm x 20cm), showing the various lakes no.1-20, with some of the
names of the lakes – “Lough na Lochan more”. Harrow Ryde has given details
as to the weather conditions, the lakes’ characteristics, and the flies he used.
1232 22 March 1908
2 items
Mss letter from James Flynn, [Glengarriff], to Dr. R. G. Bird (Medical
Doctor), London, arranging fishing rights along “the bank of the townland of
[Cooryleary]”. The letter is written on notepaper that has two reproduced b/w
photographs of Roche’s Hotel, and the view from the Hotel at Glengarriff.
1233 1 July 1913
Typed copy letter from Frederick A. B. Turner (Agent), to Mrs. Bowen-
Colhurst, Dripsey Castle, Coachford, confirming her offer to accept a lease of
the Coolnageira Salmon Fishery for next season at a rent of £25.
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1234 28 Jan. 1949 – 4 Dec. 1956
see also
2022, 2023
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and the Glengarriff
Angler’s Club on their leasing of the fishing rights of Glengarriff River.
1235 15 May 1958 – 3 March 1975
Correspondence on the leasing of sporting and fishing rights on the
Glengarriff Demesne.
1236 25 June 1958
294
1p
75 items
39 items
Lease of fishing rights made by the Minister for Lands with Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Bantry, from the Glengarriff river and its
tributaries within the boundaries of the lands conveyed to the Minister on the
13 th Sept. 1955. It is for a term of 25 years from the 25 th March 1958, at a
yearly rent of £1 payable in advance on every 25 th March.
1237 30 July 1958
1 item
Copy of a sporting lease made between the Minister for Lands, and Clodagh
E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Bantry. The Ministry demises to
Shelswell-White the exclusive right for herself and her licensees with friend
servants and others of shooting fowling and sporting (other than fishing). The
Ministry hold the right to cut and fell timber, and to trap, shoot or otherwise
destroy any animal on the lands. It is for a term of 25 years from the 1 st March
1955, paying the yearly rent of £1, payable on the 1 st March from 1958. It
involves the lands of Skehill, Esknamurky, Drumarlarig, Glengarriff,
Dromadour, Cappyaughna, Skrone, Coorannel, and Derrynafulla. These lands
were subject to a deed of Conveyance of the 13 th September 1955 made
between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, Arethusa Leigh-White, the
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland, and the Bank of Ireland
Nominees Limited, and the Minister for Lands.
1238 18 May 1970 – 24 May 1972
1 item
Receipt book showing payments of subscriptions received by A. R. Cooke
(Steward) from the Bantry Trout Anglers Association.
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2.3 Tenancy Agreements
1239 21 Jan. 1893
295
13pp
Copy agreement made between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard
Longfield (Trustees of the Bantry Estate), and Liam Warren Edmond
Heffernan, John Kelly and Jeremiah McCarthy. The trustees agree to allow the
sale of butter in the private yards of Heffernan, Kelly and McCarthy, so long
as the fair tolls are paid. Includes a schedule of rates per pounds (of butter).
1240 25 Sept.1895
Agreement between Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun, and Richard Longfield
(Trustees of the Bantry Estate), in the first part, John McCarthy (Victualler)
and Eliza Vickery in the second part, and Edward Godfrey (Contractor and
Farmer), Newtown, Bantry, in the third part. Ardilaun and Longfield agree, for
£4. 17. 6, paid by Godfry, to allow him to remove portion of the cliff face
forming part of the lands of Reenrour (see map), to hold and use in fee simple.
Godfrey agrees to pay £8 to McCarthy and £4 to Vickery for their agreeing to
the removal of the land. Godfry agrees to replace all roads and pathways to the
satisfaction of all parties involved. Cloth map accompanying agreement has
land in question coloured in red, to a scale of 40 feet to 1 inch.
1241 21 May 1896
Agreement made between Thomas J. Leahy, Woodfort, Mallow, Grantor, and
Arthur Edward, Baron Ardilaun and Richard Edmund Longfield (the Trustees
of the Bantry Estate), Grantees. Leahy agrees to reduce the tithe due to him on
the lands of Kilcatherine from £48. 15. 0, to £39, payable half yearly on the 1 st
May and the 1 st November. This will remain in force for seven years from
1896, and will be reviewed by either party after such time. Signed and sealed
by Leahy and Ardilaun.
1242 3 Nov. 1903
Agreement between Edward E. Leigh-White and Ellen Collins allowing her to
build windows in her house adjacent and overlooking the National School of
Bantry, both premises in the Leigh-White estate, under conditions set out in
the agreement.
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1243 7 June 1921
Memorandum of agreement for the use of the tennis court on the terraces at
Bantry House by the Commerical Club. They are to pay to the Trustees of the
Edward E. Leigh-White Estate £10, and the season is to end on the 39 th Sept.
1921. Signed by committee members of the Commercial Club (O’Donovan,
Vickery, O’Mahony and Meade).
1244 6 April 1925
Caretaking agreement made between Timothy Crowley, and Richard Edmond
Longfield, Ernest Francis Leslie Ellis and Richard Oliver Marton (Trustees of
the Leigh-White Estate). Crowley acknowledges that the house he is living in
the parish of Kilcaskin as Caretaker is by permission from the Trustees, and no
other capacity. Signed by Crowley only.
1245 26 Feb. 1934
see also
1250
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and May
Wren, for the grazing of one cow in part of the lands of Seafield, known as the
Bungalow and Screen Fields, lately in the occupation of John Wren. It is for
11 months from the 1 st of April 1934 to the 1 st March 1935, paying £2. 15. 0 in
rent, payable monthly instalments of £0. 5. 0. Wren agrees to break up any
part of the lands excepting one rood in the Bungalow Field she has permission
to till for the purpose of growing potatoes. They agree that this is a temporary
convenience and not a letting. Signed by Wren.
1246 1 May 1935
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, Glengarriff
Lodge, and Florence Sullivan, [Glengarriff], for the use of the strip of
woodland at Cappyaughna, from the 15 th April 1942 to the 14 th March 1943. It
is agreed to pay £1. This agreement was originally taken out by Florence
Sullivan, for the same lands and rent, from the 15 th April 1935 to the 14 th
March 1936. Signed by Florence Sullivan.
1247 1937-1942
Agreements made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
1247 contd..
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Bantry, and Catherine McCarthy (Widow), Rock House, Bantry. McCarthy
has applied to become Shelswell-White’s tenant for the markets and fairs of
Bantry town, for one year from the 1 st Nov. 1936, and 1 st Nov. 1941, to collect
the tolls and dues from the markets and fairs. It is also agreed that £60 rent
will by paid by McCarthy. Includes a schedule of tolls due and a copy of the
1937 agreement. Signed by both parties.
1248 10 Feb. 1940
297
3 items
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and Denis
Sullivan, for part of the lands of Seafield known as West Park, Bantry
Demense, lately in the occupation of Sullivan, containing 11 acres. It is from
the 1 st Feb.-31 st Dec. 1941, paying £8. It is agreed that Sullivan will be
allowed to till one statute acre for this season only for potatoes and carrots.
Signed and sealed by Sullivan.
1249 28 March 1941
Grazing conacre agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White,
The Lodge, Glengarriff, and Cornelius McCarthy, New Street, Bantry, for the
grazing of part of the lands of Seafield, containing 76 acres, for eleven months
from the 1 st Feb. to the 31 st Dec. 1941, at the bulk rent £90. Permission is
granted to McCarthy to cultivate 6 acres for the purpose of growing potatoes
or a green crop, on the land for grazing, providing he manures it at a rate of 20
tons [sic] of farmyard manure to the acre. Signed by McCarthy.
1250 10 April 1941 – 10 April 1943
See also
1245
Grazing agreements made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, The
Lodge, Glengarriff, and John Wren (Carter), the Lodge, Bantry Demense. He
agrees to pay for the grazing of one cow, of part of the lands of Seafield,
known as the Bungalow Field and the Screen Field. It is for terms of eleven
months from the 1 st April 1941 to the 1 st March 1944. The rents for the two
terms from 1941 to 1943 are £2. 15. 0, and for 1943 to 1944 is £3. Signed by
Wren.
1251 2 Feb. 1942
1p
2pp
3 items
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and Daniel
Falvey, for part of the lands of Glengarriff Demesne known as Coorannel, in
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Falvey’s occupation. It is from the 1 st Feb. –31 st Dec. 1942, paying £5. 5. 0.
Signed by Falvey.
1252 2 Feb. 1942
Grazing agreements made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White and
Magaret [sic] Sullivan, for part of the lands of Glengarriff Demesne known as
Dromaclarig, in Sullivan’s occupation. It is from the 1 st Feb.-31 st Dec. 1942,
paying £1. Signed by Sullivan.
1253 2 Feb. 1942
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and [John]
O’Shea, for part of the lands of Monteensudder known as Corriveillaun, in
O’Shea’s occupation. It is from the 1 st Feb.-31 st Dec. 1942, paying £2. 10. 0.
Signed by O’Shea.
1254 2 Feb. 1942
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, and
Patrick Falvey, for part of the lands of the Glengarriff demense known as
Skehill. It is from the 1 st Feb.-31 st Dec. 1942, paying 15 shillings. Signed by
Patrick Falvey.
1255 6 April 1942
See also
1256
Grazing agreement made between Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, the Lodge,
Glengarriff, and Joseph O’Sullivan (Farmer), Glengarriff. He agrees to pay her
£1 for the grazing of cattle only from the 15 th April 1942 to the 14 th March
1943. It is the strip of woodland at Cappyaughna, starting about 50 yards
beyond the front Gate Lodge of Glengarriff Lodge and extending to Sullivan’s
field, which lies between the graveyard and the river, on the north side of the
river bank facing Moriarty’s plot and the new Chapel. Signed by O’Sullivan.
1256 10 April 1943
See also
1255
Grazing agreement made between and Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White,
[Bantry], and Joseph O’Sullivan, the Village, Glengarriff. O’Sullivan agrees to
1256 contd..
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pay £1. 5. 0 to Shelswell-White from the 14 th April 1943 to the 14 th March
1944, for part of the lands of Cappyaughna, part of Glengarriff. Signed by
O’Sullivan only.
1257 12 – 18 July 1946
Signed forms of Conditions of Sale of Hay of [Dan Hurley] for £3 and of
Michael Cronin for £12.
1258 April 1952 – 1967
299
1p
2 items
File containing documents on the letting of grazing and tenders for purchase of
standing hay in the Glengarriff Demesne. Includes a mss letter to “Mr.
Shelswell” from “a [lover] of Justice, Bantry Town” making a complaint
against the acceptance of one tender over another (3 rd Feb. 1961). Includes
typed draft conacre agreement made between Clodagh Shelswell-White, the
Lodge, Glengarriff, and the West Cork Board of Health & Public Assistance
for two and a quarter acres of the lands of Reenmeen East at a rent of £2. 5. 0.
It is unsigned and its date is unclear (21 March [1942/7]).
1259 1 Nov. 1968
175 items
Caretaker’s agreement made between the Bantry Estates Company and Finbarr
Murphy, Beach, Bantry, allowing him possession of the Lodge and premises
as Caretaker only.
1260 1 Dec. 1979 – 5 Jan. 1982
Grazing agreements made between the Bantry Estates Company and Justin
McCarthy, Market St., Bantry, for the lands of Deer Park containing 87 acres.
2.4 Government Permits to Cut Trees
1261 1 July 1932 – 1 July 1933
1p
4 items
General permits granted by the Department of Agriculture under the Forestry
Act, 1928, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, to cut down trees on her Estate at
Seafield, Cappyaughna, Coorannel, Derrynafulla, Droumlour, Droumaclarig,
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Esknamucky, Glengarriff, and Skehill, Co. Cork.
3. Disputes with Tenants and Evictions
1262 [c.1890s]
300
8 items
Copy of a petition sent to Lord Ardilaun and Richard Longfield (Trustees of
the Bantry Estate) by the tenants of the Estate in the Castletownberehaven
District. They ask that Somers Payne be reinstated as Agent of the Berehaven
Estate. It is noted that the original, signed by 485 tenants, was sent to Lord
Ardilaun, signed by Daniel D Harrington (Hon. Sec.), The Square,
Castletownbere.
1263 22 June – 11 July 1903
Bantry Land Sessions Cases Listed for Hearing under the Land Law Acts of
1881 and 1887. Details information under headings – No. on last list; List No.;
Record No.; TENANT; LANDLORD; UNION; ELECTORAL DIVISION;
NAME of LANDS; POST TOWN; AREA – A R P; Rent of Holding £ s. d.;
Poor Law Valuation £ s. d; OBSERVATIONS. Written inside is the fixed
rents of a number of tenants. Written on the back are rental details on Thomas
Crowley, [Slaveen]. Includes a schedule involved in the Order to Fix a Fair
Rent between Margaret McDonald and her tenant Timothy Riordan, signed by
Richard Martin.
1264 4 Feb. 1905
2pp
2 items
Copy typed letter from Frederick Turner (Agent), Dublin, to Sir A. P.
McDonnell (GCSI), Chief Secretary’s Office, the Castle, Dublin, informing
him of arrangements relating to the ejectment of Daniel Healy, Ballaculla,
[Dursey Island].
1265 7 June 1905
Newspaper cuttings relating to the Dursey Island evictions.
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1266 30 Jan. 1906
Schedule in the Order to Fix a Fair Rent between The Egerton Edward Leigh-
White Estate and Timothy O’Leary, near Bantry Railway Station.
1267 23 June 1906 – 9 March 1908
Letter from Ernest Ellis, Estate Office, Bantry, to James Flynn (Solicitor),
Bantry, directing Flynn, while representing the Estate at Court, to protest at
the lack of notice given for proceedings to decide on the rentals of property
from the Estate. Includes three orders fixing fair rent on property leased to
Jeremiah Lynch, Daniel Lynch, [Cappanaloha], and Hannah O’Sullivan.
1268 26 June 1909
301
3pp
4 items
Extract taken from “Cork Weekly Examiner and Weekly Herald Pictorial
Supplement” of photographs of ‘The Recent Evictions at Castletown
Berehaven’.
1269 24 March 1911
2 items
Copy of the Bere Division Arrears List. Details given under headings – No.;
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gross annual rent; Gross arrears due on 2yrs
ending 29 Sept. 09; Annual Adjustments in Poor Rate; Annual Allowances for
Railway Rates; Annual Temporary Abatement; Total of Col 6, 7, 8; Net
arrears to be accepted; Costs in Ejectments Proceedings; Allowance;
OBSERVATIONS.
1270 24 March 1911 – 6 Sept.1923
20pp
Copy of the Berehaven Division Arrears List. Details given under headings –
No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gross annual rent; Gross arrears due on
2yrs ending 29 Sept. 09; Annual Adjustments in Poor Rate; Annual
Allowances for Railway Rates; Annual Temporary Abatement; Total of Col 6,
7, 8; Net arrears to be accepted; Costs in Ejectments Proceedings; Allowance;
Observations. Includes rental details of George H. Costigan, Reenmeen with
the Leigh-White Estate. Details information under headings – No.; Tenants
Name; Postal Address; Townland; Nature of Tenancy; Annual Rent Adjusted;
Gale Days; 1920 2 nd Gale; 1921 1 st Gale; 1921 2 nd Gale; 1922 1 st Gale; 1922
2 nd Gale; 1923 1 st Gale; Total; Payments made [after] 2 nd Gale 1920; Bal. Due.
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1271 24 April 1911
Copy of the Glengarriff Arrears List. Details information under headings –
No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gross annual rent; Gross arrears due on
2yrs ending 29 Sept. 09; Annual Adjustments in Poor Rate; Annual
Allowances for Railway Rates; Annual Temporary Abatement; Total of Col 6,
7, 8; Net arrears to be accepted; Costs in Ejectment Proceedings; Allowance;
Observations.
1272 26 July 1915
Schedule in the Order to Fix a Fair Rent between the Leigh-White Estate and
Jeremiah Sullivan, near the Railway line [Bantry].
1273 15 Oct. 1923 – 28 Sept. 1925
Copy Arrears of Rent Schedule for the Irish Land Commission (Nov. 1923).
Includes typed list of Receivable Orders for the Leigh-White Estate, which list
details under - Receivable Order No.; Tenants Name; Amount of rent returned
as due to 1/5/23; Compound rent to be lodged Cr. I L Commission before
18/10/23. Also typed letter from Cooke, Bantry, to Ellis, Dublin, relating to
the payment from the ILC in lieu of rent.
1274 26 March 1928 – 19 Jan. 1929
302
5pp
3pp
5 items
Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, and Denis M. O’Shea (Tenant), Ivy House, Castletownbere,
on the arrears owed by O’Shea to the Estate on his holdings. O’Shea’s
purchase of holdings is also discussed.
3 items
1275 31 Jan. 1929
See also
3060*
Demand letter for rent due on Nurses Cottage, Glengarriff, from the Bantry
Estate Office. *Written on the back are notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
relating to his historical research.
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1276 17 Aug. 1940
Copy of a typed letter from [H. W. Cooke] (Steward), Bantry Estate, to Messrs
Stopford & Turner (Agents), Dublin, relating to the rent now in arrears on
property leased by representatives of the late Denis Cotter from the Corkery
Estate. Written on the back are notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on tourism
for Bantry (1953-54).
1277 25 Sept. – 1 Oct. 1948
1278 [nd]
1279 [nd]
Newspaper article from The Southern Star entitled “A BANTRY SCANDAL”
on the eviction of McGrath, a tenant on the Bantry Estate, in 1880. It reports
negatively on the treatment by the Earl of Bantry of his tenants. Includes a
printed apology from the paper when attributing the eviction to Lord Bantry,
when in fact the evictee was a tenant of the Kenmare Estate.
303
2pp
2 items
Arrears form for George H. Costigan for property in Reenrour, and Marino
Street on a Irish Land Commission form.
Blank NOTICE TO QUIT form. Written on the back of it are notes by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White on his research of local history.
4. Accounts and Financial Records
4.1 Account Books
1280 9 July 1912 – 28 Oct. 1942
Bantry Estate Account Book 1912 – 1929. It contains information on the
Particulars of Variation on Land Commission Tithe Rent Charges, and a
Statement of Loans on the Bantry Estate. Includes Congested Districts Board
for Ireland application forms – Certificate of Deduction for Income Tax;
Statement to Accompany Draft for Interest on Purchases Money. Several
Fishery Glengarriff tax returns and correspondence on rent payments. Income
tax payments; Insurance premium payments. Also typed correspondence
between Ellis and H.W. Cooke on estate matters; typed correspondence
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between John [Hanstock], Donabate, Ellis and Cooke on Super Tax returns;
payment of tithe on the Leahy Estate (19 th May 1921); lists of payments made
on the accounts of Munster & Leinster Bank, Messrs. Child & Co., Lady
Trevor’s Jointure; and general payments made by the Estate (1923-1925).
Also a typed memo relating to the Sale to Mrs. Costigan (25 th March 1941);
and the payment of Estate and Succession Duties following the death of
Edward Leigh-White. At the back are lists of “Investments Sold” and
“Investments Bought”.
1281 July 1944 – May 1952
304
486pp, 10 files & 1 box
General Account Book for the Shelswell-White Estate in Bantry, Glengarriff
and Castletownbere. Records details under – Date; Name/Item; Folio No.;
Description; Lodged/VR; Bank Lodgement; Bantry Rents (Nett); Bantry
Income Tax etc. Allowed; Glengarriffe Rents (Nett); Glengarriff Income Tax
ect. Allowed; Castletownbere Rents (Nett); Castletownbere Income Tax etc.
Allowed; Bantry Miscellaneous; Glengarriff Miscellaneous; Castletownbere
Miscellaneous; From Bank of Ireland. The entries at the front are “Receipts”,
which ends on p.113, and “Expenditure” entries begin on p.151-201, and skip
to p.141-149. Includes information on rent, tolls & markets, windfalls
accounts, and wages.
1282 23 Feb. 1965 – [27] Oct. 1971
201pp
Hardback account book from the [Bantry Estate Office] containing
information relating to receipts, payments and rents. Details information for
“RECEIPTS” under headings – DATE; DESCRIPTION; FOL NO; TOTAL;
BANTRY RENTS; GLENGARRIFF; CASTLETOWNBERE; DUBLIN;
DANNY’S/ROPE WALK COTTAGE; FARM A/C; SALES; DIVIDENDS;
SHOWING A/C; MISCELL. Details information for “PAYMENTS” under
headings – DATE; INVO NO.; DESCRIPTION; TOTAL; WAGES; SOC
INS; INCOME TAX + PAYE; RATES; ESB; TELEPHONE; FUEL B.H.;
POSTAGES AND TELEGRAMS; STATIONARY AND PRINTING;
REMITTANCES TO CSW; FARM A/C; SHOWING A/C; MAINTEN OF
HOUSE + DEMESNE; DANNY’S; REPAIRS; REPLACEMENT OF
EQUIPMENT; MISC; PETTY CASH; ESTATE OFFICE FUEL. At the back
of the book there are entries for “ARREARS on 5/4/78” for the Bantry,
Castletown Bere, Glengarriff, and Dublin rents.
1283 3 April 1971 – 17 Oct. 1981
201pp & 1 file
Account book for the Shelswell-White Estate. Details information under –
DATE; DESCRIPTION; Fol; TOTAL; BANTRY; GLENGARRIFF;
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C-TOWNBERE; DUBLIN; SALES; MISCELL; LODGEMENTS;
DIVIDENDS; OTHER INCOME; PAID INTO BANK. In the middle of the
book, the account details change to – PAYEE; MAINTENANCE SHOWING;
MAINTENANCE CURRENT; MAINTENANCE TOTAL; REPLACEMENT
CURRENT; REPLACEMENT TOTAL; DESCRIPTION; CREDIT
REPLACEMENT; CREDIT TOTAL; DESCRIPTION; LODGEMENTS;
BALANCE TEA-ROOM; DEBIT; DESCRIPTION. At the back of the book,
the account details change for a third time to – DATE; DESCRIPTION;
TOTAL; WAGES; Soc. INSCE; PAYE; INC TAX; RATES; ESB; TEL;
FUEL B H; FUEL EST OFF; STATIONERY & PRINTING;
REMITTANCES to MRS S W; MAINTENANCE OF Ho & DEM; PETTY
CASH; MISCELL; STABLE YARD HOUSE. Includes various invoices from
local businesses dating from 1980-81.
4.2 Cash Books
1284 1 May 1915 – 30 Dec. 1944
305
194pp & 3 files
Cash book of general expenses on the running of the Bird Estate (Reenrour,
Kilcomane, Bantry), “Irish Land Commission 3 rd instalment of Annuity for
Purchase of Newtown, Kenmare Estate due 1 st June 1915” (p.1), and rentals in
Bantry, Glengarriffe and Castletown Bere. Written on the inside page is “Wm.
Randell Clarke one of the Trustees of Miss Kate R. Bird died 17 th June 1934 at
Cromer Hospital, Cromer, aged 58 years, M.D.” Includes insert (p.3) of a
receipt of £40 from S. O’Brien Corkery “per Messrs Turner and Ellis… due to
Miss White, dec’d” (18 th July 1942), stamped Dunmanway. Also contains
many enclosures – of a receipt from the Irish Land Commission Land
Purchase Account offering £14. 10. 2 to the Estate of Bird through E.F.L.Ellis
(16 th Aug. 1924) (p. 12); two income tax returns from Beamish and Crawford
for rent of property of Main Street, Bantry, to E. E. Leigh-White (1940-1941);
a copy cover letter for rental accounts of property of Bantry for the year
ending the 29 th Sept. 1942, from S. O’Brien Corkery, Kenmare (p.19); and a
ms letter by Julia O’Connor, Castletown Bere to Messrs. Turner and Ellis
relating to payment of rent, dated the 29 th Sept. 1944 (p.48).
1285 July 1929 – Nov. 1938
102pp, 1 file & enclosure
Cash book of the Shelswell-White Estate. Records information under – Date;
Tenant’s Name; Area; Cash Income; Lodgements. Includes enclosures at the
back of the book – Glengarriff Demesne Bog Rents for the seasons 1937 and
1938, giving names amounts and cash owed (2 items); the particulars of
Native Timber from Bantry Demesne purchased by Messrs. Murphy &
O’Connor Ltd., Bantry, from 1932-1938 (5 items); two copies of Agistment
(grazings) Proposals from the Estate of Baroness Ardilaun, the Castle,
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Macroom, with notes written on them relating to finances in Bantry,
Berehaven and Glengarriff (2 items); and an invoice from Turner and Ellis
(Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, to Mrs. McCarthy, Rock House, Bantry, of
half year’s rent on property in Bantry town, dated the 14 th Oct. 1937.
1286 5 Sept. 1938 – 30 June 1948
306
289pp, 1 file & enclosure
Copy of a cash book of the Bantry Estate for 1 st July 1947 – 30 th June 1948
showing Receipts and Payments from Bantry, Glengarriff and Castletownbere.
Includes a copy of the Monthly Returns for the Bantry Estate for August 1938.
1287 May 1942 – July 1944
82pp
Cash Book of the Shelswell-White Estate. Records details under – Date;
Description; Receipts; Expenses; Head Rents Tithe Rent Charges Sundry
Payments; Rates & Taxes; Jointure & Remittances; Insurances; Bantry House
& Gardens; Bantry Demesne; Glengarriff Lodge; Glengarriff Demesne.
1288 1 July 1946 – 30 June 1948
82pp & 8 enclosures
Cash book containing information on the “No. 2 A/c (Insurance Agencies &
Saw Unit)” and “No. 3 ACCOUNT (forestry)”. Includes separate
“PAYMENTS” and “RECEIPTS” accounts for the Estate Office, Bantry,
Glengarriff Lodge, Castletownbere, and “Non-Effective”.
1289 24 Nov. 1951 – 12 July 1983
Petty Cash books for the [Bantry Estate Office].
1290 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1962
21pp
4 items
Cash book for the Bantry Estate. Details headings under – Date;
DESCRIPTION; Name; Amount; Cheque; VR. Includes typed letters relating
to the accounts and meetings of the Bantry Estates Company, and an
appointment of a proxy by Clodagh Shelswell-White to vote at the AGM of
the Company (13 th Nov.–31 st Dec. 1974).
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1291 2 July 1962 – 23 Feb. 1965
Cash book for the Bantry Estate. It has two separate record entries. The first
details the following information under headings – Date; DESCRIPTION;
Name; Fol.; BANTRY Net; GLENGARRIFF Net; C-TOWN-BERE Net;
OTHER RECEIPTS; LODGEMENTS. The other entries are under headings –
Date; DESCRIPTION; Name; Amount; Cheque; Total.
4.3 Debit and Credit Vouchers
1292 June 1946 – July 1947
307
58pp & 6 enclosures.
Files entitled “Nos. 1, 2, 3 a/cs – vouchers” from the Bantry Estate Office.
Includes Returns of Wages and Expenses for Bantry which details information
under – No.; NAME; Days Worked; Rate; Gross Wages; Insurances NH/UN;
Nett Wages; Miscellaneous Expenses or Outlay; and OBSERVATIONS. Also
Return of Rents from Bantry, Glengarriff and Castletown Berehaven; a
Glengarriff Forestry A/c (June 1946); and a monthly return of small rents and
receipts detailing information under NATURE; NAME and DESCRIPTION;
and AMOUNT.
1293 1 July 1947 – 30 June 1948
7 files
Files entitled “Debit Vouchers” from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes
lodgement slips to the Credit of the Shelswell-White Estate No. 1 Account,
with the relevant folio of Return of Rents Received at Bantry Office. Details
information under headings Folio No.; Date Recd, & Lodged Bank; Tenants’
Names; Period to, or Gale Day; Gross Rent; BANTRY (Nett Amount
Received, Income Tax etc. Allowed); GLENGARRIFF (Nett Amount
Received, Income Tax etc. Allowed); and CASTLETOWN BEREHAVEN
(Nett Amount Received, Income Tax etc. Allowed).
1294 1 July 1947 – 30 June 1948
2 files
File entitled “Credit and Debit Vouchers for the Bantry Estate No. 2, and No.
3 (Forestry) Accounts”, which are lodgement slips to the credit of the
Shelswell-White Estate Accounts. Account no. 2 is held in a folio of the
Glengarriff Workmen’s Account, and the Glengarriff Receipts from 11 th
August to 8 th September 1923.
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1295 1 July 1947 – 30 June 1948
Files entitled “Credit Vouchers” from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes folios
of Return of Wages and Expenses at BANTRY. Details information under
headings No.; NAME; Days Worked; Rate; Gross Wages; Insurances NH UN;
Nett Wages; Miscellaneous Expenses or Outlay; OBSERVATIONS. Also
invoices from businesses, services, and Cork County Council Rate Demands.
1296 1949 – 1961
308
3 files
Files entitled “Debit and Credit Vouchers” from the Bantry Estate Office.
Includes the bog rents for the 1953 season, receipts from sales of grazing,
boughs, bracken, and rhodo plants. Also lodgement slips to the Bantry branch
of the Munster and Leinster Bank; invoices and bills from various businesses
and services; and staff wages and expenses for Bantry House, Bantry and
Glengarriff Demesnes which details information under headings Name;
Period; Rate; Gross Wages; Ince; Net; Total; and Rates demands.
4.4 Income and Expenditure Records
1297 1767 – 1779
18 files
Income and Expenditure book for a household. The writer has made notes of
letters he found in a black box between his mother and father. He gives an
account of the commissions received by his father between 1704 – 1732, and
of his own commissions from 1754 – 1770 (p.3). Includes expenses of a house
in [Bentink] Street (pp.10–11), and rental incomes from two farms in Essex,
the Richmond Estate, and the Spital Fields Estate. Also the writer gives
housekeeping tips, eg “To force a Pipe of Port Wine” (p.5), and mentions a
family called Bland. Written on the inside of the cover is “my fathers”.
1298 May 1929 – May 1942
161pp
Income and Expenditure account book for the Shelswell-White Estate. Details
information under headings of – Date; Details; Receipts; Total Expenses;
Sundries, Head Rent, Tithe Rent Charge, Board of Works Charge; Rates &
Taxes; Jointure Interest or Annuity Allowance; Insurances; Disbursements
Bantry House; Bantry Demesne; Glengarriff Lodge; Glengarriff Demesne.
Includes many enclosures – notes on payments made on the estate and a list of
rents received in Bantry, Berehaven and Glengarriff Divisions (1931), and
rental matters relating to the Granville Proby Estate (a Trustee to Clodagh
Shelswell-White) in Dublin (1938-1940) (inside front cover); notes that a Mrs.
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4.5 Rates
Thompson died on 6 th Dec. 1929 (p.15); correspondence between Arethusa
Leigh-White and Ernest Ellis 1938-1939 (pp.177 & 202); the letting of Bantry
House in 1940 (p.211); and a statement from 1934 showing moneys received
and payments made in respect of Estate and Succession Duties on the death of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White in connection with Tapestries etc. in Bantry
House (inside back cover).
1299 30 Dec. 1909
309
501pp & 79 enclosures
Poor-rate demands for George Costigan of the Leigh-White Estate at Marino
Terrace, Bantry.
1300 20 June 1913 – 7 Nov. 1913
9 items
Poor-rate demands for tenants of the Leigh-White Estate at Marino Street,
Bantry.
1301 4 Nov. 1915
20 items
Poor-rate demand for George Costigan, tenant of the Leigh-White Estate at
Marino Street, Bantry.
1302 [31 March 1920]
Poor-rates paid on the Bantry and Glengarriff Demesnes, and on Reenmeen
and Monteensudder made on the 19 th April 1919 for year ending 31 March
1920. Includes receipts out of Glengarriff Demesne for 1 year to 28 th June
1919.
1303 6 March – 23 Sept. 1925
2pp
4 items
Typed “Particulars of Rates debited in Farm Appeal Bantry Demesne Schd B.
Year 1922/23” from the Estate Office, Bantry. Also receipts for payment of
the Second Moiety of Poor Rate in [Rossnashurnagh] and Reenmeen East by
the Estate Office of the Reps of the Late Edward Leigh-White.
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1304 30 Jan. 1932 – 8 Feb. 1967
see also
1311
Correspondence file entitled “Valuation Rates & Abatement Claims No.26 –
Vol. 1” dealing with claims for Abatement of Rates on Agriculture Land.
Includes discussions on rate payments and valuations on the Bantry Tolls and
Market; and correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, and Donal Ó Buachalla (Valuer and Rating Consultant), Dublin, on
valuation reductions.
310
220 items
1305 7 April 1932
see also
Section B.8.1
Letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent) to H. W. Cooke (Steward), relating to the
Fishery Rate on Snave [on the Bird Estate].
1306 14 Dec. 1932 – 15 Feb. 1933
Receipt for payment of Second Moiety of Fishery Rate for the townlands of
[Cappyaugher].
1307 6 Aug. – 14 Nov. 1938
Poor Rate Demand Notes for Shelswell-White Estate property at the Bantry
Town Lots.
1308 31 March 1940 – 19 Aug. 1944
1p
1p
12 items
File entitled “Miscellaneous” containing rate demands; and return of rents,
receipts, lodgements, and wages for August 1940. Includes sporadic weekly
return of rents for 1942, 1943, and 1944; receipts of payments of rates to the
Town Commissioners of Bantry by the Shelswell-White Estate on various
premises in Bantry and its environs; and Glengarriff Labour returns from 20 th
May-17 th June 1944. Also lodgement receipts made by Turner & Ellis
(Agents) for the Bantry Estate (July 1943-July 1944).
1309 17 July – 12 Aug. 1950
2 files
Demand Notes for County Rates sent to Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White, for
Carrignagat, Seafield, Skehil, Town Lots and Abbey lands. Includes demand
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for rates sent to Supt. Thomas Donovan, Seafield.
1310 29 Aug. 1953
311
28pp
Demand note for the payment of Rates to Cork County Council by Clodagh
Shelswell-White on the townland of Abbey.
1311 4 Jan. 1958 – 7 Dec. 1979
see also
1304
Correspondence file entitled “Valuation, Rates & Abatement Claims Vol.2”
containing correspondence between the Bantry Estate (Geoffrey Shelswell-
White and A. R. Cooke) and Donal Ó Buachalla (BE, Valuer and Rating
Consultant Fire Loss Assessor), Dublin, on reductions of rates on various
properties of the Estate, including Bantry House.
4.6 Income Tax Payments
1312 25 April 1919 – 5 March 1925
2pp
158 items
Documents showing rentals from the Bantry Estate of Edward E. Leigh-White
for the payment of income tax. Details information under headings – Asst.
No.; Name of Occupier; PLV; Reprs; WRV; Nett; and Duty. Includes mss
copy Bantry Demesne Farm Appeal Income Tax 1918-1919; mss account of
income tax on Bantry Town [account] for 2 years ending April 1921 and April
1922, and notification by the Inland Revenue of tax payable on the Leigh-
White Estate. Also Income Tax demands for lands of the Leigh-White Estate
(Bantry, Castletownbere, and Macroom)
1313 28 Sept. 1920
137 items
Mss Memorandum from C. G. Burchill (Collector of Taxes), Cork, to Messrs.
Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry, informing them of what has
been allowed to the Leigh-White Estate in payment of Income Tax.
1314 8 Oct. – 22 Dec. 1920
Correspondence between John Hanstock, Bray, and Ernest Ellis (Stopford &
1314 contd..
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Turner, Agents), Dublin, on the payment of Income Tax on the Leigh-White
Estate. Includes payment demands from the Inland Revenue on the district of
Bantry A. Also a form detailing the Income Tax payable under Schedules A
and B for the year 1918/19.
1315 3 March 1921
Schedules D & E Tax for 1919-1920 and 1920-1921 payable on the
Glengarriff Fishery.
1316 6 July 1921 – 29 Dec. 1924
312
6 items
2 items
Correspondence from Bower & Wrey (Stockbrokers), London, on stocks
purchased by them for Arethusa Leigh-White. Includes correspondence
between Ernest Ellis (Agent) and The Inspector of Foreign Dividends,
Revenue Office, Dublin Castle, applying for relief against double taxation on
stocks. Also correspondence between Ellis and Williams and James
([Solicitors]), London, on the payment of tax on stock held by the Estate under
Lady Trevor’s jointure.
1317 7 – 8 Sept. 1921
51 items
Notices of Assessment under Schedule B of income tax for 1920-21, payable
on property in Bantry “A”, Bantry “B”, and Castletown owned by the Leigh-
White Estate. Also payment of income tax for 1920-21 by the Leigh-White
Estate on rents from Kilcaskan in Mounteensudder.
1318 22 Sept. 1921 – 22 Dec. 1924
22 items
Mss letter from Thomas Quinn (Collector of Taxes), College Road, Cork, to
Messrs Turner & Ellis (Agents), Dublin, offering a means of payment of taxes
for the Leigh-White Estate in stages. Includes mss ‘report’ on the Reenmeen
Farm account, and a copy of the Reenmeen Estate Schedule B Tax 1920-21.
Also Income Tax details from farms of the Estate located at Bantry and
Kilcaskin.
1319 28 April – 3 Nov. 1922
13 items
Forms issued by the Inland Revenue to the Trustees of the Leigh-White for the
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year 1922-23, ending 5 th April 1923. Includes a form to “Claim for Relief in
Respect of Earned Income”, and a Notice requiring Return for Assessment of
the profits from mines, quarries, works or fisheries. Also a note on the Income
Tax Schedule D on Tolls & Markets, declaring one year’s rent to 31 st Oct.
1921 for [Bantry]; and a notice of assessment for the Representatives of Mr.
R. C. Bird.
1320 20 Aug. 1922
313
10 items
Income Tax demands for the year ending 5 th April 1921 for the Town of
Bantry, Schedule A.
1321 2 Nov. 1922
Income Tax demand for the Town of Castletown for year ending 5 April 1921.
1322 11 – 27 Nov. 1922
Notices for Return of Assessment on profits from any Mines, Quarries, or
Fisheries of the Leigh-White Estate. Notes have been attached to the forms
stating that Glengarriff Fishery was not let for the season ending 31 st Oct.
1922.
5 items
1323 21 Nov. 1922
Income Tax demand on the district of Bantry B due on 1 st July 1922 payable
by the Leigh-White Estate.
1324 4 Jan. – 17 Dec. 1923
2pp
File containing correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and
various Inspectors of Tax, Cork, on payments of income tax out of the
accounts of the Leigh-White Bantry Estate.
1325 6 – 16 June 1923
1p
1p
49 items
Letters from the Manager of the Munster and Leinster Bank Limited, Bantry,
to Ernest Ellis (Agent), informing him of amounts that have been credited into
the Leigh-White Estate account relating to tax paid on stock dividends.
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Includes receipt of lodgement; and a form for claiming exemption from British
taxation on future dividends from the stock. Photocopied and originals are
contained in an envelope.
1326 25 June 1923
314
4 items
Typed copy Certificate of Deduction for Income Tax from J. J. Byrne (P. P.
Secretary, Congested Districts Board) sent to the Leigh-White Estate Office.
1327 17 Oct. 1923 – 25 Nov. 1924
Correspondence file relating to the payment of and appeals on the payment of
income tax by the Leigh-White Estate.
1328 13 – 21 Dec. 1923
1p
178 items
Demand for Income Tax payment to Messrs Turner and Ellis (Agents of the
Leigh-White Estate) on the Bantry A (Urban) for the tax year 1920-21.
1329 1923 – 1924
10pp
Income Tax Demands for the tax year 1923/24 of the Town of Bantry on
property in the Leigh-White Estate. Details information under – Number of
Assessment; Situation of Property; Income Tax Schedules A and B. Written at
the top of the first page is “ Items to be charged under Land Act 1923”.
1330 4 – 5 July 1924
11pp
Income Tax Demands for Glengarriff Demesne, Ardnacloyby, Admiralty
Holdings and Harveys Holding for the tax year 1923/24. Includes cover letter
from T. Quinn (Collector of Taxes), Violet Ville, College Road, Cork to
Messrs Turner and Ellis (Agents) asking for payment of “Sch A at least”.
1331 25 Sept. 1924 – 11 Dec. 1925
2 items
File entitled “Bantry – Income Tax and Super Tax” containing documentation
relating to the payment of income tax on rentals from the Estate.
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1332 25 Nov. 1924
315
208 items
Typed [copy] queries from the Inspector of Taxes, Cork, with replies by
Ernest Ellis (Agent), on the Farm Appeal 1923/24 on the Leigh-White Estate –
Glengarriff.
1333 20 Dec. 1924
1334 [1924]
Mss letter from C. O’Sullivan (Collector of Taxes), Killarney, to Messrs.
Stopford and Turner (Agents), Dublin, clarifying the head rent paid by Mrs. B.
Browne, Castletownbere, to the Leigh-White Estate.
Form for Income Tax – Schedules A & B – for the year ending 5 th April, 1924,
payable on property [leased] by Bridget J. Rourke, [Knockaneras], [Macroom]
from the [Leigh-White Estate].
1335 13 Jan. 1925
1p
1p
1 item
Certificate of Payment of Income Tax on the rent out of Berehaven Hotel,
Castletown, Co. Cork, to Miss Puxley, Petersfield, Hants. by the Leigh-White
Estate Office.
1336 25 Feb. 1925
Income Tax – Schedules A and B - Application for payment of tax for the year
1922-23 due 1 st July 1923, by the Bantry Bay Steamship Company, in the
Assessment District of Castletown Bere.
1337 May 1925
1p
1 item
Income Tax Assessment for the Macroom District of the Leigh-White Estate.
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1338 26 Feb. 1925 – 30 Dec. 1926
Correspondence relating to income tax payments on the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes documents relating to Lady Trevor’s claim for rebate from the Inland
Revenue of the Irish Free State.
1339 11 July 1925 – 26 Feb. 1932
316
115 items
File containing accounts relating to the Bantry Estate used in the assessment of
income tax payments.
1340 [1925/26]
34 items
Incomplete Income Tax – Schedules A & B – for the years 1920 – 1925 for
payment by Mrs. Doyle, Clonskeagh Bridge. Information given under
headings – Number of Assessment; Situation of Property; Income Tax
(Schedule A) (Schedule B).
1341 18 Feb. 1926
1 item
Income Tax demands for the year ending 5 th April 1926 on the district of
Bantry by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate (numbered 29205-29207).
1342 18 June 1926 – 6 Dec. 1930
3 items
Correspondence between representatives of the Leigh-White and Shelswell-
White Estates and the Inspector of Taxes on payment of Income Tax. Includes
documents related to the claim for relief against income tax; tax certificates on
stock dividends; and discussions on the various domicile locations of the
Shelswell-Whites.
1343 27 Aug. 1926
180 items
Income tax demands on rentals from the Bantry and Glengarriff Demesnes of
the Leigh-White Estate for the years 1924 –25.
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1344 31 Dec. 1926 – 21 Dec. 1927
Correspondence relating to demands of payment of income tax on the Leigh-
White Estate, the personal income of Arethusa Leigh-White, Clodagh
Shelswell-White, and Lady Trevor’s jointure.
1345 18 June 1927
317
176 items
Typed Particulars of Holdings in Castletown not included in the Collectors
Demand for income for the year ending the 5 th April 1927, produced by the
Estate Office, Bantry.
1346 6 July 1928 – 30 Jan. 1930
Receipts from the Irish Land Commission showing income tax paid on
dividends from stock owned by the Shelswell-White Estate, record no. CDB
10120 and EC 8105. Information is given under headings – Description; Gross
Amount; Income Tax Deducted – Saorstát Éireann/British; Period.
1347 9 Dec. 1930 – 27 Oct. 1932
2pp
8 items
Correspondence between representatives of the Shelswell-White Estate, and
the Inspector of Taxes on payment of Income Tax (including the taxes of
Arethusa and Rachel Leigh-White). Includes typed lists relating to
Maintenance Claims on Estate property.
1348 25 Nov. 1932 – 31 Oct. 1933
123 items
Correspondence between representatives of the Shelswell-White Estate and
the Inspector of Taxes on payment of Income Tax. Includes a typed list of
“TENANTS TO WHOM INCOME TAX IS ALLOWED DIRECT” in Bantry
town, Castletownbere and Glengarriff.
1349 6 Jan. 1933 – 20 Nov. 1941
103 items
Correspondence between J. P. Kennedy (Superintendent), Income Tax
Department, Provincial Bank of Ireland, Limited, Dublin, and Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, on the payment of personal Income Tax by
the Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-White, and charges on the Estate.
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Includes a sheet of paper with “Previous Correspce in M.1 Vol. I
(Miscellaneous Correspce).”
1350 20 June 1933
318
131 items
Typed letter from J. P. Kennedy (Superintendent, Provincial Bank of Ireland,
Income Tax Department), Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Glengarriff
Lodge on Income Tax Liability for 1923-24 to 1927-28 inclusive and tax
liability 1932-33. Includes statement of accounts and envelope.
1351 11 Nov. 1933 – 30 May 1935
3 items
Correspondence file on the Income Tax liability of the Bantry Estate and
Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes documents on maintenance claims, and
farm appeals.
1352 13 June 1935 – 18 March 1937
133 items
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Income Tax on the Estate.
1353 26 Dec. 1936 – 20 May 1944
111 items
File containing income tax related documents – schedules, letters – for the
Shelswell-White Estate Accounts. Includes documents related to the Costigan
Case – draft Agreement of Sale and Counsel’s Opinion on the case; and Lady
Trevor’s Jointure. Also the stubs of the Estate Account 1 chequebook (Oct.
1943-May 1944); Glengarriff Receipts for March 1942-March 1943; and a
typed list of leaseholds of the Castletownbere Division.
1354 27 March 1937 – 10 Aug. 1938
Correspondence file relating to payments of Income Tax by the Estate.
1355 19 July 1938 – 28 Aug. 1941
64 items
130 items
File entitled “Lady Trevor’s Annuity Old Income Tax Papers” containing
correspondence and accounts relating to Lady Trevor’s tax affairs, with a
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history of the annuity to her from the Estate.
1356 10 Aug. 1938 – 29 Dec. 1939
319
67 items
Correspondence file relating to the payments of income tax by the Estate.
1357 22 June 1939 – 12 Oct. 1944
105 items
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Income Tax on the Bantry and
Glengarriff farm accounts by the Shelswell-White Estate. Correspondence
between Charles Dunlop (Agent) Dublin, A. R. Cooke (Estate Clerk), Bantry,
and J. P. Kennedy (Superintendent), Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited,
Income Tax Department, Dublin. Includes Poor Rate Demand Notes.
1358 22 June 1939 – 9 Dec. 1952
163 items
Correspondence file from the Estate Office, Bantry dealing with the payment
of taxes from the Farm Accounts, marked Volume 1. Includes a folder
envelope of Rate Demand Notes
1359 13 Jan. 1940 – 9 Nov. 1943
2 files
Box file entitled “ESTATE OF Mrs. C.E.M.Shelswell-White INCOME TAX
From, 1940” .
1360 16 May 1940 – 27 April 1942
2 files
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Income Tax on the Accounts of
the Shelswell-White Estate. Includes information on Castletownbere rentals.
1361 18 June 1940 – 25 March 1941
62 items
Income Tax deduction claims from rentals in Bantry, Castletownbere and
College Road, Cork, in the Shelswell-White Estate. Written across some of the
documents is “PAID”, “2 nd Application”, and “Final Application”. Numerical
figures are written on the back of all of the claims.
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1362 7 Jan. 1941 – 25 June 1948
Income Tax file 17, containing documents relating to the declaration and
payment of Income Tax (all Schedules) until 5 th March 1948 “thereafter Sch A
in File 27”. Includes correspondence on the payment of income tax on
Geoffrey’s salary from the Censorship Department, Ministry of Information,
Aintree, Liverpool, during the War. Also a folder entitled “Schedule A
1946/47 (Lands & Rents) – Reconciliation of Assessment No.s with ledger
Folios”.
1363 4 Nov. 1943 – 9 Dec. 1946
320
2 files
File entitled “Shelswell White Income Tax” containing correspondence
between C. J. Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, J. P.
Kennedy (Superintendent) Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, Income Tax
Department, Dublin, on payment of income tax by the Shelswell-White Estate.
1364 28 Dec. 1944 – 15 Nov. 1945
82 items
Official Income Tax Demands and Notices of Assessments for the Shelswell-
White Estate. Includes Income Tax Schedules A & B for properties in
[Bantry] and Castletownbere.
1365 1 May 1947 – 14 June 1957
7 items
File entitled “INCOME TAX SCHED A Vol. 1” relating to the payment of
income tax on [properties] of the Bantry Estate. Includes correspondence.
Written on the top right corner of the folder is “27”.
224 items
1366 21 Jan. 1948 – 30 June 1951
see also
1367
Income tax file relating to all schedules excluding “A” – Vol. 1. Includes
correspondence between the Shelswell-Whites and J. R. Kennedy
(Superintendent, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, Income Tax
Department), Dublin.
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1367 3 July 1951 – 29 June 1953
see also
1366
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Income Tax of the Shelswell-
White Estate – vol.2.
1368 4 July 1953 – 29 June 1955
Correspondence file (17) relating to the payment of Income Tax of the
Shelswell-White Estate – vol. 3. Includes an invoice from Murphy &
O’Connor Ltd., Saw Mills, Bantry, dated November, 1962.
1369 25 Jan. 1955 – 9 July 1977
321
234 items
2 files
Correspondence file relating to K1 (repayment) Claims made by Clodagh and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, to the Inspector of Foreign
Dividends, Inland Revenue, England, on payments of United Kingdom
Income Tax on British share dividends. Includes correspondence between the
Estate and Craig Gardner & Co. (Chartered Accountants), Dublin, on the same
subject; and an envelope containing dividend vouchers.
1370 7 July 1955 – 11 Dec. 1956
2 files
Correspondence file (17) relating to the payment of Income Tax of the
Shelswell-White Estate – vol. 4. Includes a mss letter from the Glengarriff
Football Athletic Club to [the Bantry Estate] asking for the use, at a nominal
rent, of a football field (17 th Jan. 1911), found on the back of a note dated 21 st
July 1956.
1371 11 Dec. 1956 – 20 Aug. 1957
173 items
Correspondence file (17) relating to the payment of Income Tax of the
Shelswell-White Estate – vol. 5. Includes separate file containing documents
relating to “Appeal Cases, Showing & Letting, a/cs and Briefs” relating to the
showing of Bantry House and Lord Bantry’s Lodge from 1942 (many of the
notes made by Geoffrey are written on original or copy letters from the Estate
c.1912, 1920s, &1940s).
2 files

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1372 26 Aug. 1957 – 21 April 1960
Correspondence file (17) relating to the payment of Income Tax of the
Shelswell-White Estate – vol. 6.
1373 12 Sept. 1957 – 21 Nov. 1966
322
187 items
File entitled “Sch A 27 VOL 2” relating to the payment of Income Tax on
rents received by the Bantry Estate. Includes enclosures that are the particulars
of Sch A & B Assessments of Bantry & Glengarriff.
1374 12 Feb. 1960 – 27 June 1961
Correspondence file (17) relating to the payment of Income Tax of the
Shelswell-White Estate – vol. 7.
1375 11 Aug. 1961 – 6 June 1980
1376 [nd]
194 items
166 items
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Income Tax by the Bantry
Estate (excluding Schedule A).
2 files
Income Tax account of the Leigh-White Estate, listing its domestic and
foreign shares, and its income from tolls & Markets.
4.7 Insurance
1377 6 April 1910
Insurance Policy (31039) taken out by A. W. Rutherfoord (Agent), Dublin,
with Lloyds, London, to cover a yacht “Daffodil” for £300 to be moored at
Glengarriff Harbour for six months. Includes a mss Income and Expenditure
account relating to the Bantry Estate.
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1378 25 Feb. – 8 March 1915
Insurance Policy (918/15) taken out by Edward E. Leigh-White with Lloyds,
London, to cover the Tapestries in Bantry House for £20,000. Includes a typed
Memorandum of Insurance that gives cover to the buildings at Bantry House
for £5,000.
1379 25 March 1924
Receipt for payment of fire insurance policy (2060947) by Mrs. M.
MacCarthy to H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office.
1380 25 March 1924
323
5 items
1 item
[Receipt] for a fire policy (2061114) taken out by H. W. Cooke (Steward),
Bantry Estate Office, for Miss H. Sullivan.
1381 26 Nov. – 22 Dec. 1930
1 item
Typed copy letter by Ernest Ellis (Agent) to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, in which he makes suggestions relating to the insurance policies held
by the Estate. Includes a letter from Gordon F. Joyce (Royal Exchange
Assurance), Dublin, on the premium of a new Fire Policy. Also copy circulars
from the Royal Exchange Assurance on motor insurance.
1382 10 March 1931
4 items
Fire Policy (6533802) taken out by Clodagh Shelswell-White with Royal
Exchange Assurance for buildings and two gate lodges on the Bantry Estate
(see attached schedule), for £4,000.
1383 30 June 1933
2 items
Endorsement slips of fire policies (2051926/7 & 2065119) now vested in the
Trustees of the Leigh-White estate, from the Law Union & Rock Insurance
Company Limited. They cover the steward’s house, Bantry for £1,600 and
Glengarriff Lodge for £4,000.
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1384 19 Dec. 1935
Endorsement slip for an insurance policy (2060763) that is vested in the
Trustees for the Estate of Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, from the Law Union
& Rock Insurance Company Limited, signed by W.E. Brenan, with envelope.
1385 5 July 1937 – 11 July 1945
324
2 items
Correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the payment of
and claims on the Estate’s Insurance held by the London & Lancashire
Insurance Company Ltd. and the Law Union & Rock Insurance Company
Limited. Includes a mss list of the Rectors and Vicars of Kilmacomogue from
1411-1926.
1386 29 June 1940
34 items
Marine Policy (M 17 6303) taken out by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White with
the State Assurance Company Limited of Royal Exchange Assurance for
postal conveyances of a Conveyance and a Memorial for £5. It covers marine,
strikes risks, and has war clauses. She agrees to pay to the company the
premium of £0. 1. 6. This was later cancelled.
1387 16 Sept. 1940
2 items
Fire policy (40F0794) taken out by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White with
Messrs. Stopford and Turner, the Royal Exchange Assurance of London. It is
to cover the leases and other legal instruments of her estate, which are covered
only when in the protection of buildings occupied by the Munster and Leinster
Bank Limited, Dame Street, Dublin. They are insured for £1,500, with an
annual premium of £1. 10. 0, from the 5 th June 1940 to the 24 th June 1941. The
first premium is £1. 11. 6. Written on the outside is “?Cancelled”.
1388 24 Sept. 1940
1 item
Marine policy (M 178223) taken out by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White with
the State Assurance Company Limited of Royal Exchange Assurance for road
conveyances of leases, valued at £500 between Dublin and Castletownbere
from 20 th Sept.-10 th Oct. 1940. She agrees to pay the Company a premium of
£0. 12. 6, and after the rate of £0. 2. 6.
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1389 21 Oct. 1941 – 9 Oct. 1982
File containing various insurance policies – Fire, Workman’s Compensation
(Domestic Servants) Eire, Third Party, and Employer’s Indemnity, taken out
by the Bantry Estate. Includes policies taken out by A. R. Cooke, Chapel
Street, Bantry, for fire insurance on various buildings in the Parish of
Kilmacomogue (Parish Church, Snave Church, and the Parish Hall).
1390 2 April 1943
325
114 items
Marine policy (M 195381) taken out by Stopford and Turner (Agents) with the
State Assurance Company Limited of Royal Exchange Assurance, for postal
conveyances of two leases and counterparts of property in Glengariff, for £25.
They agree to pay to the Company £0. 10. 11, as a premium and then the rate
of £0. 43. 6 per cent. It is from on or before the 8 th April 1943 or if dispatched
before 9 th April-1 st May 1943. It has war risks details. This was later
cancelled.
1391 2 July 1953 – 16 Aug. 1957
1 item
Correspondence file relating to the various insurance taken out by the Bantry
Estate. Includes Workmen’s Compensation; Public Liability; Motor Vehicle;
Fire and Accident; Employer’s Liability, taken out with Royal Exchange
Assurance, Dublin, The London & Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd., Cork, The
Century Insurance Company Limited, Dublin, and The Northern Assurance
Company Limited, Dublin.
234 items
1392 21 June 1961 – 9 Dec. 1980
CLOSED
Insurance file entitled “FILE 11 INSURANCES VOL 4”. Includes a Schedule
of Insurances for Bantry Estates Company and Mr. Egerton Richard Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, by Coyle Hamilton (Cork) Limited for 1979.
254 items
1393 29 June 1978 – 5 Nov. 1981
CLOSED
Insurance policies for the Bantry Estates Company with Coyle Hamilton
(Cork) Limited for Employers’ Liability, Fire and Public Liability.
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1394 1 Nov. 1978 – 28 Aug. 1979
CLOSED
Correspondence between the Bantry Estates Company and Coyle Hamilton
(Incorporated Insurance Brokers) on the cancellation of insurance policies in
the name of Clodagh Shelswell-White and the new policies in the name of
Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes premiums of policies.
326
13 items
1395 3 – 26 March 1982
CLOSED
Schedule of Insurance for the Bantry Estate Co. Limited, Bantry, Co. Cork,
prepared by Coyle Hamilton (Cork) Ltd. Includes correspondence between
Peter Sreenan (Coyle Hamilton (Cork) Ltd.) and A. R. Cooke (Bantry Estates
Co. Ltd.).
1396 [nd]
8 items
Endorsement slip for an insurance policy (061832) taken out by the Trustees
of the late Edward E. Leigh-White with the Law Union & Rock Insurance
Company, Limited. Includes envelope that held slip.
4.8 Invoices
1397 29 Jan. 1925
3 items
Invoice from W. Drummond & Sons, Ltd. (Seed Merchants and Nurserymen),
Dublin, for goods transported to W. Stevens (Caretaker), for [Bantry House
gardens].
1398 1926 – 1929
File containing invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought
by Mrs. Leigh-White and Mrs. Shelswell-White, from London businesses and
hotels. Includes mss letters from [A. Murray Lester], Lowndes Square,
London, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, asking after her and Delia (Jan.-July
1929).
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1399 1930 – 1932
1400 1931
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Leigh-White and Mrs. Shelswell-White, from London businesses and hotels.
327
78 items
Invoices from Biggs & Co. Ltd, Bantry Electrical Supply, John Sweeny for
repair carried out to Estate property in Bantry town, and Murphy and
O’Connor Limited, Bantry Steam Saw Mills, Bantry, for supplies bought
during November 1931.
1401 1933 – 1934
1402 1935
1403 1936
1404 1937
5 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Leigh-White and Mrs. Shelswell-White, from London and Lymington
businesses and hotels. Includes typed letters from Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd.
on reservations on ships bound for Zanzibar; and a calling card for the Earl of
Bantry.
96 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Leigh-White and Mrs. Shelswell-White, from London and Cork businesses
and hotels.
63 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and London businesses and hotels.
135 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and London businesses.
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1405 1939
1406 1940
1407 1941
1408 1942
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and Dublin businesses and hotels. Includes
a report from Norvic House School on Egerton Shelswelll-White (Summer
1939).
328
66 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought Mrs.
Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and Dublin businesses and hotels. Includes
lists of plants and seeds bought from Drummond & Son, Dublin; and
specifications of an air-raid shelter by Smith & Pearson Ltd, Dublin.
106 items
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Leigh-White and Mrs. Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and Dublin
businesses and hotels. Also course text books and the script of a German test
taken by Mrs. Leigh-White from the Pelman Languages Institute, London; and
lists of seeds bought from W. Drummond & Sons, Dublin.
3 files
File of invoices and receipts for goods, business and personal, bought by Mrs.
Shelswell-White, from local, Cork and Dublin businesses and hotels.
1409 27 Nov. 1956 – 20 Feb. 1965
42 items
File containing invoices, services bills (ESB and telephone), rates, wage forms
of Bantry Estate workers, and income tax relief information for Geoffrey
Shelswell-White to residents outside the United Kingdom and East Africa.
77 items
1410 1978 – 1980
CLOSED
File entitled “Bantry Business” containing invoices from local businesses –
Vickery & Co.; Murphy & O’Connor Ltd (Timber Importers & Builders
Providers); Biggs & Co. Ltd. (Cornmillers, Merchants and Manufacturers),
etc. Includes a typed “Projection for 1979/80” for the Bantry Estate, with mss
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comments; and a coloured [postcard] of two people sitting outside on a
veranda at a holiday in [Europe], a scene from the early 20 th century.
329
121 items
1411 1979 – 1982
CLOSED
File containing invoices, bank statements, and receipts related to the accounts
of the Bantry [Estates Company].
4.9 Receipts
1412 30 May 1919 – 9 Sept. 1920
338 items
Receipts from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes receipts of quit rents and
fees; tithe rent-charges from the Irish Land Commission (Church
Temporalities Account); insurance and assurance receipts; earnings from the
Glengariff Demesne; building repairs; travel receipts for the transport of the
Tapestries to London; wages; groceries; income tax payments; poor rates
payments; and lodgements to bank.
1413 30 June 1930
2 files
A draft of ‘Receipts and Payments’ made out of the Shelswell-White Estate.
1414 29 Oct. 1932 – 3 Feb. 1933
Paid telephone bills for Glengarriff.
1415 15 – 21 Feb. 1933
2pp
5 items
Receipts of payment from the Bantry Electricity Supply Company by the
Estate Office, The Quay, and from the West Cork Board of Public Health by
the Bantry Estate Office for water supply to the Gate Lodge and Estate Office.
1416 23 July 1934 – 9 Nov. 1940
2 items
Type list of Deposit Receipts for the Shelswell-White Estate.
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1417 1936 – 1940
Files containing invoices and receipts from businesses; Council rate payments;
various insurance receipts; lodgement slips; and wages slips.
1418 1936 – 1940
330
1p
4 files
Box file marked “Estate of Shelswell-White – Receipts” arranged
alphabetically. Includes receipts from local businesses, income tax payments,
rates, telephone bills, and wages.
1419 1940 – 1943
11 files
Box file marked “Estate of Shelswell-White– Receipts” arranged
alphabetically. Includes receipts from local businesses, income tax payments,
rates, telephone bills, and wages. Many of the receipts are stamped “ Stokes
Brothers and Pim Auditors”.
1420 1943 – 1944
12 files
File containing invoices and receipts from businesses; Council rate payments;
various insurance receipts; lodgement slips; and wages slips.
1421 1946 – 1976
1422 1959
140 items
Receipts and invoices from local and national businesses. Two files contain
Glengarriff receipts and expenses, lodgement receipts for the Shelswell-White
Estate no.1 account, bog rents for 1950, all relating to Estate [timber sales],
and Return of Wages to the Bantry Office. In both files the items were
wrapped in a rental sheet for the year ending 30 th June 1946. Details
information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gale
Days; Arrears; Year’s Rent to; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears; Income
Tax; Allowances; Abatements; Date of Payment; Observations.
Telephone rental bills.
44 files
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1423 May 1961 – May 1983
1424 1961
Receipts and invoices relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
ESB receipts and telephone rental.
1425 1962 – 1963
1426 1963
331
7 items
5 files
8 items
Mixed financial records – ESB receipts, telephone rental and household
expenses. Includes coins amounting to £0. 1. 8 with Keohane invoice.
Bank statements, and a receipt for medical treatment.
1427 6 April 1964 – 4 Feb. 1965
1428 1964
1429 1965
2 files
11 items
Receipts showing money received by the Bantry Estate from the Trustee
Department of Bank of Ireland on the Marriage Settlement of Clodagh E. M.
Shelswell-White.
19 items
Bank statements, cheques, and cheque stubs (some stubs are from 1965).
Includes a pocket diary, with pencil entries, belonging to [Clodagh Shelswell-
White].
158 items
Cheques for January and February, debit receipt, envelope addressed to
Egerton Shelswell-White, and a list of monies owed to local businesses for
September-October.
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1430 1966
1431 1969
1432 1970
1433 1972
1434 1973
CLOSED
Various bills to the Shelswell-White Estate from local businesses, medical
bills, household items and subscriptions to charity organisations. Includes
cheques and financial receipts.
Bank statements, cheques and ESB bills. Includes a pocket diary.
Receipts and invoices from the ESB and the Department of Posts and
Telegraphs.
ESB bills and invoices from businesses.
332
4 files
151 items
6 items
7 items
Bank statements, and cheques from Allied Irish Banks Limited. Invoices from
local and national businesses.
4.10 Stocks, Shares and Investments
1435 2 May 1908 – 18 Jan. 1921
2 files
Correspondence between Child & Co. (Brokers), Fleet Street, London, and
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Wexford, on the sale of shares from the Aerated Bread
Company, on behalf of Ellis, Edward E. Leigh-White (deceased) and C. E.
Broughton (deceased). Includes mss letter from [Broughton, Broughton &
Holt] to Ellis acknowledging receipt of the marriage settlement of Rev. E. V.
& Mrs. O’Connor, and agreeing to the settlement and securities held by the
Trustees deposited at Messrs Childs’ Bank (2 nd May 1908).
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1436 24 Aug. 1923
Notice from Child & Co. (Brokers), Fleet Street, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), on
the purchase of Lever Brothers Limited shares from Bower & Wrey, in the
account of Ellis, Edward E. Leigh-White (deceased), and C. E. Broughton
(deceased).
1437 8 Nov. 1923
333
2 items
Typed list of Trustee securities from Bower & Wrey, London, owned by the
Leigh-White Estate. Details information under headings – Amount; Stock;
Price; Gross Income. Mss notes have been made.
1438 7 Jan. – 11 Dec. 1924
Correspondence file between the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate and
Bower & Wrey (Stockbrokers) on investments made by the Trustees on behalf
of the Estate.
1439 31 Dec. 1924 – 25 Sept. 1925
1p
33 items
File entitled “Investments”. Includes correspondence between Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, and Richard Longfield and Oliver Marton (fellow Trustees of
the Estate), and Bower & Wrey (Stockbrokers), London, on investments held
for the Estate.
49 items
1440 14 April 1925 – 9 Oct. 1930
see also
1445
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), the Estate Offices, Anglesea
Buildings, Anglesea Street, Dublin, and Geoffrey Shelswell-White,
Insgatestone, Essex, and on board the SS Matiana, in which they discuss
various insurance and stock belonging to the Estate.
1441 7 Jan. – 16 Aug. 1926
19 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Messrs. Bower &
Wrey (Brokers), London, on dividends due on shares held in Trust for the
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Estate and Arethusa Leigh-White.
1442 15 March – 1 Sept. 1927
334
3 items
File entitled “Investments”. Includes correspondence between Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, and Richard Longfield (fellow Trustee of the Estate), Bower
& Wrey (Stockbrokers), London, and Dudgeon & Sons (Government Stock &
Share Brokers), Dublin, on investments held for the Estate.
1443 [21 May 1927]
51 items
Marketing flyers for the purchase of New South Wales Government 5¼%
Conversion Loan 1947-1957.
1444 Oct. 1927
8 items
Typed list of stocks and shares held by the Leigh-White Estate. Gives
information under headings – price, type of stock; Bought; Date; Sold; and
Date.
1445 1927 – July 1933
see also
1440
Documents relating to the stocks and shares owned by the Shelswell-White
and Leigh-White Estates. Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Fred
Sutton (Solicitor) and Bower &Wrey (Stockbrokers), London, discusses the
sale of certain stock. Includes a copy of the clause authorising investments in
the Shelswell-White Marriage Settlement, 21 st October 1926; and rental
accounts for Castletown Bere, Glengarriff Village, Town of Bantry, and
Parsons Bridge (1932).
1446 24 – 25 April 1930
1p
37 items
Letter from Bower & Wrey (Stockbrokers), London, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
advising a change in the shares held by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes a list of shares held by [the Estate], giving information under – Divds
due; Price about; Yield about; and Redeemable Lines are worked by B. A. &
Pacific Rly.; and a list of investments in the account of Arethusa Leigh-White.
Information is given under headings – STOCK; DIVIDENDS; PRICE;
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YIELD PER CENT.
1447 27 Nov. 1930
335
3 items
Receipt from the Provincial Bank of Ireland of a certificate dated 16 th Oct.
1930 for £1,500, 4% debenture stock of the Great Southern Railway
Company, from Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White.
1448 9 June 1933 – 7 April 1941
2 items
Receipt of purchase of Australia Stock and Land Bonds from Messrs. Child &
Co. (Brokers) lodged by Messrs. Longfield, Ellis and Marton (Trustees of the
Leigh-White Estate) and dividend payments.
1449 1 May 1941
9 items
Contract note of purchase of £2,992. 5. 0 3% War Loan by Ellis, Marton and
Proby (Trustees of the Bantry Estate), sent by Bruce, Symes and Williams,
Brokers, 37 Dame Street, Dublin, with acknowledgement of payment of
£3,000 to cover purchase, costs and commission. Includes the envelope.
1450 5 Dec. 1962 – 18 Feb. 1982
2 items
File entitled “DIVIDEND VOUCHERS FOR CURRENT YEAR” containing
documents relating to shares held in the name of Clodagh, and Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, and Rachel Leigh-White, and dividends from same. Includes
copy typed letter from A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate, to Mr. French
(Sutton & Co., Solicitors), Dublin, detailing the financial Estate of Clodagh
Shelswell-White, and income tax payment certificates for the 1960s.
4.11 Release of Capital
1451 2 June 1948
165 items
Release made between Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in the first
part, Arethusa Leigh-White, Bantry House, second part, and the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited,
College Green, Dublin, third part. Arethusa Leigh-White releases the
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securities and sum of cash (see schedule) from the payment of her Jointure
Rent Charge of £500 on the Estate. Signed and sealed.
1452 9 Dec. 1954 – 21 Feb. 1957
Correspondence between Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White, the Estate
Solicitors, and Trustees, relating to disentailment, and release of capital from
the Estate. Includes a Cash Capital Account for the period from 30 th June,
1956 to the 20 th September, 1956.
1453 15 – 28 May 1956
336
4pp
3 files
Copy Supplemental Case for C. F. Matheson (Counsel), to give his opinion on
what course to take on the Release of Capital from the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes a copy of the further opinion of Matheson.
1454 18 May – 25 July 1956
Letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, enclosing summaries of
the Estate Accounts. The letter explains the expenses of the Estate.
1455 28 May – 2 June 1956
5pp
4 items
Observations on Mr. Matheson’s (Counsel) Opinion by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White on the release of capital from the Shelswell-White Estate. Includes a
rough draft of the case, and copies of both.
1456 21 June – 5 July 1956
4 items
Exhibits “I” and “J” in Clodagh Shelswell-White’s affidavit of the 5 th July
1956. One is the draft of the Disentailing Deed between Egerton Shelswell-
White, Clodagh Shelswell-White, and Raymond French. The other is the draft
Surrender and Release between Egerton Shelswell-White, Arethusa Leigh-
White, Rachel Leigh-White, Clodagh Shelswell-White, and the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland and another. They have corrections in red ink
by [Geoffrey Shelswell-White].
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1457 27 June 1956
Copy of the [Originating] Summons to the Governor and Company of the
Bank of Ireland and the Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, and Egerton
Shelswell-White, to appear in the High Court on the 18 th July 1956. It is to
hear the claim of Clodagh Shelswell-White, among others, to accept from
Egerton Shelswell-White a Surrender of his interest in the remainder under the
Resettlement in Stocks to the total value of £11,000. Typed on the back of the
summons is an acceptance by Tweedy and McMahon of the Summons on
behalf of Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes a draft of the summons.
1458 28 June 1956
337
2 items
Notice of Entry of Appearance of Egerton Shelswell-White in the High Court
in the Action taken by Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes memorandum of
same.
1459 5 July 1956
2 items
Notice of Entry of Appearance at the High Court of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland, and the Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited.
1460 6 – 10 July 1956
4 items
Notice that the affidavit of Clodagh Shelswell-White has been filed in the
Central Office of the High Court
1461 18 July 1956
1 item
Draft of a Disentailing Deed made between Egerton Shelswell-White in the
first part, Clodagh Shelswell-White in the second part, and Raymond French
(Solicitor) in the third part. Egerton assigns to French the stocks (see schedule)
standing in the name of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and
the Bank of Ireland Trustee Company Limited. French is to hold them in trust
for Egerton as personal estate. It is amended and approved by McMahon &
Tweedy on behalf of Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes copy of same.
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1462 24 July 1956
Copy letter from Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dame Street, Dublin 2, to Messrs.
McMahon & Tweedy (Solicitors), 13 Hume Street, Dublin, accounting for the
£11,000 figure for release of funds, required by Clodagh Shelswell-White.
There are notes at the back of the document accounting for the funds.
1463 24 July 1956
Typed cover letter from Raymond French (Solicitor, Sutton & Co), Dublin, to
Garrett E. Gill (Counsel), Killiney, Co. Dublin, informing him of letters he has
written to McMahon & Tweedy (Solicitors). These letters are not included.
1464 25 July 1956
Exhibit referred to in the Affidavit sworn by Raymond French in the matter of
E. E. Shelswell-White (Plaintiff) and the Governor & Company of the Bank of
Ireland (Defendants). It is a letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White to French
relating to the Release of Capital, with the sale of one of the tapestries from
the house.
1465 28 Aug. 1956
Disentailing Deed made between Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in
the first part, Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in the second part, and
Raymond French (Solicitor), Dublin. Egerton Shelswell-White assigns to
French the stocks and shares now standing in the names of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited, in
trust for Egerton. Includes a schedule of the stocks and shares involved in the
Deed. Signed by all parties.
1466 5 Sept. 1956
Surrender made between Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in the first
part, Arethusa Leigh-White, Dunnamark House, Bantry, in the second part,
Rachel Leigh-White, Rennacoppal, Ahakista, Durrus, in the third part,
Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, in the fourth part, and the Governor
and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited,
College Green, Dublin, in the fifth part. Egerton Shelswell-White, Arethusa
Leigh-White and Rachel Leigh-White release and surrender stocks and shares
unto Clodagh Shelswell White. She releases the shares from the powers given
1466 contd..
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1467 [1956]
to her by the Re-Settlement to charge the property with rent charges, £500 for
Geoffrey Shelswell White, and a £20,000 portion for younger children.
Includes a schedule of the shares surrendered. Signed and sealed.
Draft [summons] drawn up by [Garrett Gill] ([Barrister-at-Law]) relating to
Clodagh Shelswell-White’s case.
4.12 Estate, Death and Succession Duties
1468 5 Feb. 1916
Schedules of lands owned by the Leigh-White Estate for the Congested
Districts Board of Ireland, including schedules of the lands to remain unsold
and the lands to be sold from the Estate. Details headings under –
DENOMINATION; CLASS 1 (Total area of lands in each townland held
under tenancies); CLASS II (Total area of lands in each townland held under
agistment); CLASS III (Total Area of Demesne and parcels of land in each
townland which Vendor desires to sell and NOT repurchase); CLASS IV
(Total area of Demesne…which Vendor desires to sell and repurchase);
Particulars of Ancient Monuments. Amendments in area were made on 16 th
May 1917.
1469 3 July 1917 – [6 Dec. 1929]
339
7pp
6pp
22ff
Copy of an “Account” of property chargeable with Estate Duty on the death of
Edward Leigh-White. Includes a schedule of lands purchased by the
Congested Districts Board for Ireland from the late Leigh-White, for £79,876.
0. 0 3% Guaranteed Land Stock and £600 cash, agreed on the 14 th May 1914.
It shows the value of this at the time of his death, less deductions. Also a copy
of part of the Dublin Gazette (3 rd July 1917), showing the lands purchased,
their OS numbers, and Statute Measure area.
1470 28 April 1920 – 14 Aug. 1933
3 items
Affirmation of the Estate Duty payable on the Estate of the late Edward Leigh-
White, sworn by Arethusa Leigh-White. Includes various Schedules giving
information on money out on mortgage; particulars of real Estate directed be
to sold in the Deceased’s lifetime and remaining unpaid; personal estate in
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1471 [1920]
Bantry House; livestock and machinery evaluation; rents; names and addresses
of Creditors and the description of Debt; and Personal Estate, etc…. Attached
is an estimate of the Estate of Edward Leigh-White sent to the Inland Revenue
(Aug. 1933).
340
3 items
Completed Estate Duty form from the death of Edward Leigh-White, Bantry
House. Includes a summary showing the particulars of the lands and premises
that are unsold at the time of his death, valued at £24,485. 13. 11.
1472 20 – 28 Jan. 1921
3 items
Corrective Affidavits for the Inland Revenue on the debts due after the death
of Edward Leigh-White. It has been affirmed by George Green (Solicitor),
Sutton & Co, Dublin. Includes a schedule of the corrected debts; and fees due
to the King’s Bench Division (Probate) in procession the document.
1473 1 June 1922 – 10 April 1923
4 items
Accounts of the Estate of the late Edward Leigh-White filed in the Court of
the Irish Land Commission.
1474 5 Oct. 1922 – 19 Dec. 1929
Copy of the Account of Succession Duty to be paid by Clodagh Shelswell-
White on the death of Edward Leigh-White. Includes schedule “A”, which is
the an extract from the Dublin Gazette (3 rd July 1917) of the lands purchased
by the Congested Districts Board for Ireland from Leigh-White, and an
account of the purchase less deductions at the time of his death. The lands of
Adrigole and Derrylough are underlined in pencil.
1475 6 – 28 Nov. 1928
2pp
5 items
Copy Corrective Affidavit sworn by Arethusa Leigh-White for the Estate Duty
to be paid on the death of Edward Leigh-White. Includes papers that relate to
the affidavit, a statement of account paid to Mrs. Leigh-White from the Estate
from March – July 1923. The Duty to be paid is £3,920. 0. 3.
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1476 5 Oct. 1929 – [9 Jan. 1930]
Copy of the Account of property chargeable with Estate Duty on the death of
Edward Leigh-White. Includes a schedule of the lands held in fee simple, and
deductables, at the time of death. The back of the form is stamped “£403. 5. 9
REPAID” (6 th Sept. 1940).
1477 11 Oct. 1929
341
2 items
[Draft] Schedule of Particulars of Houses and Lands of the Estates of the late
Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House, Bantry. Details headings under - Precise
Situation; District Electoral Division; County; Name of Lessee or Direct
Tenant; Acreage (Statuate); Poor Law Valuation Houses Lands; Tenure of
Deceased’s Interest; Tenure of Interest; Rent at which property is let; Nature
of Annual Deductions; Amount of Annual Deductions; Net Annual Value; No.
of years purchase; Estimated Gross Principal Value; etc… It is for the Bantry
Demesne and Town, and Glengarriff [Estates]. They are marked (a) – (e).
1478 11 Oct. 1929
11 items
Schedule of Particulars of Buildings and Lands of the late Edward Leigh-
White, Bantry House, Bantry. Details headings under – Consecutive Numbers
of Lots; Situation of Property; Name of Lessee or Direct Tenant; Acreage
(Statute); Poor Law Valuation; Land Purchase Annuity; Redemption Value of
Land Purchase; Tenure of Deceased’s Interest; Rent or other Annual out-going
to which the property is liable; Rent at which the Property is Let; Tenure of
Interest out of which Rent is payable; Annual Deductions; Net Annual Value;
No of year’s purchase; Estimated Principal Value; PARTICULARS OF SALE
SINCE DATE OF DEATH; IDENTIFICATION; Official Opinion of Principal
Value. Each is marked with (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) on the outside.
1479 11 Oct. – 18 Dec. 1929
40 items
Copy of the Account of Succession Duty to be paid by Shelswell-White on the
death of Edward Leigh-White. Includes a schedule of the lands of the estate
unsold at the time of his death.
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1480 11 Oct. 1929 – [17 June 1932]
Copy of an “Account” of property chargeable with Estate Duty on the death of
Edward Leigh-White. Includes a re-evaluation of the unsold property; and a
schedule of the unsold property.
1481 20 Sept. 1930
342
4 items
Copy questions from the Estate Duty Office, Dublin Castle, on particulars of
the Leigh-White Estate.
1482 9 Oct. 1939 – 3 Dec. 1940
Documents relating to the payment of Succession Duty on charges of £36,000
and £8,329. 0. 2 on the Shelswell-White Estate, and the liability of Clodagh
Shelswell-White. Includes Counsel’s opinion, and a typed summary of the
Shelswell-White Estate Succession.
1483 1 – 31 Aug. 1940
1p
9 items
Corrective Account of property chargeable with Estate Duty on the death of
Edward Leigh-White. They had estimated the duty at 16% instead of 14% at
the time of payment. They are now claiming a repayment of the overpaid
amount.
1484 25 Nov. 1940
3 items
[Corrected] Accounts of Succession Duty to be paid by Clodagh Shelswell-
White on the death of Edward Leigh-White. Deductions have been applied for
from the Succession Duty Account lodged on the 11 th Oct. 1929.
1485 9 May – 22 Oct. 1942
Provisional Assessment of the Estate Duty payable on the death of Baroness
Trevor. Includes a statement of account for the jointure charge of £1,215. 9. 10
on the estate for Baroness Trevor, and a statement of title determining the
charge.
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1486 24 Oct. – 7 Nov. 1942
An Account of the Succession Duty to be paid by Clodagh Shelswell-White on
the death of Rosamund Catherine Baroness Trevor.
1487 [1944 – 1947]
343
4pp
Accounts for the payment of Estate and Succession Duties to be paid by
Clodagh Shelswell-White on the sale of timber from the Bantry Estate,
amounting to £654. 8. 0.
1488 19 – 26 Jan. 1948
2 items
Accounts for the payment of Estate and Succession Duty by Clodagh
Shelswell-White on the death of Olivia Charlotte Lady Ardilaun, on the lands
of Reenmeen , Co. Cork. Includes schedule of Particulars of Lands; draft
account of Estate Duty; and statement on the ‘title’ of the lands.
1489 28 Sept. – 31 Oct. 1949
6 items
Letter from the Manager, Trustee Department of the Bank of Ireland to Messrs
Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors) enclosing the Corrective Account of property
chargeable with Estate Duty on the Shelswell-White Estate. This refers to the
sales of timber from the Estate, and its operational costs from the June 1947-
1949.
1490 30 March 1960
8 items
Letter from J. J. Barry (Office of the Revenue Commissioners), Estate Duty
Branch, 21, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin, to Messrs Fred Sutton & Co.
(Solicitors) 52, Dame Street, Dublin. It relates to refunds from the Revenue
Commissioners on Estate Duty paid on the death of Edward Leigh-White in
1929 and 1932.
1491 24 Nov. – 29 Dec. 1962
[Draft] Account for payment of Estate Duty on the personal estate of the late
Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes information on the cost of his
hospitalisation and funeral; and a list of his Irish and English stocks and
1491 contd..
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shares.
1492 3 Jan. 1963
344
8 items
Copy Affidavit of Estate Duty payable on the personal estate in Great Britain
of the late Geoffrey H. Shelswell-White. Includes information of his pensions
and a statement of his stocks and shares.
1493 29 Jan. 1968
4 items
Copy Corrective Affidavit for Estate Duty payable on the sale of a four-poster
bed (an heirloom) from the Estate of the late Edward Leigh-White
1494 19 April 1978
see also
Section B.4.10
Copy summary of the valuation of the Leigh-White Marriage Settlement Trust
Irish and English stock, from Messrs Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), 52 Dame
Street, Dublin.
1495 [nd]
Accounts for the payment of Estate and Succession Duties to be paid by
Clodagh Shelswell-White on the sale of “Orlando Furoso” ceiling paintings at
Bantry House, Bantry, for £1,200.
4.13 Bantry Town Tolls
1496 28 March 1903 – 31 July 1978
2pp
4pp
2 items
File entitled “BANTRY TOLLS and MARKETS” containing correspondence
between the Estate and the Bantry Town Commissioners on where the rights
for the fairs and markets in Bantry town are vested. Includes a list of “Tolls
Collections” for the seasons 1956/7 – 1959/60; Counsel’s advice on matters
relating to the Tolls (1917); Tenancy Agreements for Market and Fair Rights
between Edward E. Leigh-White and Timothy McCarthy (Victualler), Bantry
(1903 and 1905); and newspaper articles. Also research notes on Tolls carried
out by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
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1497 March 1978
345
100 items
Letter from the Bantry Estates Company granting the tolls payable out of
markets and fairs in the town of Bantry to the Bantry Chamber of Commerce.
Its Trustees, for the purpose of taking on the assignment of the Charter are
Sean P. O’Luasa (Dentist), Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, and Brendan
Minehane (Company Director), Dromleigh South, Bantry, as shown in a letter
from Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor), Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry. Includes
photocopies of the two Grants of Tolls in Bantry, by Charles II to the Earl of
Anglesey on the 15 th March [1673], and an extract from the Grant by William
III to John [Davis] on the 10 th March [1702].
1498 June – Aug. 1978
4 items
Deed of Gift made by the Bantry Estates Company, Gardner House,
Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, to Sean P. O’Luasa, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, and
Brendan Minehane, Dromleigh South, Bantry (Trustees of the Bantry
Chamber of Commerce). It is for the Tolls of Markets and Fairs in Bantry, to
hold in fee simple, subject to the yearly payment of £0. 0. 8 (33½ pence
decimal currency). Includes two drafts of the deed of gift.
4.14 Accounts
1499 June 1775 – April 1779
3 items
A list of money lent at Interest by [Richard/William] White to various
individuals, H. Hutchinson, Richard Longfield, William Connor, Captain
Davies, Col. Longfield, [ ] Alloyn, Captain Longfield.
1500 29 Sept. 1896 – 29 Sept. 1897
Mss Accounts of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., to accompany Rental 29 th September 1896 to 29 th September 1897 by F.
A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry.
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1501 29 Sept. 1898 – 29 Sept. 1899
Mss Accounts of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., to accompany Rental 29 th September 1898 to 29 th September 1899 by F.
A. B. Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry (24 July 1900).
1502 29 Sept. 1899 – 29 Sept. 1900
346
14pp & 3 enclosures
Mss Accounts of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., to accompany Rental 29 th September 1899 to 29 th September 1900 by F.
A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry (28 th June 1901).
1503 2 April 1901 – 3 May 1921
20pp
Account book relating to the administration of the Bantry Estate by Turner &
Ellis, including their accounts with “Sundry Persons” and the Provincial Bank.
1504 29 Sept. 1901 – 29 Sept. 1902
85pp & enclosure
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., by F. A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry (5 th Aug. 1903).
1505 29 Sept. 1902 – 23 June 1903
17pp
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq. listing the Quit and Crown Rents, Head Rents, Town and Water Rates,
Salaries to Bailiffs and Gamekeepers, Subscriptions, and Sporting Lettings,
amongst others.
1506 [1904 – 1905]
17pp
[Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq.]
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1507 29 Sept. 1905 – 29 Sept. 1906
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., by F. A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry.
1508 29 Sept. 1908 – 29 Sept. 1909
347
20pp & enclosure
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., by F. A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry (25 th Jan. 1911).
1509 1 Nov. 1908
22pp
Rental and Account of Expenditure of One ½ Year’s Interest of the East
Muskerry Estate of E. E. Leigh-White ending 1 st November 1908, from Turner
& Ellis (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (3 rd April 1909). Details under
headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’ Names; One ½ Year’s Interest 1
May 1909; Total Rent due; Received; Income Tax.
1510 1 May 1909
Rental and Account of Expenditure of One ½ Year’s Interest on the East
Muskerry Estate of E. E. Leigh-White, from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry (19 th Oct. 1909). Details under headings – No.; Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; One ½ Year’s Interest 1 May 1909; Total Rent due;
Received; Income Tax.
1511 29 Sept. 1909
Mss draft Bantry Estate Account for One Year ending 29 th September 1909
from the Estate Office, Bantry (25 th Jan. 1911).
1512 1 Nov. 1910
3pp
3pp
22pp
Rental and Account of Expenditure of One ½ Year’s Interest on the East
Muskerry Estate of E. E. Leigh-White, from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry (16 th Feb. 1911). Details under headings – No.; Denominations;
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Tenants’ Names; Arrears due up to; One ½ Year’s; Int. 1 May 12; Total Rent
due; Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income Tax; Purchase
Money of Each holding; and Observations.
1513 1 May – 14 Nov. 1912
Rental and Accounts of “EXPENDITURE OF ONE ½ YEAR’S RENT and
Interest and 14 days of the East Muskerry Estate of E E Leigh-White Esq.”
produced by Turner & Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry (Sept. 1912-April
1913). Details information under headings – No.; Denominations; Tenants’
Names; Arrears due up to; One ½ Year’s Int. 1 May 12; Total Rent due;
Received; Arrears to; Poor Rate; County Cess; Income Tax; Purchase Money
of Each holding; and Observations. Includes the accounts of Frederick A. B.
Turner with Edward E. Leigh-White detailing payments of Quit Rents; to the
Board of Works; and Rates and Taxes.
1514 29 Sept. 1912 – 29 Sept 1913
348
3pp
2 items
Mss Draft Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the
Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-
White, Esq., by F. A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry.
1515 29 Sept. 1913 – 29 Sept. 1914
13pp
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental and Arrears of the Bantry,
Glengarriff, Bere, and Berehaven Estates of Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Esq., by F. A. B. Turner, (Agent), Estate Office, Bantry.
1516 29 Sept. 1915 – 29 Sept. 1916
13pp
Account of Expenditure of one year’s rental of the Bantry of the Bantry Estate
of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry. Includes an account book (6pp) detailing information under headings
– Case No.; Rgn.; Minutes; Name; Address; Amount of Grant; Dates of
Payments; Total Amount paid for ½ Year; Remarks. Also written in pencil are
different accounts that tally with later accounts from the mid-20 th century –
weekly wages, Repairs and Water supply.
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1517 29 Sept. 1918
Draft Account of Expenditure of one year’s rental of the Bantry of the Bantry
Estate of Edward Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry (16 th Sept. 1919). Includes information on various rents and
expenses out of the Estate; Sundry Receipts; and the account Messrs Turner &
Ellis with Edward E Leigh-White Esq.
1518 29 Sept. 1918 – 21 Sept. 1919
349
15pp
Account of Expenditure of one year’s rental of the Bantry Estate of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White by Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (21 st
Sept. 1920). Includes information on various rents and expenses out of the
Estate; Receipts; and the account Messrs Turner & Ellis with E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Also copies and drafts.
1519 June 1919 – Aug. 1921
6 items
Mss Receipts and Payments for Account of Turner & Ellis (Agents), for the
management of the E. E. Leigh-White Estate business.
1520 29 Sept. 1919 – 28 Feb. 1920
3 items
Accounts of the Bantry Estate, showing the rental receipts and payments out
of the Estate from 29 th Sept. 1919 – 28 th Feb. 1920, created on 12 th July 1920.
1521 28 Feb. – 31 May 1920
Return of Interest & Rent Received and Payments made for the Bantry Estate.
1522 9 May 1920
Estimate of Annual Income out of the Bantry Estate.
2ff
4pp
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1523 3 July 1920 – 2 July 1921
Mss Accounts of Receipts & Expenditure at Bantry Demesne per Stewards
Account books. Includes information on staff wages, and Incidentals and
Messrs. Turner & Ellis in account with the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate.
1524 29 Sept. 1920
Typed Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental of the Estate of Trustees
of Edward E. Leigh-White Esq. Decd. by Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate
Office, Bantry (Aug. 1921).
1525 29 Sept. – 1 Nov. 1920
1526 [1920]
350
6pp
24pp
Account of Expenditure of One Years Rental of the Estate of the Trustees of
E. E. Leigh-White Esq. Decd. by Stopford & Turner, (Agents), Estate Office,
Bantry (28 th July 1921). Includes information on various rents and expenses
out of the Estate; and Account of Receipts and Expenditure at Bantry
Demesne per standing account books from 3 rd July 1920-2 nd July 1921. Also
draft copy of the accounts.
3 items
Draft mss accounts of the Bantry, Glengarriff, Bere & Berehaven Estates of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White by [F. A. B. Turner], (Agent), Estate Office,
Bantry. Includes wages of workers on the estate.
1527 29 Sept. 1921
22pp & 5 enclosures
Typed Account of Expenditure of rents received of the Bantry Estates of
Trustees of E. E. Leigh-White Esq. Decd. year ending 29 th September 1921 by
Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry. Includes mss draft copy.
1528 29 Sept. 1922
2 items
Draft Account of Expenditure of One Year’s rent of the Bantry Estates of the
Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate of rents received, from the Estate Offices
in Dublin and Bantry. Includes the account of Messrs Turner & Ellis (Agents),
with the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate. Also draft copy of the accounts.
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1529 29 Sept. 1922
351
3 items
Account of Expenditure of One Years Rental of the Estate of Trustees of the
Leigh-White Estate by Turner & Ellis, (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (Nov.
1923).
1530 14 Feb. 1923
29pp
Mss figures for the Gross Income and Outgoings of the Bantry Estate, dating
from 1901-1919.
1531 21 July 1923
2pp
Credit Account notices from The Irish Land Commission to Richard
Longfield, Ernest Ellis, Richard Marton and Brig. Gen. M. S. Brownrigg
(Trustees of the E. E. Leigh-White estate).
1532 29 Sept. 1923 – 19 Feb. 1924
6 items
Account of Receipts & Expenditure of the Estate of Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Decd for year ending 29 th Sept. 1923 by Stopford & Turner,
(Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (16 Sept. 1924). Includes Return for Month
ending 29 th Feb. 1924.
1533 4 Oct. 1923
3 items
Mss Capital Account of the Leigh-White Estate showing various tenants and
the amount of purchase money paid to the Estate by them.
1534 29 Sept. 1924
Two copies of the Account of Receipts & Expenditure of the Estate of
Trustees of E. E. Leigh-White Esq. Decd for year ending [29 th Sept. 1925] by
Stopford & Turner, (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (10 th Aug. 1925). Includes
copy of draft accounts.
1p
3 items

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1535 29 Sept. 1925
Account of Receipts & Expenditure of the Estate of Trustees of E. E. Leigh-
White Esq. Decd for year ending 29 th Sept. 1924 by Stopford & Turner,
(Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (2 nd July-4 th Aug. 1926). Also copies of same
with figures pencilled-in at the side margins.
1536 29 Sept. 1926
1537 1926
352
3 items & 2 enclosure
Typed Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rent of the Bantry, Berehaven
& Glengariff [sic] Estates of the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate ended 29 th
Sept. 1926 by Stopford & Turner, (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (23 rd Aug.
1927). Includes copies and mss copy account from the Estate Office, Bantry.
Typed Bantry Estate Account.
1538 29 Sept. 1927
6 items & 2 enclosures
Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rent of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White ended 29 th Sept. 1927 by
Ernest Ellis for Stopford & Turner, (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (21 st July
1928). Includes copies with figures pencilled-in on the margins.
1539 29 Sept. 1928
1p
5 items & 3 enclosures
Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rent of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White ended 29 th Sept. 1928 by
Ernest Ellis for Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Office, Bantry (11 th July
1929). Includes draft copy with enclosures.
1540 29 Sept. 1930
2 items & 4 enclosures
Rough Draft accounts relating to the running of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Areas covered by the accounts are Income Tax; Payments from the Glengarriff
Demesne, Bantry House & Garden, Glengarriff Lodge, etc; Jointure; Quit
Rents; Insurances; Office; Remittances; Sundries; Poor Rates; Town & water
Rates; and Wages Bantry Demesne. There is a note attached relating to
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accounts from 10 Jan.-19 May 1931.
1541 29 Sept. 1930
353
2 items & enclosure
Draft Accounts of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven
and Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th
Sept. 1930. One copy has been revised and rewritten.
1542 29 Sept. 1930
2 items & 2 enclosures
Typed Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven
& Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White for Year ending 29 th
Sept. 1930 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), with pencilled remarks (24 th Nov.
1931).
1543 29 Sept. 1931
27pp & enclosure
Typed Accounts of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental of the Bantry,
Berehaven & Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E .Shelswell-White for year
ending 29 th Sept. 1931 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin
(21 Nov. 1932). Includes draft account for the same year.
4 items
1544 Oct. 1931
see also
635 – 642
Account for the Shelswell-White Estate, which includes mss list of rents
received from Bantry, Berehaven and Glengarriff, other receipts, and
payments by the Estate.
1545 8 Jan. 1932
Mss Monthly Return for December 1931 from the Bantry Estate.
1546 29 Sept. 1932
Mss Account of Expenditure of One Year’s Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven
& Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th
1546 contd..
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Sept. 1932, by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (27 th Feb.
1934). Includes two draft accounts for the same year.
1547 29 Sept. 1933
354
3 items & enclosure
Typed Account of Expenditure Rentals of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept.
1933 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (21 st May 1935).
Includes two copies of draft accounts for the same year.
1548 29 Sept. 1934
3 items & enclosure
Typed Account of Expenditure Rentals of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept.
1934 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (24 th Oct. 1935).
Includes a draft copy and typed copy of the accounts. Also income tax
declaration formss for Bantry Rural and Castletownbere.
1549 29 Sept. 1935
3 items & 8 enclosures
Typed Account of Expenditure Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven & Glengarriff
Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept. 1935 by
Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (1 st Oct. 1936). Includes a
copy of a draft account for the same year.
1550 29 Sept. 1937
2 items
Typed Accounts of Expenditure, Rentals of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept.
1937 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin. One copy is
heavily amended.
1551 29 Sept. 1938
2 items
Typed Account of Expenditure, Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven & Glengarriff
Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept. 1938 by
Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (21 st Sept. 1939). Includes
draft account for the same year.
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1552 5 April 1939 – 31 Dec. 1944
File containing Munster & Leinster Bank cheque payments by Turner & Ellis
(Agents), on behalf of the Bantry Estate.
1553 29 Sept. 1939
355
346 items
Mss draft Account of Expenditure, Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept.
1939 by Stopford & Turner (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin (7 th Oct. 1940).
1554 29 Sept. 1940
19pp
Mss draft Account of Expenditure, Rental of the Bantry, Berehaven and
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ended 29 th Sept.
1940.
1555 30 April – 29 Sept. 1941
18pp & 4 enclosures
Typed Account of Expenditure of Bantry, Berehaven & Glengarriff Estates of
Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for year ending 29 th Sept. 1941.
1556 23 March 1942 – 12 Oct. 1943
2 items
File containing accounts from the Bantry Estate. Includes receipts from the
Munster & Leinster Bank, Ltd, Bantry; draft conarce (grazing) agreements;
and draft accounts.
25 items
1557 June 1942 – March 1943
Accounts of the Shelswell-White Estate, Bantry (return of rents, etc.).
1558 31 Jan. 1943
20 items
Mss pencil Monthly Account of the Shelswell-White Estate up to 31 st January,
1943. Includes [Recon…] of Bank Balances.
2 items

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1559 28 Feb. – 6 March 1943
Rough draft of the Monthly Account up to 28 th February 1943. Includes
Weekly Return of Rents for 1 st -6 th March 1943; lodgement slip for Munster &
Leinster Bank; and [statement] of bank balances.
1560 25 March 1943
356
5 items
Typed Account of the Bantry, Berehaven & Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E.
Shelswell-White for the 1½ year ended 25 March 1943 by [Stopford &
Turner] (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin. Includes mss copy for the same year.
1561 31 March 1943
2 items
Incomplete [accounts] from the Shelswell-White Bantry Estate. Includes one
entry “Ministry of Defence 1 months rent to 31 st March 1943, of part of
Bantry House.” Also copy Monthly Returns for the Shelswell-White Estate;
and bank transactions.
1562 30 April – 31 May 1943
3 items
Typed Reconcilement of Bank Balance of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes Receipts from the Bantry and Glengarriff Estates for April 1943.
1563 31 May – 25 June 1943
3 items
Typed letter from A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, to Messrs Stopford &
Turner (Agents), Estate Office, Dublin, about May accounts of the Shelswell-
White Estate. Includes amended monthly account and the Return of Rents
Account for May.
1564 30 Nov. – 31 Dec. 1943
3 items
Estate Accounts, giving the rentals. Details information under headings – No.;
Denominations; Tenants’ Names; Gale Days; Arrears; Rent to Year’s; Total
Rent due; Received; Arrears; Income Tax; Allowances; Abatements; Date of
Payment; Observations.
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1565 [1943]
Partial expenses for the Shelswell-White Estate; wages, telephone account,
and the running of the Bantry Estate Office.
1566 25 March – 30 June 1944
Typed Accounts of Expenditure of the Bantry, Berehaven, Castletownbere &
Glengarriff Estates of Mrs. C. E. Shelswell-White for one year ended 25 th
March 1944 by [Stopford & Turner] (Agents), Estate Offices, Dublin. Includes
mss account for the same year.
1567 20 April – 21 June 1944
357
1p
3 items
Statement of Accounts of the Shelswell-White Estate Trust Settlement from
21 st October 1926 to 31 st March 1944 produced by Stokes Bros. & Pim
(Chartered Accountants), Dublin. Includes typed letters and further accounts
from Stokes Bros. & Pim, relating to Capital Moneys and Heirlooms.
1568 30 June 1945 – 30 June 1964
11 items
Statement of Accounts presented by the Governor & Company of the Bank of
Ireland on the Trustees Accounts of the Marriage Settlement of Mrs. Clodagh
E. M. Shelswell-White. Some later accounts include details of the “Loan
Account”, the “Released Fund”, the “Main Fund”, and the “Guardi Paintings
Fund”. Mss notes have been made on the margins of the accounts. Accounts
ending 30 th June 1951 are missing.
1569 30 June 1947 – 30 June 1961
22 items
Copies of “REVIEW OF ADMINISTRATION, ACCOUNTS and RENTAL”
for the Shelswell-White Estate for 1946/7, 1947/48, 1948/9, 1949/50,
1950/1,1951/2, 1952/3, 1953/4, 1956/7, 1957/8, 1958/9, 1959/60 and 1960/1.
Comments and corrections have been written in.
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1570 12 March 1949 – 17 July 1950
Sheets of “Issues from Stock” and “ISSUES FOR DOMESTIC & ESTATE
USE” filled out by Patrick Falvey – “Crops in Stock, Harvested in season of
1948…fed to horses two cuts of hay @ 6/- per [cwt]” and “Bantry House 1
[cwt] potatoes @ 12/- per [cwt]”.
1571 30 June 1950 – 7 Oct. 1958
358
72 items
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, representing the Bantry
Estate, and G. M. Mahony (Assistant Superintendent), Income Tax
Department, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, Dublin, re-farm accounts of
the Bantry and Glengarriff Demesnes, and appeals on the payment of tax on
these accounts. Includes farm accounts and Income Tax-schedule B forms.
Also ILC form for Lady Ardilaun’s estate in [1910], record no. E.C. 6342.
1572 30 April 1951 – 22 Dec. 1982
156 items
File containing accounts for the Bantry Estate – regarding the increase of
entrance fees to the House and Demesne, and correspondence with HITHA
Ltd.; and ground rents from Bantry, Castletownbere, Glengarriff, and Dublin
properties, with copies of some leases.
1573 [1952 – 1956]
149 items
Mss “Summary of Estate A/Cs 1952/3 to 1954/5 both [incl] (3 years)”, with
Rates payments on premises in Glengarriff.
1574 [9] Aug. 1954
22 items
Mss list of legal documents sent to Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, relating
to the accounts of the Shelswell-White Estate.
1575 19 Jan. 1958 – 6 Aug. 1965
1 item
Correspondence file relating to the Farm Accounts of the Bantry and
Glengarriff Demesnes, and appeals on the payment of tax on these accounts.
Includes farm accounts and Income Tax – schedule B forms.
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1576 1 July 1958 – 16 Nov. 1981
CLOSED
File containing formal and draft Estate Accounts and Conveyances by the
Estate to John Lynch, Scart Road, Bantry in 1964; Jenny Hoskins, Bridge
Street, Bantry and Mrs. Margaret Dudley, North Road, Castletownbere, both
in 1981.
1577 1960 – 1963
359
12 items
FARMER’S ACCOUNT BOOK for the Shelswell-White estate with entries of
Receipts and Payments for the Estate Office, Bantry House and Demesne,
Glengarriff Lodge and Demesne, Castletown Bere, and Non-Effective.
1578 5 June 1963 – 5 March 1964
1579 [nd]
1580 [nd]
1581 [nd]
39pp
Receipts acknowledging the Remittance of Income from the Trustee
Department of the Bank of Ireland, signed by A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry
Estate.
Mss Accounts of Cash and Stock on hand from the Bantry Estate.
10 items
Mss Accounts from the Bantry Demesne showing rentals from Bantry Town
Division and Townland, and receipts and outgoings of the Estate.
2pp
2 items
File entitled “Copy of PERMANENT BF’s in office” which contains mss lists
of notes separated into Y=Yearly M= Montly, eg “Y = 1 Jan. Irish Permanent
Building Soc. Interest due”.
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5. Estate Correspondence
1582 25 June 1901 – 1 Jan. 1941
Miscellaneous file of documents belonging to Ernest Ellis (Agent). Includes
information on Ellis’s own estate in Co. Wexford; correspondence on the
installation of electric light in his house, with estimates; the Beamish Estate;
mss letters from Arethusa Leigh-White (1921); Land Commission documents
(Land Purchase Accounts); the sale of premises in Castletownbere in the name
of H. W. L. Puxley discharging debts to the Bantry Estate; Schedule of leases
received from Messrs Fred Sutton & Co. (1906), and schedule of deeds and
documents handed by Wm Guest Lane & Co. to Messrs F Sutton & Son, with
typed copy (1739 – 1857); typed schedule of deeds and documents belonging
to the Right Hon the Earl of Bantry, in the possession of Messrs Edmund F. &
Benn Davis (1761 – 1861); typed notice on the death of Frederick A. B.
Turner; Ellis’s plans for a [setting engine] and sliding doors; a published
article entitled “Ireland and the War” (WWI); and a poster for opening hours
of Clonalis House, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon, with coloured photograph.
1583 15 May 1902 – [12 Feb. 1907]
360
56 items
Envelope addressed to Ernest Ellis (Agent) containing a letter from Frederick
Turner (Agent), Estate Office, Gorey, to Lord Ardilaun, concerning the
building of accommodation for calves in Ashford Estate farm yard, and leases
from the Bantry Estate. Includes a lease made by Countess Ferrers with Miss
Mary Ellen Adderley, Reendisert, for a cottage at Reenmeen from year to
year. The yearly rent is £16, payable quarterly in advance to commence from
the 1 st May 1902.
1584 13 May 1904 – 30 April 1909
3 items
Documents from the Bantry Estate Office concerned with administrative
matters. Includes the eviction proceedings against Healy, Dursey Island; the
letting of Bantry House; wages of men in employment on the estate; Lord and
Lady Ardilauns’ Estates (leasing of fishing in Macroom); and Estate Duty on
the death of Lady Ferrers.
1585 [1905] – 1947
26 items
Miscellaneous file of documents containing a mss copy of Clodagh Leigh-
White’s birth certificate; notices of tenancy sales; typed letter from Lady
Ardilaun, St. Anne’s, Clontarf, confirming her donation of £50 to Macroom
Schools; a list of deeds relating to the Bantry Estate removed from offices
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(1840 – 1852); costs incurred out of the sale of premises to Miss Kate R. Bird;
correspondence from 1923-1924; and applications for building sites in
Glengarriff. Includes land valuation forms, details information under
Reference to Map; NAMES OCCUPIERS/IMMEDIATE LESSORS;
Description of Tenement; Area A R P; RATEABLE ANNUAL VALUATION
Land/Buildings/Railways, Fisheries, Tolls, Half Rents, &c/Total;
OBSERVATIONS.
1586 1907 – 1941
361
43 items
Miscellaneous file of documents containing rates receipts; mss estimated
income of the Bantry Estate for 1921; house insurance for Tedworth Square,
London, taken out by Arethusa Leigh-White; correspondence from 1924 on
Glengarriff RIC Barracks and Coolnagearagh Fisheries; land valuation forms;
and Glengarriff Demesne Returns for 1941. Includes mss letter from Charles
L. Arkwright, St. James’ Club, London, to Turner (Agent), relating problems
with shooting rights at Adrigole.
1587 4 Feb. 1910 – 13 Dec. 1913
30 items
Incoming correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office, relating to the
payment of rents and tenants’ agreements from Bantry, Glengarriff,
Castletown Bere, and Bandon. Includes letters from P. J. Collins (Solicitor),
Skibbereen, with one letter listing the tenants to be ejected from the Leigh-
White Estate. Also letters from C. O’Callaghan, Macroom, on his application
as caretaker to the Gearagh. The majority of the letters in the file date from
1913.
1588 29 Jan. – 16 Dec. 1911
37 items
Correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes correspondence
on the sale of the Glengarriff, Bere/Adrigole and Berehaven Estates to the
Congested Districts Board. Also papers dealing with the Gumbleton Estate.
Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward) and Ernest Ellis (Agent)
mentions the release of the Bantry prisoners.
1589 12 Jan. 1912
63 items
Copy typed letter from Frederick Turner (Agent), to Edward E. Leigh-White,
Bantry House, Bantry, clarifying the facts in relation to the first and second
extensions of the Abbeylands Graveyard, demised to the Protestant Church by
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the Bantry Estate. It seems that an attempt was made to invalidate the demise.
1590 1 Jan. – 15 Nov. 1913
CLOSED*
[Outgoing] correspondence file from Turner & Ellis (Agents), Bantry Estate
Office relating to the running of the estate. Includes copy letters to tenants for
payment of rent to the Bantry and Sundry Estates. *Also correspondence
relating to the employment of [Cornelius] O’Callaghan as caretaker to the
Gearagh, Macroom.
1591 19 March – 30 Dec. 1913
362
1p
30 items
Correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office on the day-to-day running
of the Estate.
53 items
1592 4 – 15 Nov. 1913
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275
Typed correspondence between Frederick Turner and the Secretary of the
Congested Districts Board, Dublin, making arrangements for a site to be
leased from the Leigh-White Estate by the Board for the Glengarriff Lace
School, at Glengarriff.
1593 2 April 1914
5 items
Acknowledgement from H. Williams (Secretary, Office of Public Works Land
Loans), to the Leigh-White Estate, of receipt of a memorial, assigning it a
number for future reference.
1594 3 Jan. – 21 Dec. 1917
File containing correspondence between Stopford & Turner/Turner & Ellis
(Agents), the Office of the Surveyor of Income Tax, Cork, and the Estates
Commission Offices, Irish Land Commission, Dublin. Includes copy letters
from the Bantry Estate Office to tenants on payment of rents in Bantry and
Macroom, and mss list of deeds received relating to the Bantry Estate. Also
lodgement receipts and invoices from the ESB (March – July 1939).
1p
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1595 1 – 11 June 1918
Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, to
Ernest Ellis, (Agent), Gorey, Co. Wexford, complaining about present living
conditions “it would take one months salary to buy a suit of clothes & pair of
Boots…”, and the inevitable closure of the Bantry Estate Office.
1596 1 – 5 July 1919
363
3 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, to H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, on Estate business, including Macroom.
1597 [25] Nov. 1919
10 items
Mss letter from Gerald J. Hegarty (Solicitor), Castletown Berehaven, to Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Gorey, asking Ellis to give consent on subletting
in relation to property held by the late Miss Ellen O’Brien from the Bantry
Estate, now being purchased by [Thomas] Moriarty and Pat Sullivan.
1598 1 March 1920 – 23 Jan. 1921
Mss letters from Arethusa Leigh-White, England and Bantry, to Ernest Ellis
(Agent), [Dublin], in which she arranges with Ellis to become more involved
in the running of the Estate after the premature death of her husband, Edward
Leigh-White. Issues that arise include the probate valuation of Bantry House
furnishings; the sale of the Rose Tapestry; provision for Rachel Leigh-White
from the Estate; the difficulty of providing for her family while the Probate is
undecided; and the use of Bantry House by the Board of Guardians and the
nuns. Includes typed copy letter from Ellis to Arethusa (28 th Dec.).
1599 10 March – 29 Dec. 1920
1p
34 items
Correspondence to Ernest Ellis (Agent), the Estate Office, Dublin, on affairs
of the Bantry Estate. Includes documents on the probate valuation of
furnishings at Bantry House; on the Land Purchase Bill; the running of Bantry
House from Mr. Stevens (Caretaker); the need for Col. Bowlby to stay at
[Glengarriff Lodge] due to threats from Sinn Feiners; and the insurance of the
Rose Aubusson Tapestry. Also a mss letter from Oliver Marton (Trustee of the
Estate), who is of the opinion that the acts of unrest in Ireland “sound like
[those] of reckless children performed by grown up men!” (20 th July); and two
telegrams notifying Ellis of the occupation of Bantry House by the Auxiliaries.
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1600 25 March – 30 Aug. 1920
364
29 items
File entitled “Jervis White – General Correspondence”. It contains mostly
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), H. W. Cooke (Steward) and Mr.
Stevens (Caretaker, Bantry House) relating to the running of the Bantry,
Macroom, Bird, Reenmeen, and Hollomby Estates at a time of change after
the death of Edward Leigh-White and the politics of the country at that time.
Includes information relating to the destruction of RIC barracks, specifically
Adrigole; a mss letter by R.A.H. Townshend, Monkstown, to Ellis, of his
opinions of the state of the country (24 th May 1920); the purchase of holdings
and the payment of rents by tenants of the various Estates; the letting of
Glengarriff Lodge to Mrs. L [Denny], Kells, Co. Kerry. Also in a letter from
Cooke to Ellis, the civil unrest and atmosphere in Bantry is described “I
understand that the Police are kept in doors, and civilians are doing their duty.
So when it comes to this the town is in a bad way” (28 th June 1920).
1601 15 April 1920 – Oct. 1931
2 files
Correspondence to Ernest Ellis (Agent) regarding estate business. Includes
copy typed letters increasing the salaries of W. B. Walsh, Anglesea Street,
Dublin, and A. B. Magwood, Drumcondra, Dublin, and a mss letter to the
Estate Office, Gorey, by Andrew Murtagh, Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. Also
invoices from local businesses, documents on the Irish Land Commission land
purchase initiative, estate rentals, insurance policies, income tax payments,
and two sketches, one of a car shed in Bantry and the other is a map showing
the Old Constable Barrack, Glengarriff.
1602 26 – 31 May 1920
65 items
Correspondence between Arethusa Leigh-White, [Castle] Hill House, Cowes,
and Ernest Ellis (Agent), Inch, Wexford, regarding domestic issues at Bantry
House. They also discuss Col. Bowbly and family, and their desire to stay at
Bantry House.
1603 2 June 1920 – 7 Aug. 1925
3 items
File entitled “Miscellaneous Correspondence”. Includes correspondence on
estate matters legal and financial, especially relating to the sudden death of
Edward Leigh-White in February 1920. Also telegram from Arethusa Leigh-
White to Ernest Ellis at her concern “over military commandeering house
turning out present occupants” (23 rd Dec. 1920) and correspondence from Ellis
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to Stevens (Caretaker) on the matter. Much of the file contains correspondence
from 1920. Documents dating from 1921-1925 are miscellaneous office
papers. Includes a typed detailed estimate for work required at Bantry House.
1604 13 Sept. 1920
365
80 items
Letter from H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Dublin, as a cover letter for the 1901-1920 accounts. He suggests giving a site
to Daniel Leary, Reenaknock, Whiddy Island for a boat house.
1605 13 Oct. 1920 – 26 April 1922
File entitled “Bantry Estate – General Correspondence from 27 Feb. to 27
April 1922”. Includes documents on the mapping of Whiddy Island holdings
by Mr. Levie, Cork, for the Irish Land Commission in its sale to tenants, and
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Arethusa Leigh-
White, London, on the affairs of the Estate, including the sale of the Bantry
Division handled through the Irish Land Commission, and advice on
investments held by Leigh-White. There is commentary on the political
troubles – “the condition of the country is…deplorable and seems to be getting
worse and there is a perfect absence of law or any sort of order” (30 th March
1922). Also correspondence between Ellis, John Falvey (Steward,
Glengarriffe) William Stevens (Caretaker, Bantry House) and H. W. Cooke
(Steward, Bantry). In one letter from Cooke to Ellis, he writes of the threats he
received re-the sale of houses at Summerhill – “I can’t say he was sober, but
he was in good fighting order he told me he would not be responsible for what
would happen to you or me over the sale”. Also a typed copy letter from Ellis
to Mr. Michael J. O’Sullivan (Rate Collector), Macroom, on rate demands for
Lady Ardilaun’s Estate (31 st Aug. 1921).
1606 19 Oct. – 23 Dec. 1920
1p
142 items
General Correspondence file (B1) from the Estate Office, Dublin, on matters
relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes telegram notifying Ellis
that the military have taken over Bantry House (22 nd Dec. 1920); deposits
made on the sales of Tapestry. Also mss letter from Egerton Leigh, London, to
Ellis in which he writes “I quite agree about not [meeting] peace till every
murderer has been captured – But this will be difficult as I suppose they will
escape to America if things look bad (9 th Dec.).” Also mss letter from Stevens
(Caretaker) to Ellis mentioning the hospital set up at Bantry House (12 th
Nov.); and a mss letter from Richard Longfield in which he expresses his
views on the troubles at this time by “the Kings Enemies!” (2 nd & 4 th Dec.).
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1607 7 Jan. – 27 [April] 1921
Mss letters from Arethusa Leigh-White, Devonport and London, to Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on various Estate matters, including the payment of
interest on the jointures of Estate. She writes of her financial troubles. She
mentions the cutting of trees [from the estate] hoping that it will not be like the
trouble caused at [Poulgorm]. She “sold…four old silver pots…” as “it was
the best I could do”. She mentions arrangements to pay off Margaret’s jointure
(Egerton’s sister) and the sale of tapestries. She insists that repairs to Bantry
House must be carried out, as well as the payment of wages.
1608 29 June 1921 – 20 June 1929
366
8 items
Correspondence from Ernest Ellis (Estate Trustee & Agent), Dublin, to
Arethusa Leigh-White, London and Bantry House, Bantry. He gives a good
impression of relations between the Leigh-White’s and the rest of the White
family (Lady Ardilaun and Countess Ferrers). The removal of furniture from
Bantry House to London and its insurance is discussed, as is financial
trust/estate affairs. The sale of the Rose Tapestry (1924) is discussed. They are
to show Bantry House to the public (1927). Ellis mentions a Simon White,
Reenmeen, who wrongfully “took possession of Lady Ferrers’ portion” of
land.
1609 29 Dec. 1921 – 22 Feb. 1922
44 items
File entitled “General Correspondence” containing letters to and from Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on Estate business. In a letter from Richard Longfield
(Trustee), Mallow, to Ellis, the nature of politics in the country is raised “I
have always feared that if a ‘settlement’ was arrived at it would fail to settle
the country” (9 th Jan.1922). Includes letters from William Stevens (Caretaker),
Bantry House, of cases of influenza, diptheria, and rheumatic fever in the
Bantry area (30 th Jan. 1922). Also documentation on Land Commission
purchases.
127 items
1610 15 – 23 Feb. 1922
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2154
General correspondence file regarding the running of the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes correspondence on the purchase by George Costigan of his holding;
the sale of [Castletownbere] foreshore, income tax; and the Lambkin Estate
(all 22 nd Feb.). Also mss letter from Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, to
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, in which he relates of a bout of influenza in Bantry
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“I think the worse is over not to many ill this week. Schools are open again…”
1611 23 – 27 Feb. 1922
367
9 items
General correspondence file regarding Estate matters. Includes a letter relating
to a dividend from the £10,000 Midland Railway 2½% Perpetual Preference
Stock; and information relating to the sale of houses in Summer Hill by
O’Donovan. Also a mss letter from Mr. Stevens (Steward), Bantry House, to
Ernest Ellis (Agent), describing an unusually heavy hailstone fall –“Some
panes of Glass were broken slates taken off the potting shed and of the Statues
Knocked down and smashed into smitereens.” Also correspondence on the
sale of foreshore land to the Land Commission.
1612 [31 March] 1922 – 28 Aug. 1924
18 items
File entitled “Bantry General 19 June 1924 to 28 Aug. 1924” containing
correspondence. Includes documents relating to the use of Bantry House by
nuns attached to the Poor Law Institution (the local hospital); leases and sales
of property of the Estate; a typed letter from The Southern Irish Loyalists
Relief Association, London, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on their award of
a grant of £15 to Michael O’Neill, Castletown Bere (25 th June 1924); and
correspondence between Ellis and Oliver Marton (Trustee of the Estate),
Seafield House, New Romney, re-the signing of leases. Also correspondence
between Ellis and Richard Longfield (Trustee of the Estate), Mallow, on the
state of the country “as completely bankrupt” (11 th Aug. 1924). Also letters
relating to the following – O’Donovan, Summerhill writes of her problems
relating to the property with trespassers; an inquiry by the Commission of
Public Works to the possible repair to the old RIC barrack in Glengarriff,
replied to in the negative by Ellis, and their possible leasing of the islands in
Bantry Bay; complaints of travelling Hawkers selling goods in the Square,
Castletownbere without permission or payment of rent; and the Castletown
Berehaven Regatta Committee asking for a subscription by the Estate.
Includes correspondence between Ellis and Arethusa Leigh-White, London, on
the removal of the Rose Tapestry from the possession of Mrs. Wade, she
having failed to sell it; the purchase of a car for her use when visiting Bantry
and Glengarriff; and the employment of a cook. Correspondence between Ellis
and Messrs Williams & James ([Solicitors]), London, inquiring as to the
payment of income tax on Lady Trevor’s jointure out of the Estate. Also
correspondence dating from March to April 1922 relating to the sale of
Summerhill property to Matilda O’Donovan, and the establishment of a public
market in Castletown.
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1613 24 April – 26 July 1922
General correspondence file relating to the Bantry Estate. Includes mss letters
between H. W. Cooke (Steward), and Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on various
issues including the state of the country “a good many protestants have left the
town…” (H. W. Cooke, 1 st May). T. J. McCarthy (Army and Navy
Contractor), Bantry writes to Ellis of being prevented from collecting the
Bantry Tolls by the Town Commissioners; and a mss list of furniture of the
Estate in storage. Also letters between Ellis and Oliver Marton and Richard
Longfield (Trustees of the Estate) in which Estate matters and the political
situation of the country is raised – “The Irishmen will probably hoodwink the
British Ministers again as they have done in the past and a Republic will be
declared in due course, it seems to me that Civil War between North & South
is now inevitable.” (Ellis to Longfield, 30 th May).
1614 15 May – 1 Dec. 1922
368
164 items
General correspondence file on matters relating to the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes tax assessment totals; and a mss letter from John McCarthy
(Victualler), Bantry, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), on the amount of Market Tolls
gathered by him for the Estate. He complains that he “was prevented from
Collecting 2 months by the Irregulars, and after that one fair was prohibited by
the Free State Troops…”
1615 9 June – 18 July 1922
12 items
File entitled “Bantry Estate, General Correspondence, from 20 th June to 26
July 1922”. Includes a mss list of bog rents for the 1922 season from the
Glengarriff Demesne. Also correspondence between Ellis (Agent) and Leigh-
White on the insurance of Tedworth Square, London; the issue of stocks and
shares; and the debate whether to sell off properties in the towns of Bantry and
Castletown to the occupiers, because of the precarious political situation of the
country. In many of the other letters in this file, especially from Oliver Marton
and Richard Longfield (Trustees of the Estate) to Ellis, the subject of politics
is discussed. Also a copy typed letter from Ellis to Egerton Leigh, Cadogan
Place, London, assuring payment due to him from the Bantry Estate “you need
not be in the least uneasy about your charge on this Estate owing to the
destruction of the Four Courts…(18 th July 1922).
1616 4 July – 29 Nov. 1922
113 items
File entitled “Bantry – General Correspondence (B)” relating to the running of
the Bantry Estate, mainly between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and H.W.
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Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office. In a letter to Richard Longfield
(Trustee of the Estate), Cornwall, from Ernest Ellis, the state of the country is
raised - “The Irregulars seem to be making a stand in Cork but I fear that when
the Free Staters come to clear them out of Macroom that they will burn the
poor old Castle…” (10 th Aug. 1922). There is comment throughout the file in
various letters on political and civil unrest.
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163 items
1617 6 Nov. – 21 Dec. 1922
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1618
General correspondence file on matters relating to the Bantry Estate. Includes
mss letters from H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), in
which he reports on the political state in the country – “A bullet came through
my back door at home yesterday morning…a little higher up it would have
Killed one of the children in bed”. Includes typed copy of payments made
during November 1922 out of the Bantry Estate.
15 items
1618 25 Nov. – 13 Dec. 1922
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1617
Correspondence relating to the Bantry Estate sent to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Estate Office, Dublin. Includes correspondence from G. W. Biggs asking for a
subscription to the Sustentation Fund of the Parish. Also mss letters from H.
W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, in which he writes of the political
situation in the area; and Stevens (Caretaker) writes on repairs to Deans and
Rynnes lodges and mentions that “all our refugees have left with the exception
of Mrs. Newman + her daughter”.
1619 7 Dec. 1922 – 28 Feb. 1923
53 items
General correspondence file containing letters between Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Dublin, and H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, on the day-to-day
running of the Estate. In one letter, Cooke writes of the prevailing unrest in the
County “There was an amush [sic] last night on Troops coming here between
this & Cork I hear” (9 th Jan., also 17 th Jan.). Includes a newspaper cutting from
The Cork Examiner on the dispute between the Town Tenants’ Association,
Skibbereen, and the Becher Estate (3 rd Jan.). Also letters from John Falvey
(Steward), Glengarriff, on repairs to the Lodge; tenants’ concerns; and
correspondence between Ellis and R. Harvey, Poulgorm, on problems with
grazing and fencing. Also correspondence between Ellis and William Stevens
(Caretaker), Bantry House, on issues relating to the House and demesne, and
the troubles of the area, in one letter, Ellis asks after Cooke “I hope he is
alright and has not been made a target of by the Republicans” (15 th & 23 rd
Feb.).
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1620 [18 Jan.] – 31 May 1923
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157 items
Mss letter from William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, giving him the local news – market prices, the railways, the
Civic Guard in Bantry, and storm damage. Includes an application by The
Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland to lease the old RIC barracks in
Glengarriff for the Civic Guard; and the purchase of the houses at Summerhill
by Conelius Donovan. Also correspondence between Richard Longfield
(Trustee), London and Mallow, on estate business. Mention in many letters of
the political unrest in the country, as highlighted by W. H. Cooke (Steward),
Bantry Estate Office, to Ellis – “There was a big round up of Republicans
outside this town yesterday…a number taken prisoners, one native of Bantry I
hear shot dead…” (20 th April). Letters from Stevens on the packing and
shipping of tapestries from the House to [London].
1621 22 May – 31 July 1923
183 items
General correspondence principally between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and
H.W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office on the running of the Bantry
Estate. Includes correspondence from William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry
House/Demesne, John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff, Richard Longfield,
Mallow, and Richard Marton, Kent (Trustees of the Estate). Ellis gives his
opinion on the politics of the country in many of his letters.
1622 [28] May – 19 Oct. 1923
2 files
Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence file belonging to Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Estate Office, Dublin. The cover of folder for the file is marked “No.
[B], From: 19 Sept. To 31 Oct. 1923, Estate: Bantry, Subject: General
Correspondence.”
1623 [26] July – 19 Sept. 1923
2 files
File entitled “General Correspondence” relating to the running and
investments of the Bantry Estate. Includes mss letters from Arethusa Leigh-
White, London, on the occupation of Bantry House by the Hospital, her return
to the Bantry area for a short stay; information on the amounts charged on her
marriage settlements, and the storage of tapestries in the premises of L.
Partridge (Dealer in Works of Art), London. Also mss letters from H. W.
Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, on negotiations with tenants on their
rentals or purchasing of leases. Also typed correspondence between Sutton &
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Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, and Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on the sale of Estate
property. Correspondence between Ellis, Oliver Marton and Richard Longfield
(Trustees of the Estate), on Estate matters. Also copy typed letter from the
Commissioners of Public Works, Dublin, to Messrs Turner &Ellis (Agents),
Dublin, on leasing of the old RIC barrack in Adrigole for the Civic Guards
(11 th Sept.).
1624 18 Sept. – 31 Oct. 1923
371
209 items
Correspondence from the Bantry Estate Office to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate
Office, Dublin, relating to the administration of the Leigh-White Estate,
especially in relation to sales of lands to individuals. Includes mss letter from
Richard Longfield, Mallow (Trustee), in which he writes – “All seems quiet
here but I feel that all over the country there is a lot of [Bolshevism] that may
give trouble. The [Aucc] Guards appear to be very superior young men but
they don’t do very much.” ([24 th ] Oct.). Also a letter relating to the insurance
of tapestries (24 th Oct.)
1625 12 Oct. – 14 Dec. 1923
34 items
Correspondence regarding the running of the Bantry Estate between Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House; John
O’Shea ([Merchant]), Bantry; H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office;
John Falvey (Caretaker), Glengarriff; Bower & Wrey (Stock Brokers),
London; Messrs Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin; and Arethusa Leigh-White,
Sharow Hall, Ripon.
1626 15 Oct 1923 – 9 Dec. 1926
218 items
Correspondence from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes estimates from John
O’Shea (General Builder and Contractor); and the rates and income tax
payable on the Macroom Demesne Farm.
1627 10 – 31 Dec. 1923
11 items
General correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and H. W.
Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, on Estate business – income tax
payment, purchase of holdings by tenants, rentals and tenants’ problems.
Includes a mss letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, stating he has sent on her claim for items stolen to the Royal Exchange
insurance company. He gives his personal opinion on the state of country at
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the time – “The result of the General Election is perfectly disgusting and
terribly bad for the country – what will happen now?”
1628 21 Dec. 1923 – 29 July 1924
372
62 items
Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, and
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes documents relating to the sale of part of Monteensudder; grazing land
to Wm. Sullivan; sales to Miss M. L. O’Leary, Mrs. Julia Hill and George [J.]
Vickery; and damage to Adrigole RIC Barrack. Also the problem of hawkers
selling their goods in the Square, Castletownbere, without paying a rent to the
Estate. Also copy typed circular letter from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul,
Bantry, to the Bantry Estate Office, asking for a subscription to the Society.
1629 3 Jan. – 30 Dec. 1924
2 files
General correspondence file related to the running of the Leigh-White Estate.
Includes correspondence on compensation claims for damage done to the RIC
barracks of Adrigole and Glengarriff; a mss letter from William Stevens
(Caretaker), Bantry House, to [Ernest Ellis] (Agent), on repairs carried out on
the Nurses Lodge, the Demesne wall and a [balistrade] of Bantry House; the
payment of income tax on property at the Bantry and Glengarriff Demesne;
and information on Michael O’Neill, Castletown, and his possible emigration
to Australia or New Zealand as a carpenter. Also copy letter from Ellis to
Arethusa Leigh-White that “Lady Ardilaun again expressed her idea that
Bantry was a past chapter as regards ever living in the house again and that
you intended making Glengarriff your chief place of abode…I merely said it
would be impossible to live at Bantry House under present circumstances” (6 th
March). Also correspondence with the Inland Revenue Commission.
1630 2 March – 30 Dec. 1924
133 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), William Stevens (Caretaker),
Travers Wolfe (Solicitor) and Arethusa Leigh-White on Estate matters.
Includes repairs to the house; the tapestries; rentals and land purchases; the
RIC barrack at Glengarriff; the bank balance of the Estate account; stock
dividends; Reenmeen Farm account income tax 1921-24; and income tax
demands on the Lady Ardilaun’s Macroom Estate and the Leigh-White
Castletownbere Estate.
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1631 20 March – 18 June 1924
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes correspondence from John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff, and
William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis (Agent); between
Ellis and Richard Longfield (Trustee), in which the state of the country is
raised. Mss letter from Oliver Marton (Trustee) to Ellis relating to his receipt
of guns surrendered by Edward Leigh-White from Ireland “two antique
muzzle loading single barrel [ ]” (1 st April). In a typed letter from Ellis to
Longfield, he agrees with Longfield in “that we need another Mussolini over
here” to solve the problems of the Country (3 rd April). Also correspondence
from M. T. Hanley to Ellis re-hawkers using the Square in Castletown on Fair
days; the sale of the Estate Overland car to Morty O’Shea; an assessment of
damage to the RIC barracks in Glengarriff and Adrigole; and typed and mss
lists of George H. Costigan’s rents at Marino Street and Reenrour.
1632 20 March – 3 Oct. 1924
373
271 items
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Topics dealt
with are assistance to Michael O’Neill, Castletownberehaven, to establish a
business; and Proby Increase of Rent Act Cases.
4 items
1633 24 March 1924 – 2 April 1941
see also
2154
Correspondence relating to Mrs. Costigan’s holding, Marino Street, Bantry,
mainly between Ernest Ellis (Agent), A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate
Office, Travers Wolfe (Solicitor), [Skibereen], and George H. Costigan and
Mrs. Margaret Costigan, Bantry. Costigan applied to the Irish Land
Commission to purchase her holding from the Estate. Includes mss lists of her
tenants and their rents. Reference is made to the Castletown Sale (1 st July
1940).
1634 18 July – 31 Dec. 1924
3 files
File entitled “Bantry, General Correspondence”. Includes the application to
lease the ex-RIC barracks in Glengarriff and Adrigole to The Commissioners
of Public Works; the purchase of premises in Bantry by Kingston, but Corkery
is objecting; illegal hawkers in the Square, Castletownbere; the need to find
alternative suitable accommodation for the hospital based in Bantry House;
vouchers lodged for the deduction of tax re-Lady Trevor’s jointure; mss letter
from Mrs. Wade, London, on the possible sale of the tapestries; application by
John Barry (Pier Master), [Glengarriff], for a site to build a cottage near the
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pier; claim for tax relief on returns for Lady Trevor’s jointure; the trespass
possession of houses in Summerhill, legally held by Miss O’Donovan; and an
application for the shooting rights of the Lodge and also the river by L. D.
Duke (Manager), Eccles Hotel, Glengarriff. Also an application by Timothy
Cahill for the purchase of the fishing on the Lee River adjoining his farm at
Coolnagearagh, Coachford; correspondence between Ellis (Agent) and
William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, and John Falvey (Steward),
Glengarriff, on matters relating to Bantry House, its demesne, and Glengarriff,
especially repairs; and correspondence between Ellis and Olive Marton and
Richard Longfield (Trustees of the Estate), on decisions re-the running of the
Estate.
1635 19 July – 2 Sept. 1924
374
195 items
Typed letters from Bates & Sons (Motor Engineers and Motor Body Builders),
Gorey, Co. Wicklow, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to the arrival
and availability of the de luxe Overland Touring car, purchased by the Bantry
Estate for the use of Arethusa Leigh-White in Glengarriff. Includes notes of
confirmation of the engagement of Thomas Webb as chauffeur, and the
arrangement of car insurance; and a mss list of gardening and household
implements needed for Glengarriff Lodge.
1636 25 July – 31 Dec. 1924
20 items
File entitled “Correspondence with Mr. Cooke” containing correspondence
between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, and Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin. Includes lists of “Particulars of Payments”; and mention of
an application by Mr. Barry (Pier Master), Glengarriff, for ground to build on.
Also details of a lease to Denis O’Connell of additional ground next to his
holding in Glengarriff; a query re-Mrs. Hollamby’s Estate, Glenlough; and
dividends received from Estate stocks.
1637 14 Dec. 1924 – 1955
145 items
Miscellaneous documents relating to Estate business. Includes mss letters from
[W. L.] Puxley and Denis O’Shea to Ernest Ellis (Agent); typed letters from
[Ellis] to H. W. Cooke (Steward) on rental arrears; and later documents
relating to sites and local tourism.
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1638 27 Dec. 1924 – 31 March 1925
General correspondence file related to the running of the Bantry Estate. It
covers the [sale] of Coolnageiragh fishery, Coachford, to Timothy Cahill
(same address); repairs needed on the road from the Demesne to Coomarkane,
the footbridge at Glengarriff, and huts at the market in Bantry; and documents
relating the case between the Leigh-White Estate and Henry Smith on his
illegal use of the Square at Castletown (hawking). Includes a request by the
Castletown Bere Distress Committee to continue on a road as part of relief
work as the labourers of Castletown Bere “are at present starving” (30 th Jan.
1925); and inquiries as to the future vacancy of the Gate Lodge, Glengarriff
held by Mrs. Thompson and applications to take possession and act as
Caretaker. Also documents on the sale of the site of Adrigole ex-RIC Barrack
to the Office of Public Works, and the possible purchase of the lease for the
Castletown ex-RIC Barrack; a typed letter from the Department of Local
Government and Public Health, Dublin, to Ellis, confirming negotiations are
taking place for a suitable site for a District Hospital, enabling vacancy of
Bantry House; and the payment of income tax and purchase of shares.
1639 31 Dec. 1924 – 25 Aug. 1925
375
218 items
File entitled “Correspondence with H. W. Cooke” containing correspondence
between Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office and Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Dublin, on the running of the Bantry Estate. They relate to tenants’ rental
payments (RIC Barrack, Adrigole), and monthly accounts. Includes part of a
typed letter from [Cooke], to Ellis, relating to the payment of rent and the
amount of income tax deduction from the Berehaven Hotel, [part of Miss
Puxley’s Estate]. Also miscellaneous letters to the Bantry Estate Office
relating to various Estate matters – the payment of Poor Rates; the appeal on
the Reenmeen Estate with the Inspector of Taxes; and the re-ordering of fire
extinguishers by Mrs. Leigh-White.
1640 24 Feb. – 29 May 1925
265 items
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
documents on Lady Trevor’s Jointure and payment of income tax on it; repairs
to Bantry House, Glengarriff Lodge and the Gate Lodge, Glengarriff, now
occupied by Timothy Crowley; discussions on the sale to Matilda O’Donovan,
Summerhill; typed list of Dividends on Stock; correspondence between
Arethusa Leigh-White, London, and Ellis; and correspondence between Ellis
and Estate employees John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff, and William
Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House. Also donations to the Sustentation Fund;
correspondence between Ellis and Mr. E. Sullivan (National Teacher), Dursey
Island, on certain works carried out on the Island some years earlier; and a
query from The Southern Irish Loyalists Relief Association, Westminister,
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London, to Ellis as to the character of M. O’Neill, Castletown Bere who has
applied for funds. Also documents on sales of estate property to tenants.
1641 24 Feb. 1925 – 6 May 1926
376
146 items
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes documents on the proposed redemption of the head rent of the ex-
RIC barrack in Castletown Berehaven by the Commissioners of Public Works;
fire insurance for Matilda O’Donovan’s houses at Summerhill; various
applications for leases and conveyances of Estate property; and repairs to
Bantry House and Glengarriff Lodge.
1642 25 March – 11 May 1925
76 items
Partial correspondence file of the Estate Office on various business matters –
Glengarriff and Adrigole RIC Barracks, the sale of premises in
Castletownberehaven to Thomas F. McCarthy; the leasehold of premises in
Castletownbere held by H. L. Puxley; and a typed copy letter from Ernest
Ellis, to Mr. M. Martin Sullivan, Castletown Bere, and acknowledging receipt
of his letter and postal order as rental payment. It seems that there is a
misunderstanding between who is to pay income tax on the property.
1643 12 May 1925 – 31 March 1926
7 items
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes documents relating to the sales of Estate property on High Street,
Bantry to Julia Hill, to Mrs. Minnie Kennedy in Market Street, Bantry; and of
premises in Bantry to Messrs. Murphy & O’Connor Limited. Also
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Richard Longfield
(Trustee of the Estate), Mallow, Co. Cork, in which Ellis makes it clear how
unjust the will of Lady Ardilaun is to the Leigh-White girls (26 th Feb. 1926).
Also documents on the proposed water supply for Glengarriff Lodge; and
correspondence between Ellis and Mrs. Leigh-White on how to economise
spending on the Bantry Estate. Also the leasing the fishery rights at the mouth
of the Glengarriff River to Duke, Eccles Hotel.
1644 27 May – 25 July 1925
182 items
File entitled “Bantry General Correspondence” containing letters written to
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on the running of the Bantry Estate from John
Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff; William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House;
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and Arethusa Leigh-White. Includes correspondence from Sutton & Co.
(Estate Solicitor), Dublin, re-conveyances, and the occupancy of Bantry House
as a Work House Hospital.
1645 24 July – 7 Aug. 1925
377
110 items
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
documents on the sale of the Coolnegeiragh Fishery by Arethusa Leigh-White
to Timothy Cahill; the sale of property to Joseph Michael Cullinane; a lease to
Denis O’Connell, Glengarriff; and a donation to the Glengarriff Regatta fund.
Also correspondence between Arethusa Leigh-White, Glengarriff Lodge, to
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on the handling of stocks and shares; and a mss
letter from Williams and James ([Solicitors]), London, to Ellis, re-payment of
Lady Trevor’s jointure.
1646 4 Aug. 1925 – 9 Dec. 1926
10 items
Correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office. Topics raised are – repair
of outbuildings at Bantry House; the sale of Coolnagearagh Fishery; the
surrender of leases held by the Admiralty; and conveyances to Honora
Cullinan, Joseph Michael Cullinane (Solicitor), and William Murphy. Also
documents from William Stevens (Caretaker) on the day-to-day running of the
House; a change of tenants’ affairs of the Lambkin Estate – Cornelius
Harrington and Michael Lynch; the Puxleys Estate review of rent of the
Berehaven Hotel; and H. M. Puxley’s holding in Castletownbere.
18 items
1647 12 Aug. – 5 Nov. 1925
see also
1675, 3276
Correspondence file belonging to Ernest Ellis (Agent). Includes the
arrangements to return Bantry House from the use of the Board of Guardians
(28 th Sept. & 17 th Aug.); the fire insurance policy for the Royale/Rose
Tapestry (23 Sept), and its housing; the sale of the foreshore of
Castletownbere to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (10 th Sept.);
changes to the lodge by Henry Hill (24 th Aug.); the mending of the Cupola
(17 th & 20 th Aug.); alterations to Glengarriff Lodge (13 th & 20 th Aug.); and
tenancy problems relating to Ivy Lodge, Castletownbere (13 th Oct.).
1648 15 Aug. – 30 Dec. 1925
72 items
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
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Includes documents relating to the purchase of the Castletown Berehaven RIC
barracks by The Commissioners of Public Works from Mrs. Hanoria L.
Sullivan, which she holds under lease from the Estate; the purchase of houses
at Summerhill, Bantry, by Matilda O’Donovan; a conveyance to George
Kingston, Chapel Street, Bantry; and a lease to Daniel Murphy, West End,
Castletownbere. Also raised is the issue of the occupation of Bantry House by
the Nuns as an area hospital, and their possible notice to quit, Stevens
(Caretaker) writes “the Nuns will be leaving Bantry House next month surely”
(18 th Nov.); and also work done on a grave (possibly Edward Leigh-White’s).
Also the sale of the rights of fishery in the Lee at Carrigadrohid to Mr.
Timothy Cahill.
1649 30 Aug. 1925 – 14 Dec. 1938
378
193 items
File entitled “Bantry Estate Miscellaneous 1/1/38 to 31/12/38” containing
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Inch, Co. Wexford, and
Clodagh Shelswell-White, Gibraltar, on issues relating to the Bantry Estate.
Includes the erection of a Transformer Station just inside the Town Gate
Lodge by the Electricity Supply Board; staff wages; the sale of various lands
to tenants; Bantry Tolls and Markets; and repairs to the roof of Bantry House.
1650 23 – 30 Dec. 1925
42 items
File entitled “Correspondence with Mr. Cooke” containing correspondence
between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, with Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on
Estate matters. These include James Flynn’s holding in Snave; the date P. H.
O’Leary went into possession of a house in Summerhill; and mentions
Vickery’s account for motor hire.
1651 30 Dec. 1925 – 22 June 1926
6 items
File entitled “No. B1 Correspondence with Mr H.W. Cooke”, containing
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Bantry Estate Office, on matters relating to the running of the
Estate. Includes lists of payments made to Munster & Leinster Bank by the
Estate.
1652 5 Jan. – 17 Dec. 1926
180 items
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
details on the repairs needed to Glengarriff Lodge estimated by Henry Hill
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(ARIBA), Dublin (5 th Jan.); and information on the lease held by the Reps. R.
P. Kingston, deceased (25 th March & 25 th June). There is an interesting quote
by Ellis to Sir Douglas D. Powell, Tedworth Square, London, “…there has
been trouble over here with the pier porters refusing to handle the letters at
Kingstown Pier…I trust the British Government will remain firm and let these
people understand once and for all that they cannot hold up the whole nation
with impunity” (11 th May).
1653 19 Feb. – 29 July 1926
379
19 items
General correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Estate Office,
Bantry, and Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on Estate business.
1654 23 March – 25 Nov. 1926
46 items
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
letters from Travers & Wolfe (Solicitors), Bantry, on the sale of property to
Tenants and the recovery of rents from others. Also correspondence between
John Falvey (Steward) and Ernest Ellis (Agent) on repair work is being carried
out on Bantry House and Glengarriff Lodge. Ellis comments on the crisis in
England concerning Baldwin’s management of a General Strike (20 th May).
Also the ordering and planting of new trees at Bantry House from Galvin
Bros., Dublin. Also typed letter from Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin,
to Messrs Stopford & Turner (Agents) acknowledging payment of legal costs
relating to business between the Bantry Estate with Messrs Murphy &
O’Connor, and J. M. Cullinane.
1655 31 March – 26 Oct. 1926
86 items
File entitled “B2 General Correspondence” relating to the running of the
Bantry Estate and personal matters of the Leigh-White family. Contains
information on the Securities and Dividends of the Estate; motor insurance
renewal; renewal of leases; correspondence between Ellis (Agent), H. W.
Cooke (Steward), Bantry, and John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff, on various
repairs and tenants’ concerns. Includes copy-typed letters from Ellis to
Geoffrey Shelswell, Zanzibar, and to Messrs Sutton & Co. (Estate Solicitors),
Dublin, making clear the facts of Clodagh Leigh-White’s inheritance and
resettlement of the Estate, her impending marriage, and lists the unsold lands
of the Estate (July 1926).
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1656 15 May 1926 – 21 Dec. 1929
File entitled “Miscellaneous Correspondence”. It contains correspondence on
legal and financial matters of the Bantry Estate. Includes a map of Reenmeen
drawn by E. Morris, Dublin, on wax paper (28 th July 1928). Also a draft of the
Bantry town rentals detailing information under headings – Rental No.;
Townland; Tenants’ Name; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to 29 Sept.
1928; Total; Amount Received; Arrears remaining due; Poor Rate allowed;
Income Tax; Allowances; OBSERVATIONS.
1657 14 July 1926 – 16 Nov. 1935
380
33 items
Correspondence files on Estate business between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin,
and Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Zanzibar. Includes a rough map
on tracing paper of Reenmeen (1929); and a statement showing moneys
received and payments made in respect of Estate and Succession Duties, in
connection with Tapestries, etc, in Bantry House (Feb. 1934). Also
correspondence between Arethusa Leigh-White and the Shelswell-Whites on
the future of Bantry House and the Estate, commenting on the political
situation in Ireland “the present Irish Government is advanced
Socialist...Socialism means attacks on our capital in divers and ever
increasingly more serious ways.” (26 th June 1934). Also correspondence
relating to the erection by the Berehaven Memorial Committee of a memorial
in the Square in Castletownbere “to the memory of those who gave their lives
for the Freedom of Ireland.” (6 th March 1935).
1658 30 July – 30 Dec. 1926
6 files
File entitled “Correspondence with Mr. H. W. Cooke” from the office of
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on the running of the Bantry Estate – accounts,
tenants’ leases, rents and purchase of holdings. Includes copy typed letter from
Ellis, to Mr. M. Martin Sullivan, Castletown Bere, acknowledging receipt of a
cheque for a ½ year’s rent, and asking for a further sum to settle the account.
The reverse of this was used as paper for Geoffrey Shelswell-White’s “Guide
to Glengarriff” correspondence (22 nd March, 1954).
1659 22 Oct. – 7 Dec. 1926
104 items
File containing correspondence by Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, with William
Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, and John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff,
on repairs and supplies needed; with Fred Sutton (Solicitor), Dublin, on Estate
legal issues and payment of Death and Estate Duties; and with various
businesses in London for payment of bills with Arethusa Leigh-White.
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Includes a typed list of actions taken by Stopford & Turner (Estate Agency
Firm), Dublin, on the Bolton, Alcock, [Cd.] Stephen Moore, and Ballycurry
Estates.
381
39 items
1660 11 Dec. 1926 – 13 Nov. 1927
see also
132
General correspondence file related to the running of the Bantry Estate
between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and employees of the Estate – H.W.
Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry
House, and John Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff. Includes documents on repairs
to Glengarriff Lodge; invoices from businesses in London in account with
Mrs. Leigh-White. Also correspondence between Leigh-White, England, and
Ellis, on her plans for the Lodge and dealings in stocks and shares. Also typed
letter from Leonard Partridge ([Art Dealer]), London, to Ellis, informing him
of the first consignment of goods belonging to Leigh-White to be shipped back
to Bantry (16 th March 1927). Also letter re-legal costs of the marriage
settlement between Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White; arrangements
with a lease of premises in Blackrock Road by Murphy; and clarification of
leases held by Bantry Woollen Mills Co. Ltd. with the Leigh-White Estate.
1661 30 Dec. 1926 – 10 Sept. 1927
160 items
File entitled “Correspondence with Mr. H. W. Cooke” that contains
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Dublin, and
Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office. Topics raised relate to rental
payments, conveyances; renewal of insurance, and Estate accounts and shares.
1662 8 March – 30 June 1927
246 items
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate,
between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Dublin, Arethusa Leigh-White,
London, William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry Demesne, and John Falvey
(Steward), Glengarriff Demesne.
1663 14 May – 29 Dec. 1927
165 items
General correspondence file of the Bantry Estate dealing amongst other things
the payment of Income Tax by Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-White; the
purchase of shares; and the sale of Estate property. There is correspondence
between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, Patrick Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff,
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William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, Arethusa Leigh-White, and
Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes typed letter to Ellis relating to the estate of
Rev. J. S. Bird deceased (24 th Jan. 1921).
1664 21 May 1927 – [31 Dec. 1928]
382
223 items
Alphabetical “General Correspondence” files from the Bantry Estate. Includes
information on Simon White’s occupation of part of Reenmeen, left to him
under the Will of Lady Ardilaun; Estate insurance policies; payment of
income tax; mss “Memorandum setting out periods spent” in “England Ireland
or abroad between April 5 th 1923 & April 5 th 1927” by Clodagh Shelswell-
White (under ‘S’, 26 th Jan. 1928); and Lady Trevor’s jointure.
1665 8 Aug. – 28 Dec. 1927
4 files
File entitled “Correspondence with Mr. H. W. Cooke” containing
correspondence between Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, and Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, on rental payments, repairs to leased premises, and
repairs to the Square, Castletownbere. Also discussions on Mr. Puxley’s
holdings in Berehaven. Also typed list of “Payments made on Munster &
Leinster Bank Ltd…” and “On Messrs. Child & Co.” for the months October,
November and December; and details of dividends from stock held in account
for the Estate.
1666 16 Nov. – 21 Dec. 1927
94 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Estate Agent), Anglesea Street, Dublin,
and H. W. Cooke (Steward), Estate Office, Bantry House, Bantry, on the
arrangement of a lease for Denis M O’Shea’s holdings in Castletownbere.
1667 29 Sept .1928 – 23 Dec. 1929
4 items
Alphabetical correspondence file from the Estate Office, Bantry. Includes the
map for a lease of land in Reenmeen East by Mr. [Peter] Rhvves/Rhyves
Hawker; documents relating to establishing golf links at Glengarriff; the
purchase of garden fruit trees for the Gardens at Bantry House from Wm.
Power & Co., Waterford; repairs to Bantry House; and a lease to Mrs. Hester
Anne Warner, Castletown Berehaven. Also correspondence between Ernest
Ellis and the Shelswell-Whites on Estate matters, in which the latter write of
their life in Zanzibar and their travels in Africa.
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1668 14 May 1929 – 21 Aug. 1931
Correspondence between [Francis] Fitzmaurice (Solicitor), Dunmanway, to
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to a refund in rent on a lease held by
Puxleys for Ivy Lodge. It was sold in the sale to the Congested Districts
Board.
1669 26 Feb. 1930 – 18 July 1939
383
3 items
File entitled “Miscellaneous Correspondence”, containing correspondence on
legal and financial matters relating to the Bantry Estate. Includes a map of the
“Proposed Lay-Out at ‘Reenmeen’ Glengarriff” showing plots of land
numbered, with their area, worth and ground rent given. Also Glengarriff
Labour Returns for September and October 1936, and for Feb./March 1939,
with the Grazing receipts from the Glengarriff Demesne; an Account of
Expenditure, Rentals of Bantry, Berehaven and Glengarriff Estates of Clodagh
Shelswell-White for the year ending 29 th September 1937; and Demand
Notices for payment of Rates (18 th July 1939).
1670 7 – 14 April 1930
44 items
Correspondence relating to the construction of new houses near Bantry and
Glengarriff submitted by Denis Connolly, [Rossnasonsogue], Glengarriff, and
Manning Robertson (Chartered Architect), Dublin, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Bantry Estate. Includes their respective plans.
1671 15 April – 16 Dec. 1930
7 items
Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the running of the Shelswell-White
Estate. Includes correspondence between Manning Robertson (Chartered
Architect), Dublin, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), on suggestions in the design of
new dwellings at Glengarriff; a typed copy letter from Clodagh Shelswell-
White to Rev. W. J. Grainger stating that the Bantry Estate makes no claim of
ownership on the School premises of Bantry; and copy letter from [Ellis] to
Arethusa Leigh-White on an agreement with Sullivan for the right to use of
seaweed and sand at the foreshore of [Castletownbere]. Also correspondence
between the Committee of Castletownbere to the Bantry Estate asking to stop
the use of the Square by Hawkers.
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1672 7 – 28 Aug. 1930
Letters from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
on matters relating to the running to the House and Estate. Includes a list of
decisions made after discussions on the Bantry Estate; and the expenditure &
receipts for the years 1927, 1928 and 1930 for Castletown Square.
1673 12 Aug. 1930 – 11 April 1940
384
6 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Geoffrey and
Clodagh Shelswell-White, Zanzibar, on the decision to takeout a
Comprehensive Insurance Policy for Bantry House and its tapestries against
burglary and fire. Includes a typed letter from Charles J. Dunlop (Architect
and Estate Agent), Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White on insurance (11 th
April 1940).
1674 30 Sept. 1930 – 21 Sept. 1939
21 items
Incomplete administrative file from the [Bantry Estate Office]. Includes
correspondence on Estate business for 1936 between Ernest Ellis (Agent) and
Clodagh Shelswell-White, especially the matter of reducing rents in
Castletown by 15%; and the sale of plots of land to tenants and part of
Glengarriff Demesne to the Forestry Department. Also mss accounts in Childs
Bank for 1930; a typed account for June, July and August 1939 of the Estate
of Mrs. C E M Shelswell-White; and “CLAIM FOR ABATEMENT” on rates
on agricultural land 1935/36 and 1936/37 payable by the Estate. Also
correspondence relating to insurance, and the payment of Lady Trevor’s
jointure.
2 files
1675 25 Nov. 1930 – 8 Aug. 1931
see also
1647
Correspondence relating to a mix-up on the payment of rent on Ivy Lodge,
Castletownbere, by Denis M O’Shea and H. L. Puxley to both the Land
Commission and the Leigh-White Estate.
1676 1930
3 items
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes information relating to queries on the reps. of the Bird Estate;
tenants’ queries; stocks and shares purchased for the Estate – “The Gandhi
scare has caused a great deal of nervousness to holders and it is quite possible
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all Indian Stocks may depreciate further, unless the authorities in India take a
stronger view and imprison the agitators.” (24 th Jan., under ‘B’). Also
discussions on the design of a house in Reenmeen East to be built by Denis
Connolly, Rusnashunishogue, Glengarriff (under ‘C’ & ‘O’) and [repairs] to
the front gate Lodge, [Glengarriff]. Also payment of Estate Income Tax; a
typed valuation list of the tapestries held in Bantry House ([20 th March], under
‘L’); and queries re-Reenrour Strand and Foreshore and the rights of
O’Sullivan to its sand and seaweed (24 th June, under ‘L’). Discussions on the
lease of Adrigole National School (under ‘O’); Berehaven Improvement
Committee asking to impose a tariff of £5 on stall traders taking up space in
the Square (14 th May, under ‘O’). Also discussions in connection with an
application by the Farmers Union Abattoir & Marketing Ltd. to the Great
Southern Railways Co. for a site on which to erect a weighbridge at Bantry
Railway Station (under ‘S’); the Payment of Death and Estate Duties (under
‘S’); payment of Lady Trevor’s Jointure (under ‘W’); and the letting of
Glengarriff Lodge (under ‘T’).
1677 15 April 1931 – 6 Oct. 1944
385
4 files
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes letters between Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, Clodagh Shelswell-
White, Kells, Co. Meath and Glengarriff Lodge, and Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, England, on the payment of Succession Duty, insurance policies for
Bantry House, its contents, and other estate properties. Also survey notes of
buildings at The Lodge Glengarriff inspected by Dunlop (Nov. 1940). Also
letters on various tenants’ cases of arrears and purchases, with a mss list of
Arrears of the Glengarriff, Pearsons Bridge, Bantry Town, Castletownbere
Divisions to 20 th June 1944 – details information under headings – Rental No.;
Denomination; Tenants’ Names; Arrears last Account; One Year’s Rent to;
Total.
90 items
1678 1931
CLOSED*
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes an application by D. Buckley, Shrone, Glengarriff, for a site in
Reenmeen to build a bungalow; the letting of Glengarriff Lodge (under ‘B’);
*discussions between Ellis (Agent) and Rev. Grainger about H. W. Cooke’s
(Steward) health (under ‘G’ 17 th Aug.); and discussions on the sale of the Rent
Office, Castletownbere, to Timothy C. Kelly (under ‘K’). Also ideas put
forward by the Glengarriff Improvement Committee are discussed in a letter
from Ernest Ellis to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Zanzibar (16 th Dec., under ‘S’).
Also typed letter from John O’Shea (Builder and Contractor), Bantry, to
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, giving his report on two sites at Reenmeen East
which Mr. Buckley is interested in.
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1679 14 Dec. 1932 – 18 Feb. 1933
Mss cover letter written by Clodagh Shelswell-White to Ernest Ellis (Agent)
enclosing a receipt from the National Museum for items loaned by the Bantry
Estate. These are the gold medal presented to Richard White by the City of
Cork in 1796, and a silver gilt Freedom box presented to Viscount Berehaven
by the city of Cork in 1822. These were entered by Westropp, a Keeper in the
Museum.
386
3 items
1680 1932
See also
1869
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes documents on the water supply to Bantry House; stocks and shares of
the Estate managed by Bower & Wrey, London; tenants’ leases; the letting of
Glengarriff Lodge; the sale of plots at Reenmeen to Patrick O’Shea (ex-School
Teacher); and the letting of shooting rights around the grounds of Glengarriff
Lodge. Also correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), H. W. Cooke
(Steward), John Falvey (Steward, Glengarriff), Arethusa Leigh-White and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White. In one letter from Ellis to Richard Longfield
(Estate Trustee) he writes “What a desperate state the country has got into
owing to the suicidal policy of de Valera & his gang, in a short time every one
in the farming line will be bankrupt.” (3 rd Sept. 1932, under ‘L’). Also
material on repairs to Bantry House and Demesne; tenancy for the Steward’s
house; inquiries for the Bird and Liddy estates by Ruth Wasserman (rep. of the
Estates); and the payment of death duties and income tax.
1681 1932 – 1933
5 files
Alphabetical correspondence file between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Cooke
(Steward), Hutchins (Agent), Falvey (Steward, Glengarriff), Arethusa Leigh-
White, and the Shelswell-Whites relating to the business of the Bantry Estate.
Includes documents on tenants’ leases and purchases, with maps in some
cases; staffing; income tax payment; the purchase and sale of stocks and
shares; and repairs to and the letting of Bantry House
1682 18 March 1933 – 24 Nov. 1937
4 files
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Clodagh
Shelswell-White, The Lodge, Glengarriff, relating to the letting and sale of
holdings of the Estate. Includes documents on the lease to Miss Minnie
O’Sullivan, Glengarriff; the sale of Furze Field, Reenmeen to R. Harvey,
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Poulgorm Hotel, Glengarriff; the sale of a plot at Reenmeen to P. Dick; the
proposed Village Hall site in Glengarriff; and the sale of Reenmeen East by
Louise Hawker to Vickery, Bantry. Also a typed and mss list of purchasers
and the property in question; and a copy photograph of King Edward VIII
dressed in a Scottish uniform (27.7cm x 19cm).
1683 8 April – 3 July 1933
387
75 items
Correspondence on Estate matters between Geoffrey Shelswell-White,
Glengarriff Lodge, and Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Dublin, including
the sale of property at Hollyhill and Patrick O’Shea’s third plot at Reenmeen,
of plans to lease and sell lands of the Estate, and instructions on the [leasing]
of fields at Reenmeen and grazing at Glengarriff.
1684 2 Jan. – 7 Nov. 1934
21 items
Letters relating to Estate matters from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes the
payment of income tax on Lady Trevor’s jointure; repairs to Bantry House;
and the sale and leasing of premises to tenants of the Estate.
1685 3 Jan. – 10 Nov. 1934
27 items
Correspondence relating to the running of the Shelswell-White Bantry Estate.
Includes letters from William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry House, to Ernest
Ellis (Agent).
1686 29 March 1934 – 16 March 1942
23 items
General correspondence from Charles J. Dunlop (Architect and Agent of the
Estate), Dublin, Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Fred Sutton (Estate
Solicitor), Dublin, with [the Shelswell-Whites]. Includes documents relating to
the sale of a holding to Daniel Murphy, Castletownbere; correspondence from
J. P. Kennedy (Superintendent – Income Tax Department, Provincial Bank of
Ireland) on personal income tax payments; discussions on the correct
insurance valuation on Bantry House [and Glengarriff Lodge]; the sale of
Estate holdings; a felling permit, and the lease/sale of the Sports Field. Also
documents relating to the military occupation of Bantry House. Also a receipt
from the British Museum, Department of Manuscripts, for items received from
Mrs. Leigh-White on deposit, and noted also are the items lent to the National
Museum, Ireland (1932-34). Includes a copy of an agreement between the
Shelswell-White Estate and John McCarthy for his letting of a house in the
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stable yard of Bantry House (1935).
1687 3 – 30 May 1934
388
167 items
Typed correspondence between Travers Wolfe & Co. (Solicitors), Skibbereen,
and Messrs Turner & Ellis (Estate Managers), Estate Offices, Bantry,
arranging the leasing of property in Main Street, Bantry on behalf of Mrs.
Carroll. Includes a typed letter from Williams & James, ([Solicitors]), London,
to Ellis, Estate Offices, Dublin, acting on behalf of Lady Trevor relating to the
Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White. Also a typed letter from Charles J. Dunlop
(Architect), Dublin, to Ellis, giving his opinion of the estimates given by Mr.
O’Shea (Builder) on repairs to [Bantry House] (9 th May 1935).
6 items
1688 3 May – 21 Dec. 1934
see also
389
General correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes copies of typed letters from [Ellis] to Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White on the Estate business – income tax payments on farming in
Bantry, Glengarriff, and the “Sports Field” at Glengarriff, negotiations with
the Forestry Department on Glengarriff wood, repairs to Bantry House, and
the letting of Bantry House Garden to Mr. Ffrench Davis. Also a typed copy
letter from [Ellis (Agent)] to William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry, on estate
business – the payment of O’ Shea for the work he carried out on the stables,
and the complaint by Mrs Hannah Sullivan.
1689 1934
24 items
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Patrick Falvey (Steward, Glengarriff), Arethusa Leigh-White, and
Clodagh Shelswell-White on tenants’ leases and arrears; staff wages,
maintenance to Bantry House; insurances and income tax payments. Also
documents on the stocks and shares of the Estate; from the Irish Land
Commission on various plots of land held under lease from the Estate; and
documents relating to the letting of Bantry House gardens to Mr. Ffrench-
Davis.
1690 10 April 1935 – 24 Nov. 1937
2 files
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Clodagh
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Shelswell-White, Glengarriff Lodge, relating to the letting of Estate property
near Deerpark, Bantry for a golf course, and the site for a Distributing Station
by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) just inside the Town Gate Lodge at
Bantry. Includes the first page of a typed letter from [Ellis] to H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, relating to the issue of letting a house in
Bantry House Stable Yard to John McCarthy, Chapel Street, and Robert C.
Kelly. Ellis would like Wolfe to begin legal proceedings on tenants in
Castletownbere who have not paid their rents.
389
30 items
1691 23 Dec. 1935 – 24 Nov. 1937
see also
1694
Typed correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Clodagh and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, on Estate business – the letting of grazing; matters
relating to Glengarriff Lodge; repairs to the humpy bridge, Glengarriff; and
the proposed building of a sand quay near the Bathing Box, Bantry. The
correspondence has been cut and pasted together from longer letters. Includes
an empty “Covenant Subscriptions” form for The Representative Body of the
Church of Ireland. Also mss letter from [Anthony MacGillacody], Flesk
Castle, Killarney, to Arethusa Leigh-White, on his taking of the woodcock
shooting near Glengarriff Lodge for a number of years. Includes a sketch of
the front elevation of a house. Also mss “Livery Information” from Culleton’s
Heraldic Office, London, for Edward E. Leigh-White, Bantry House (9 th
March 1904).
1692 1935 – 1936
26 items
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes correspondence between the Estate and the Castletown Bere Town
Tenants Association on the purchase of the ground rents and a temporary
reduction in rents; a site for Bantry Golf Club (21 st Sept. 1935, under ‘H’);
income tax payments; repairs to Bantry House; the removal of Minnie
Sullivan’s stall from the roadside at Glengarriff; and the possible sale of part
of the Estate forestry at Glengarriff to the Department of Forestry. Also
between Ellis (Agent), the Shelswell-Whites, Arethusa Leigh-White, Falvey
(Steward), Glengarriff, Cooke (Steward), and Frank Hutchins’ appointment as
Sub-Agent to the Bantry Demesne. Also a copy of a lease made by the Earl of
Bantry to Daniel Moriarty (Shopkeeper) for premises at Barrack Point in
Castletown, dated 8 th January 1861, and a cloth map of premises to be
conveyed to Breen in [Bantry town in 1935]. Interesting Eire postal stamp
commemorating the Gaelic Athletic Association 1864 – 1934.
4 files

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1693 1936
Alphabetical Correspondence file (D – L) relating to the running of the Bantry
Estate
390
19 items
1694 Jan. 1938 – July 1943
see also
673*, 693 – 697*, 1691
Correspondence files relating to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
documents relating to the lease of Bantry House to the Irish army, rate
payments and repairs on the House; the sale of Estate property to tenants; and
the payment of income tax by Clodagh Shelswell-White to the Inland
Revenue, with lists of accounts and holdings for the Estate. Also issues arising
from the lease agreements between the Estate and John Moriarty and William
Harrington, both of Cappyaughna. *Also mss Weekly Return of Rents, 2 nd
Nov. to 7 th Nov, 1942 from Bantry, Glengarriff and Castletownbere, and
Grazing Agreements (Feb. 1941). Includes wax paper map showing townlands
and the coastline of Bantry Bay, with red boxes marking out certain areas –
Dursey Island. It is signed “Ardilaun” and “Longfield”, with a scale of one
inch to one statute mile.
1695 8 March – 22 Nov.1938
1696 1938
3 files
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, relating to the sale of property in Marino
Street, Bantry, by G. A. Kennedy (Reps. Bird Estate) to Henry Breen, and the
sale of Snave Fishery yielding £55 for the Estate. Includes information on the
payment of labour on the estate; an application for rent by Thomas F.
McCarthy, Castletown Bere; the connection of electricity into the Bantry
Estate Office; and discussions on rent defaulters. Also a typed letter from Ellis
to Arethusa Leigh-White, Victoria Club, London, relating to the planned
building of a Sub-Station by the ESB inside the town Gate Lodge.
23 items
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Includes information on rental arrears; repairs to the roof of Bantry House; the
proposed building of an ESB power station inside the Main Gate Lodge; the
appointment of Michael O’Neill as caretaker to the Square, Castletown Bere;
repairs to the Steward’s House, [Bantry], formerly occupied by Miss
Adderley; and payment of income tax. Also correspondence between Ellis, the
Shelswell-Whites, Arethusa Leigh-White, H. W. Cooke (Steward), A. R.
Cooke (Steward), Charles Dunlop (Agent), Patrick Falvey (Steward,
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Glengarriff) and Capt. Frank Hutchins (Sub-Agent). In mss letters from
Clodagh Shelswell-White to Ellis, she describes Geoffrey’s journey from
Gibraltar to Transjordan (7 th Nov., under ‘S’), H. W. Cooke’s funeral (5 th
Dec.) and the fire at Glengarriff Lodge and a list of items damaged (27 th Dec.).
1697 7 Jan. 1939 – 22 Sept. 1940
391
3 files
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, Charles Dunlop
(Architect and Deputy Agent Bantry Estate), Dublin and Clodagh Shelswell-
White, Transjordan and the Lodge, Glengarriff, relating to the running of the
Bantry Estate – insurance claim on fire damage to Glengarriff Lodge and
subsequent repairs; repairs to the roof of Bantry House and installation of a
heating system; staffing; the sale of Glengarriff forest to the Forestry
Department; insurance of the House and tapestries; the payment of Sucession
Duties; the Costigan Case; the military occupation of the House, and the
proposed slipways at Corriveillaun. Includes two copies of a
“MEMORANDUM” from the Agricultural Wages Act, 1936, issued by the
Agricultural Wages Board.
1698 1 March 1939 – 18 Jan. 1943
1699 1939
2 files
File entitled “Shelswell White Estate. from 1/3/39 to 31/12/42” containing
correspondence between Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, Frank Hutchins
(Sub-Agent), Bantry, and Mrs. Clodagh Shelswell-White, Transjordan, and
Glengarriff Lodge, on Estate business. Includes material relating to repairs to
the Steward’s Lodge by O’Shea; the installation of a heating system and reroofing
at Bantry House; the Costigan, Bantry, and Thomas F. McCarthy,
Castletownbere cases; a coloured map on tracing paper showing lands to be
demised to Minnie Sullivan, Glengarriff, by the Estate (30 th May 1940); and
discussion on amounts payable and refundable on Death and Sucession Duties.
Also documents on the slipway at Correveillaun, Glengarriff, put forward by
the Glengarriff Tourist Association; and preparations for the Military
occupation of two wings of Bantry House, with mss letter from Geoffrey
stating which property, and terms of occupation (27 th Aug. 1940). Also 9 b/w
photographs (11.8cm x 16.2cm) of Marino Street, Marino House and Marino
Terrace (relating to the Costigan case).
4 files
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to business of the Bantry Estate.
Includes correspondence between Ellis, Arethusa Leigh-White, Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Patrick Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff Demesne, and Frank
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Hutchins (Sub-Agent), Bantry Demesne, on income tax payments; tenants’
leases; and of a fire at Glengarriff Lodge on 21 st December 1938, the damage
done by it and subsequent insurance claims.
1700 8 April 1940 – 20 Feb. 1943
392
4 files
Correspondence file related to the running of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes typed list of arrears of rent due by Reps. W. D. O’Neill, Castletown
Berehaven, to 29 th September 1940, and a typed account of the cash received
by the Estate from the Minister for Defence for occupation by Military of
Bantry House (Nov.1940-April 1941). Topics covered in the documents are
the Military occupation of Bantry House; Lady Trevor’s jointure; income tax
payments; Castletownbere sales; tenants’ arrears – Mrs. Costigan, Daniel
Murphy, Kingston (Corkery Estate), Cotter, John Moriarty and John
Harrington, Cappyaughna; and W. D. O’Neill. Also typed list of queries by the
Inspector (of Taxes) on the Bantry and Glengarriff Account, for the year
ended 1 st June 1942; and mss account of Poor Rates paid on Estate lands.
1701 19 June 1940 – 21 Jan. 1941
283 items
Correspondence file relating to the business dealings between the Shelswell-
White Estate and Mrs. Costigan, Reenrour, [Bantry], for the property Marino
House, and with the Estate and the Department of Defence for the military
occupation of a portion of Bantry House. Also documents relating to the Case
with the Reps W. D. O’Neill, Castletown Berehaven, for rental payment;
correspondence re-M. Sandys Bird Bantry rents; Lady Trevor’s jointure; and a
typed list of Castletown Bere tenants detailing – Folio No.; Tenant; PLV;
Area; RENT; NAME OF PRESENT TENANT, and also whether each is a
‘Lease’ or ‘Yearly’. Includes copy documents relating to the Costigan case
(1936-1940).
1702 19 Oct. 1940 – 29 June 1945
209 items
File entitled “Shelswell White Estate 1/1/45 to 30 th June 1945”. Includes
correspondence relating to payment of income tax; Bantry town arrears and
reconciliation of arrears for the Shelswell-White Estate; a typed list of
Purchase prices received for sales at Castletown Berehaven and Bantry (Nov.
1943, January and June 1944); payment of insurance policies; signed forms
allowing occupation of Estate lands by the Military, commencing on 14 th
September, 1944, and correspondence on a survey of part of Bantry House that
was occupied by the Military. Also Estate Accounts; the transfer of the
Estate’s Agency solely to Charles Dunlop; a map showing the proposed slipway
in the Abbey lands, Bantry (May 1945). Also contains letters relating to
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1703 1940
the Sandys Bird Estate from 1918.
393
2 files
Alphabetical correspondence files relating to the running of the Bantry Estate
between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, the Shelswell-Whites, Arethusa Leigh-
White, Patrick Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff Demesne, [A.] Cooke (Steward)
Estate Office, Bantry, and Capt. Frank Hutchins (Sub-Agent), Bantry
Demesne. Includes documents relating to the Berehaven Improvement
Committee to build a new pier and slipway; tenants’ leases, arrears and
purchases; heating installation for Bantry House; military occupation of
Bantry House; Lady Trevor’s jointure; insurance of the tapestries and Bantry
House; and the payment of duties on Charges and Income Tax on the Estate.
1704 19 Sept. 1941 – 30 June 1944
1705 1941
4 files
Correspondence files related to the running of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes information on an income tax settlement on rents paid from
Castletownbere, with lists of tenants; the Castletown Berehaven Sales; the
change of dates of the Bantry Fair; the Glengarriff Timber Contract to the
Military; the supply and charge of electricity to the portion of the House
occupied by Mrs. Shelswell-White, and tenders for the installation of
additional power-points. Also the sale of site National School at Ardgroom.
Also some letters from the 1920s relating to the Bird Estate, and typed lists of
Sales since 21 st October 1926 from the Shelswell-White Estate.
2 files
Alphabetical box-file containing general correspondence relating to the
running of the Shelswell-White Estate. Includes typed list of “Cash received
from Minister for Defence for occupation by Military of Bantry House” (8 th
Nov. 1940 – 24 th April 1941); various accounts; Lady Trevor’s jointure
payment of income tax; typed list of Glengarriff, Bantry and Castletown
defaulters (May – June 1941); and correspondence between Addison & Son
(Solicitors), Portsmouth, England and Ellis (Agent) on the Estate of the late
M. Sandys Bird. Also documents on the purchase of stocks; income tax
payments on Schedule A, Castletown; the rentals of Carriganass; purchase of
tenants holdings; repairs carried out on Bantry House and its out-houses
during the military occupation; bog rents of Glengarriff Demesne; and rental
demands by the Estate for the use of the Square, Castletown, by the County
Council, for the storage of machinery. Also correspondence with Oliver
Marton, Gloucester, and Granville Proby, London (Trustees of the Estate); and
a typed list of Income on Investments for 1940 for the Shelswell-White Estate.
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1706 17 Feb. 1942 – 21 Jan. 1944
394
3 files
Correspondence files relating to the running of the Estate – allotment plots,
Glengarriff, for the Cork Board of Health and Public Assistance; arrangements
for a golf course in Bantry; inheritance from Baroness Trevor; the extension of
the burial ground at Abbey Lands, Bantry; copy Conacre Proposals (1941) and
a typed list of sales since 21 st October, 1926 from the Shelswell-White Estate.
Includes one file entitled “Estate 1943” documents relating to the payment of
income tax; a change in the Agency of the Estate from Ernest Ellis to Charles
Dunlop; a change in Trustees for the Estate; timber sales; and tenancy affairs
1707 4 Dec. 1942 – 20 Dec. 1944
2 files
File containing correspondence between Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, Bantry, and Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, on the running of the
estate. Includes documents on timber contracts; insurance payments; Trust
Funds and Estate Accounts; family heraldry for armorial book plates; the
appointment of new trustees of the Estate and staff; and the timber contract to
the Department of Defence. Also papers relating to the sales in Castletownbere
since 1926, and costs incurred by Dunlop in 1939 for work on the repairs to
the Bantry House.
1708 1942 – 1943
102 items
Alphabetical correspondence file relating to the running of the Bantry Estate.
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), A. R. Cooke (Steward), Patrick
Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff, Capt. Frank Hutchins (Sub-Agent), and
Clodagh Shelswell-White on tenants’ leases and arrears, staff wages,
maintenance to Bantry House during its military occupation; and income tax
payments.
1709 18 March 1943 – 9 May 1959
2 files
Correspondence file relating to the purchase of the fee simple by Patrick
Moriarty of his father’s leased plot of ground next to the Catholic Church
(folio G. 243) in Cappyaughna, Glengarriff from the Bantry Estate. Includes
draft conveyance and the original lease for the property between the Estate and
John Moriarty, with a map of the area (scale 1/2500 th ) in 1943.
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1710 2 April 1943 – 17 Dec. 1946
File entitled “Shelswell White Estate from 1.7.46.” Includes a typed list of
Dunlop’s work for the Shelswell-White estate (20 th March 1935 – 27 th Nov.
1946); and typed lists of premises sold in Castletownberehaven and their
prices (1945-1946). Also correspondence on the purchase and leasing of estate
property; and a list of defaulters at Glengarriff, Castletownberehaven, and
Bantry. (There are no records between July 1945 – May 1946).
395
2 files
1711 29 May 1943 – 6 May 1946
see also
1715
File entitled “SHELSWELL-WHITE FROM 30 th JUNE 1945 TO 31
JANUARY 1946”. Includes correspondence relating to Ardgroom National
School; a notice to quit Bantry House from the Dept. of Defence after 31 st Jan.
1945; a slipway at Berehaven; the Account for the Estate for 1945/1946; an
application by R. Harvey, Poulgorm Hotel, for building sites at Reenmeen,
and the subsequent surveys done to determine plots and boundaries; Sutton’s
fees for sales at Castletown Berehaven; and discussion and map of the
Townland of Abbey, Bantry (Aug. 1945). Also documents relating to duties
payable on the Tapestries (Sept. 1945), with a list of Tapestries and their
valuation; the sales at Castletown; a report on the Bird Estate by Messrs
Sutton; and problems with the agency of the O’Brien-Corkery Estate. Also a
map showing the connection of the town water mains to Bantry House.
1712 14 Jan. – 4 Dec. 1944
3 files
File entitled “ESTATE 1944” containing correspondence from Charles
Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Bantry,
on estate business – accounts, the timber contract with the Department of
Defence; and income tax payments. Also correspondence between C. J.
O’Leary (Hon. Sec., the Bantry Town Improvements Committee) and
Shelswell-White, for the use of a field for community events; a typed list of
the arrears of the Estate, under headings – Rental No.; Tenant; Yearly Rent;
Arrears 25/3/44; Arrears 30/6/44;and a typed letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Co. Wexford, to Shelswell-White on further Estate matters. Also
correspondence between Dunlop and A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry.
1713 22 Feb. – 30 Dec. 1944
103 items
File entitled “Shelswell White to 31/10/44” containing correspondence
between Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, and
Patrick Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff. Contains bundles of Weekly Return of
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Rents (March – June); receipts from Glengarriff; typed list of arrears; estate
accounts; sales at Castletownbere; timber contract to the Department of
Defence; and discussion on the occupation of certain lands at Seafield by the
Military for camp and [manoeuvres]. Includes miscellaneous items – typed
letters re-Costigan’s Holding (1936); a blank Agreement for Sale of Premises
in Castletown Berehaven, Co. Cork and CONVEYANCE document from the
Bantry Estate; LIST OF LEASES AND AGREEMENTS AT BANTRY
OFFICE (1941); Allocation of Payments and Receipts based on Account of
Messrs. Stopford & Turner, 25/3/1943 for the Shelswell-White Estate; and
copy typed letters from Dunlop relating to Lady Trevor’s Jointure (1941) and
the Military occupation of Bantry House (1943).
1714 7 July 1944 – 13 Feb. 1946
396
2 files
File containing correspondence to Mrs. Shelswell-White. Includes letters from
Charles Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, informing her of various Estate matters – the
purchase of holdings by tenants; the termination by the Irish Army of its
tenancy of Bantry House; the relinquishing of the Square in Castlestown Bere
by the Estate to the County Council; Estate and personal accounts and the
payment of income tax; and the change of the Agency of the Estate to the sole
responsibility of Dunlop. Also documents the re-planting of Glengarriff
Forestry; and the proposed new slipway adjacent to The Square at Castletown
Berehaven. Also invoices and receipts relating to the running of the Estate.
186 items
1715 2 Feb. 1945 – 29 June 1946
see also
1711
Correspondence files related to the running of the Shelswell-White Estate.
Contains rental sheets for Bantry, Glengarriff and Castletownbere due to
September 1945; documents on the proposed slipway, Castletownbere; the
sale of estate holdings in Castletownbere (Mrs. H. O’Sullivan); building sites
at Reenmeen, Glengarriff (Richard Harvey, Poulgorm Hotel); reports on the
repairs to Bantry House, Glengarriff Lodge and the Steward’s House; and the
situation regarding the various Gate Lodges of the estate and the six cottages
at Rope Walk. Includes papers on the Deasy holding in the Square, Bantry,
and possible difficulties with its lease; staff particulars in relation to
Workmen’s Compensation & Employer’s Liability (8 th April 1946); the Right
of Way to Corrievaullaun; the insurance of tapestries; the Bird/Warner Case;
the pier at Bantry; a report on arrears of rent in Bantry, Glengarriff and
Castletownbere (May 1946); and the Kingston case. Also information on the
Hurst holding leased from the Earl of Bantry in 1890. Cooke gives a history of
the holding from then to 1937. There is a question of whether a store to the
south of Mrs. Swanton’s house is included on the lease. It gives the leasing
history of the store, including copies of maps showing the premises as it was
divided and then sold to Messrs. G.W. Biggs in a conveyance of the 1 st Oct.
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1937.
1716 21 March 1946 – 1 Nov. 1951
397
2 files
Correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the Reenmeen
building sites near Glengarriff.
1717 27 May – 12 June 1946
88 items
Correspondence between A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office,
Bantry, and Charles J. Dunlop (Agent), Shelswell-White Estate Office,
Dublin, on matters relating to the running of the Estate – wage increases and
letting agreements. Includes two empty envelopes addressed to Cooke, Chapel
Street, Bantry, with the 2½p stamps attached, dated 1 st and 16 th April, 1947.
1718 24 June 1946 – 30 Dec. 1947
9 items
General correspondence file from the Estate Office, Bantry. Includes the
organisation of the felling of trees in Glengarriff woods for firewood on
request by the Town Commissioners; and a letter from Clodagh Shelswell-
White to the Manager of the Munster & Leinsters Bank, Bantry, declaring that
Geoffrey Shelswell-White has assumed direct administration of the Estate
(28 th Jan. 1947). Also correspondence on the possible purchase of property out
of the Montpelier Estate (c. June 1947); and the “Particulars of payments &
Receipts in connection with Castletown Square” from 30 th November 1901-
14 th September 1912 (located in the 3 rd file after 17 th July 1947). Also
correspondence on the storage of vehicles by Cork County Council on the
Square, Castletownbere, and payment of same to the Shelswell-White Estate
(27 th July 1940-5 th Dec. 1941).
1719 28 June 1947 – 15 May 1961
3 files
Correspondence file on the maintenance of the Square at Castletownbere by
the Estate, and negotiations between the Estate and Cork County Council
relating to the laying of water pipes on the western edge of the Square at
Castletownbere for its Water Supply Scheme. Includes maps showing the area
in question. Also correspondence relating to the purchase of the fee simple of
the Square by the Berehaven Tourist Development Association from the
Estate.
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1720 1 Dec. 1947 – 8 Dec. 1948
General Correspondence from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes documents
relating to foreshore rights; a list of tenants to be warned to attend at a rent
collection in Castletownbere on 21 st May, [1948]; a plan on tracing paper for a
proposed road improvement at “Bathing Box Corner”, Bantry with the land to
be acquired coloured red (10 th June 1948); Audits of Accounts; and wage
increase discussions. Also correspondence on the acquisition of the fee simple
interest in the premises of Urhan National School, Co. Cork, by the Diocesan
Trustees of the Diocese of Kerry; and notes on Agricultural Grants printed in
The Southern Star newspaper (11 th March).
1721 1947 – 1961
File entitled “Reference File” compiled by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
containing information on foreshore rights, agricultural practises,
measurements, tax liability, insurance, and rates.
1722 6 Jan. 1948 – 1 July 1949
398
2 files
65 items
Correspondence file entitled “General File – 1948/49”. Includes sketch map of
Bathing Box Corner, Bantry, and the planned “cutting off of corner” there; and
correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and Rev.
R. F. Hipwell, Castletown Bere, on the history of Ardgroom Church and
Curriglass Schoolhouse in Kilmocomogue. Also tenders for Grazing Rights;
inquiries by the Estate with its solicitors on cases against tenants (10 th Feb.
1949); the electrification of Glengarriff Lodge (10 th Feb. 1949); and the wages
of agricultural workers.
1723 Aug. 1948 – Aug. 1969
308 items
File entitled “REFERENCE FILE (a) LEGAL NOTES ON HOLDINGS”
compiled by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. It contains correspondence between
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors),
Dublin, Frank O’Mahony (Solicitor), Bantry, and the Trustee Dept., Bank of
Ireland, Dublin, on legal issues relating to Estate business.
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1724 14 March 1949 – 20 June 1952
Correspondence file entitled “Glengarriff Demesne Avenue Acquisition” by
Cork County Council from the Shelswell-White Bantry Estate. Includes a
rough map of the proposed acquisition initialled by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
1725 23 May 1949 – 11 Aug. 1953
399
94 items
Correspondence file relating to an offer by Cork County Council for the rights
of Water from Lake Bofinna from the Bantry Estate. Includes maps of the
areas involved.
1726 4 July 1949 – 26 June 1950
108 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes draft
accounts for 1948/49. Also correspondence on the Estate of Mary H. Browne
(deceased), clarifying the lease held by her with the Bantry Estate; and
documents arranging the lease of fishing rights by Bantry and Glengarriff
Fishing Clubs.
1727 1 July 1950 – 30 June 1951
2 files
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes rough accounts of payments by the
Estate and Glengarriff offices.
1728 2 July 1951 – 4 July 1952
214 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes papers on repairs to the estate; audits;
leasing of grazing and tendering for hay harvesting; and tenant queries. Also
rough drafts of Receipts and Payments.
1729 30 June 1952 – 26 June 1953
220 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office, covering topics
such as audits; shooting rights; tenders for the purchase of standing hay in the
Glengarriff Demesne; and the letting of grazing. Includes correspondence
between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and Hazel Ward, Ballylickey, on the
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accommodation of her motor-boat in the Estate boathouse. Also
correspondence on the letting of Market Square, Castletownbere, to Edward
Fossett & Sons’ New Circus for one night (Sept. 1952); and a sepia
photograph of a bungalow at East Ardnagashel let by Miss Hutchins,
Tragarriff, Bantry, and Mrs. Patricia Greacen, London.
1730 12 Jan. 1953 – 28 June 1954
400
2 files
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes a reversionary lease made between the
Trustees of the Bantry Estate, Lucy Clerke, and Margaret Clerke, for premises
at Barrack Street, Bantry (20 th Jan. 1954).
1731 1 July 1954 – 2 July 1955
260 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes mss draft of “Temporary Cash A/c”
made out by Geoffrey Shelswell-White for August 1954.
1732 19 Jan. 1955 – 27 June 1956
199 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes draft
accounts.
1733 1 Nov. 1955 – 23 May 1961
214 items
Correspondence file on insurance taken out by the Estate, with details of
various insurance policies (fire, employer’s liability).
1734 19 [Feb.] 1956 – 14 Feb. 1958
2 files
General correspondence file of the Estate Office, Bantry. Includes Glengarriff
receipts.
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1735 5 July 1957 – 30 June 1958
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes rough draft of “Receipts and Payments”
accounts.
1736 7 July 1958 – 29 June 1959
401
217 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes rough draft of a cash account for August
1958; and a draft budget for a normal year, with draft Payments and Receipts.
Also documents on a Land Rehabilitation Project carried out on the West
Lawn, Bantry Demesne.
1737 28 June 1959 – 29 June 1960
293 items
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the dayto-day
running of the Estate. Includes draft cash account for 22 nd Oct-11 th
Nov. 1959; an application for a Land Rehabilitation Project for drainage works
on the Bantry Demesne; and correspondence between Geoffrey and Egerton
Shelswell-White on a change of Trustees and the Guardi paintings sale
(April/May 1960). Also letters relating to the Pond Lodge Slip.
1738 8 Aug. 1959 – 8 Aug. 1981
208 items
Files containing correspondence between The Ancestral Lands Co., Ltd.,
London, and A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, on the sale of plots
of land of the estate, and correspondence with the Bank of Ireland on Estate
accounts and income tax payments. Also correspondence with suppliers to the
Estate, and with workmen on repairs to the House. Includes invoices and bills
related to the running of the Bantry Estate.
1739 29 June 1960 – 29 July 1961
3 files
General correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office. Includes
documents relating to profits from the Trusts of the Marriage Settlement of
Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White; and drainage on the Estate.
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1740 7 Feb. – 7 Dec. 1961
see also
1840, 1841
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Pall Mall Safe
Forwarding Depositing Co. Ltd., London, Coras Iompair Eireann, and Royal
Exchange Assurance on the movement and storage of furniture from Bantry
House in 1921 to Tedworth Square, London for safety and the return of same
in 1926. He is looking for a list of that furniture from any of the agencies
involved. Written on the back of one letter (7 th Feb. 1961) are figures relating
to taxable tenants in Bantry Town, Berehaven and Glengarriff. Typed on the
back of another letter (4 th Dec. 1961) is a copy of a letter from [J. M. Cooke]
to the office of E. F. L. Ellis (Estate Agent) on various estate business (March
1934), mentioned is the death of a Mrs. Bowlby (related to the White family,
Glengarriff Castle).
1741 13 March 1961
402
11 items
Typed letter from Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, to Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, Bantry Estate Office, replying to a query about current and
non-current leases on the Estate. Includes notes by Shelswell-White on leases
from the Estate.
1742 15 Nov. 1961 – 7 Feb. 1967
3 items
Correspondence file on the leasing of the foreshore to Bantry Bay Sailing
Club. Includes general plans for the proposed new boat slip and boat park at
Bantry from April and June 1962.
1743 12 Jan. 1963 – 2 Dec. 1976
53 items
Correspondence file related to the running of the Bantry Estate. Includes
documents related to the connection of Bantry House and Demesne to the
watermains (1967); and correspondence between Craig Gardner & Co.
(Chartered Accountants), Dublin, and A. R. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate
Office, on audits for the Bantry Estates Company. Also correspondence
between London Weekend Television Ltd. and the Estate on use of the House
in the filming of “The Growing Summer” (1968); and correspondence
between the Estate and solicitors of tenants who wish to re-lease or purchase
property of the Estate.
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1744 [1940s – 1950s]
1745 [nd]
1746 [nd]
File entitled “NO 18 Hectograph Carbon Masters & Instructions SPRITE
ditto” containing carbon copies of Estate notices.
403
12 items
File entitled “Miscellaneous correspondence” containing documents relating
to profits from the trusts of the marriage settlement of Clodagh Shelswell-
White; type list of the Leigh-White stocks and shares; and a typed list of the
[rentals] from Bantry town, listing the names of the individuals and
corresponding figures.
10 items
Second page of a typed letter from H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate
Office, on Estate business – O’Shea not wanting to purchase the Court House
holding stall.
6. Employee Records
6.1 Workmen’s Account Sheets
1747 5 July 1906 – 28 June 1907
Workmen’s Account sheets for labour done at [Bantry gardens and grounds].
1748 9 June 1906 – 19 Jan. 1907
1p
52 items
Labour Return Sheets made out by John Falvey for Glengarriff. Details
information under headings – No. of Men; WORKMEN’S NAMES;
SATURDAY How Employed; MONDAY How Employed; TUESDAY How
Employed; WEDNESDAY How Employed; THURSDY How Employed;
FRIDAY How Employed; No. of Days Worked; Wages per day; Amount of
week’s work; OBSERVATIONS.
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1749 Feb. 1922
Copy of the Workmen’s account from 15-[ ] Feb. [1922]. Gives details under
headings; Names; How Employed; Days Work; [Wages]; Sunday Overtime.
Includes mss undated wages list.
1750 31 Dec. 1924 – 15 Oct. 1927
404
2 items
Labour returns for the Glengarriff Demesne for late 1925 and late 1927.
Includes a typed “Return for Month ending…” December 1924 of the Bantry
Estate, signed by Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin.
1751 17 Oct. 1925 – 2 Oct. 1931
6 items
Wages payments by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate to William
Stevens for late 1925 to early 1926; and draft Accounts of Receipts &
Expenditure Bantry Demesne Per Mr. Stevens (Steward) – to Date of closing
his Banking a/c 6 th Dec. 1930, from the Estate Office, Bantry.
1752 30 March 1940 – 28 March 1942
8 items
Glengarriff Demesne grazing, sales and rental receipts. Includes Glengarriff
Workmen’s Accounts. Details under headings of – No. of Men; Workmans’
Names; Saturday How Employed; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday;
Friday; No. of days worked; Wages per day; Amount of Weekly wages;
Observations.
1753 27 March 1943 – 20 May 1944
29 items
Glengarriff Workmen’s Account and Glengarriff Demesne Receipts supplied
by Patrick Falvey.
1754 6 Sept. 1943 – 6 May 1944
14 items
Bantry Demesne Workmen’s Accounts supplied by A. R. Cooke. Details
information under headings – No. of Men; NAMES; MONDAY How
Employed; Tuesday How Employed; Wednesday How Employed; Thursday
How Employed; Friday How Employed; Saturday How Employed; Days
Worked this Week; Wages per Day; Total Value of the Week’s Work; Cash
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Paid on Account this Week/Insurance NH In; Nett Total; OBSERVATIONS.
1755 6 Sept. 1947 – 29 April 1948
405
19 items
Mss Glengarriff Forestry Drainage Account for the four weeks endings 6 th
September 1947, detailing information under headings – No. of Men;
workmens’ Names; Saturday how employed; Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday;
Thursday; Friday; No. of days worked; Wages per Day; Amount of weekly
wages £ s d; and Observations. Includes invoices and receipts relating to sales
of timber.
1756 [1 June 1948]
7 items
Mss Saw-Unit Labour Sheet from May 1 st to May 29 th 1948. Details
information under headings – Nos. of men; Name; Monday; Tuesday;
Wednesday; Thursday; Friday; Saturday; Nos. of days worked; Wages per
day; and Weekly Wage.
1757 1948 – 1949
1 item
Files containing wages returns from the Glengarriff Demesne, invoices,
receipts, and bank lodgement slips.
1758 1 April 1950 – 24 June 1957
Weekly Labour Sheets from the Glengarriff Estate.
1759 25 Feb. 1965 – 6 Jan. 1981
4 files
400 items
P.A.Y.Easy WAGES BOOKs for the Bantry Estate staff. Details information
under headings – No.; NAME; BASIC WAGES – HOURS/DAYS, RATE, £
s. d; OVERTIME; GROSS WAGES; GROSS WAGES TO DATE;
CUMULATIVE TAX FREE ALLOWANCE; CUMULATIVE TAXABLE
PAY; CUMULATIVE TAX; INCOME TAX REFUNDED; DEDUCTIONS –
INCOME TAX, NAT. INS, TOTAL; NET WAGES; EMPLOYER’S NAT.
INS.
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6.2 Insurance and Tax Payments
1760 24 March 1932
Domestic and Outdoor Servants’ policy (068446) taken out by Clodagh E.M.
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, from the Law Union and Rock Insurance
Company Limited. It is primarily for one female domestic servant, one
occasional servant and one housekeeper, but has been extended to cover any
occasional workers. She agrees to pay to the Company a premium of £0. 14. 6.
1761 18 May 1933 – 27 Sept. 1934
406
6 items
Domestic Servants’ Benefits Policy (1656431) taken out by Clodagh E.M.
Shelswell-White, Glengariff Lodge, Glengariff, with the Commercial Union
Assurance Company Limited, 37 College Green, Dublin. It is for one year
from the 1 st May 1933, covering primarily one indoor servant, and one casual
labourer, for a premium of £5. Includes a document stating that the insurance
policy indemnities the Workmens Compensation Act 1934 requirements, for
an additional premium. Written on the outside in red pencil is “To be
cancelled May 1941 Included in R.E. Comprehensive Cover” (Royal
Exchange).
1762 22 – 23 Aug. 1934
4 items
Endorsement slips acknowledging the inclusion of cover under the
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1934 in the policy (484105) taken out by
Clodagh Shelswell-White with the Commercial Union Assurance Company
Limited.
1763 5 Dec. 1935 – 9 Sept. 1941
3 items
A Workmen’s Compensation Insurance Policy (1771643) of £363, taken out
by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, from the Commercial
Union Assurance Company Limited from the 1 st May 1935-30 th April 1936. It
is for the employees at Bantry House, at Glengarriff House and the Demesne
labourers. She has agreed to pay the Company a premium of £5. 4. 4. They
received an additional premium of £1. 1. 1 to cover the work of a carpenter
from the 30 th Sept. 1935. A further premium of was taken out in 1941 to cover
demesne hands, carpenter and clerical staff. The agency of E.F.L. Ellis
handled the policy.
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1764 16 Nov. 1936
Domestic Servants Policy (408710) taken out by the Trustees of Edward
Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry House, from the London and Lancashire
Insurance Company, Dublin Branch, 18 & 19, College Green, from the 2 nd
Dec. 1936-2 nd Dec. 1937, for primarily one charwoman, in Bantry House. The
premium is £0. 7. 3. This was cancelled by the Comprehensive Policy of the
Royal Exchange. Includes clauses relevant to the policy.
1765 22 Feb. 1937
407
4 items
Domestic Servants Policy (408778) taken out by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, from the London & Lancashire Insurance Company
Limited, Dublin Branch, 18 & 19, College Green, from the 22 nd March 1937-
22 nd March 1938. It covers two permanent domestic servants with a premium
of £1. 0. 3, cancelling “L.U. &R.” policy (068446). Includes clauses of the
policy. Written on the cover is to “cancel this in March 1941 included in the
Comprehensive Policy”.
1766 9 Nov. 1938 – 25 March 1945
5 items
Insurance receipts for workmen’s policies taken out by the Estate with The
London & Lancashire Insurance Co., Ltd. Includes a policy taken out by the
Bishop of Cork, the Rev. Joseph William Grainger, the Rectory, Bantry, and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, covering Bantry National School,
its furnishings, and the Parish Hall, Harbour View, Bantry, for public use.
1767 1947 – 1952
8 items
“Agent’s Register” book from the Royal Exchange Assurance detailing
insurance policies taken out for Bantry Estate staff and Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White. Details information under headings – Name; Address; Policy
No.; Class of Insurance; Interest or Property Covered; Sum Insured; Premium
(x6); REMARKS.
1768 25 March 1960 – 3 Oct. 1977
39pp
File entitled “Insurance Policies” containing insurance policies for Public
Liability, Workmen’s Compensation, and Fire held by Clodagh Shelswell-
White and the Bantry Estates Company with the Alliance Assurance Company
Limited, Sun Alliance & London Insurance Group, and Coyle Hamilton
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Phillips Limited.
1769 1960 – 1984
408
16 items
Documentation on the payment of tax and PRSI by the Estate for its staff.
6.3 Related Correspondence
1770 11 Aug. – 18 Sept. 1923
3 files
File entitled “Mrs. Leigh-White Tenants for Autumn 1923 Applications +
replies” containing applications with references of candidates for the post of
man and wife for indoor work for three months in Glengarriff Lodge for
Arethusa Leigh-White. No documents on tenants for Autumn 1923.
1771 23 – 31 July 1924
Written applications for the post of Cook for Glengarriff Lodge, with
references, for the stay of Arethusa Leigh-White. Includes a copy letter
relating to the employment of a chauffeur.
1772 18 June 1932 – 15 March 1933
55 items
14 items
Mss letters from Mrs. Alice Doughty (née Hegarty), Sunderland, England, to
Arethusa Leigh-White, asking if she and her husband, R. W. Doughty could
find employment from Leigh-White. Includes copy references. Also an
envelope holding the letters with a note written outside by Arethusa.
1773 26 Jan. 1935 – 24 Nov. 1937
4 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Clodagh and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, [Zanzibar/Gibraltar], relating to staffing at the
Estate – the appointment of Frank Hutchins as Steward in 1935; pension
payments to Jeremiah Glanney (otherwise Harrington) and Denis Sullivan;
and Nora Falvey’s and Paddy Falvey’s wages. File is marked “M.3”.
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7. Family Residences
7.1 Bantry House
7.1.1 History
1774 1839 – 1844
Typed extracts from Rambles in the South of Ireland during the year 1838 (2
vols 1839), by Lady Chatterton, and Ireland, Scotland & England (translation),
by J. G. Kohl, both of which mention Bantry House. Chatterton describes the
contents of various rooms “with objects of vertu and the ceilings of some are
covered with paintings with formed the plafond of a palace at Venice.” Kohl
visited the house when the family were away, with “the chairs and tables, the
chandeliers, the walls, the banisters, the doorhandles, the doors themselves, all
were [confided] to the protection of the Cork Constitutional”. Calendared by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White (159, 160).
1775 5 June 1891
1776 [1902]
409
2 items
Paper note found in the [East] Stables at Blackrock House, Bantry, in 1958. It
names the workers involved the plastering of the “Cupola”, signing off with
“God save Ireland”. It is transcribed at the back of the copybook paper used as
backing.
1 item
Black leather bound Common Prayer book for the Church of Ireland, with
“BANTRY HOUSE” on its cover. Pages 11-14 are missing.
1777 12 July [1929]
1 item
Newspaper article from the [Irish Independent] entitled “HISTORIC IRISH
BUILDINGS – LXXII – BANTRY HOUSE” giving a potted history of the
Whites and the house – “The French are on the Sea”; “A Noble Collector”;
“The O’Sullivans”; and “Short-Lived Titles”.
1778 30 March 1933 – 17 June 1937
1 item
Correspondence on the possible sale or letting of Bantry House. Includes a
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typed inventory of Bantry House.
1779 9 May 1934 – 17 July 1935
410
13 items
Correspondence between Francis Holdsworth Ffrench-Davis (Irish Nursery &
Hothouse Supply Company), Dublin and the Shelswell-Whites on his
proposed leasing of Bantry House garden for a year for bulb growing and
market gardening. Includes two draft lease agreements. Ffrench Davis did not
take up the option as “his experience that he has had in bulb growing at
Glengarriff he does not find there is much profit, if any, in it.”
1780 7 June – 8 Sept. 1934
1781 1943
16 items
Correspondence on the leasing of the garden at Bantry House for five years by
Francis Holdsworth Ffrench-Davis, between him and the Bantry Estate
(Clodagh and Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Arethusa Leigh-White and Ernest
Ellis). Includes information on the bad state of repair of Bantry House; the sale
of a site for a house in Reenmeen to Dr. Cotter; woodcutting permits; and the
possible lease of Glengarriff Woods to the Government.
24 items
A Cork Businesses Desk Diary [belonging to William Stevens, Bantry House].
Entries include “Electric Light put on Military Qrs” (19 th Jan.); and the various
comings and goings of the Shelswell-Whites “Mrs. S W & family to Lge” (8 th
April). Last entry is on the 6 th November.
1782 March 1947 – May 1951
81pp
Two articles on Bantry House by Geoffrey Shelswell-White for the magazine
The Irish Tatler and Sketch. One is part of a feature on “Historic Irish
Houses”, and the other is entitled “The Story of Bantry House”. B/w
photographs accompany the articles. Includes complete copies of the
magazines; and a copy of vol. LX, No.8 of the magazine.
1783 [1940s/50s]
5 items
Mss and typed lists of contents of various rooms in Bantry House – the Hall,
and the Entrance Porch.
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1784 18 July 1952
411
5 items
Pamphlet entitled Personal Letter, no. 43, a Stephen King-Hall Publication,
London, featuring a piece on the treasures of Bantry House.
1785 23 May 1957 – 22 March 1971
1786 1959
1 item
Typed letters from A.W.H. Pearsall, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich,
to Clodagh Shelswell-White relating to the history and possible origins of a
12-pounder long gun cannon at Bantry House. It is believed that it came from
the HMS CLYDE. Includes a letter relating to the origins of the cannons at
Macroom Castle. Also correspondence between J. W. Hoskyns (Commander
RN (retd)), Bantry House, Lieut. Commander M. G. Gude, (Royal Navy),
Portsmouth, and Lieut. Commander A. Hardy (Royal Navy), Portsmouth, on
the 12-pounder from the HMS CLYDE.
6 items
Calendar for 1959 with notes made in pencil at certain dates – 16 February –
“Mass 10am…funeral 3. A Leigh-White”. It may belong to a
cook/housekeeper in the house, Mrs. [Hunter].
1787 April 1970
53pp
Typed transcript of an article from The Cork Examiner newspaper on the rehanging
of the Bantry Estate Bell. Includes copy.
1788 19 June 1980 – 24 March 1992
see also
1789, 1790
CLOSED
Correspondence on the conservation of tapestries and the establishment of an
archive or museum at Bantry House. Includes a list of the major tapestries held
in Bantry House (27 th Sept. 1984); various write-ups on the family history of
the Whites of Bantry. Also a [draft] of SOUVENIR HISTORIQUE DE LA
BAIE DE BANTRY PREPARED FOR THE VISIT TO BANTRY OF THE
FRENCH NAVY MINESWEEPER BERLAMIONT between 2-5 October,
1987; and a copy of the notes “re. ITEMS ON AGENDA FOR EGM OF
BANTRY 1796 FRENCH ARMADA TRUST Ltd.”
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1789 14 Jan. 1984 – 30 April 1985
see also
1788, 1790
CLOSED
Correspondence on the conservation of material held in Bantry House.
412
18 items
1790 28 Sept. 1984 – 11 July 1985
See also
1788, 1789
CLOSED
Correspondence on the funding and establishment of an archive/centre or an
exhibition area at Bantry House for its papers.
1791 5 March 1987
1792 [nd]
1793 [nd]
1794 [nd]
33 items
Typed letter from David J. French (Managing Director, Sun-X), Eastergate,
giving costs of clear anti-shatter quality ultraviolet filter. Includes instructions
on how to apply Sun-X films.
2 items
Mss and typed notes on books held in the library at Bantry House, with a plan
of how they might be displayed with information.
22pp
Typed “Memo” on Bantry House and its Treasures. It gives the architectural
history, with a sketch showing the various additions made to the house.
Includes notes on the Gobelins tapestry, and the Beauvais Tapestry work.
26pp
Typed and mss notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White whilst researching
the history of the White family and Bantry House, including draft copies and
an outline in biro of Bantry House showing the additions made by Richard 2 nd
Earl of Bantry.
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1795 [nd]
Unused Bantry House stationary. Includes white envelopes embossed on the
flap with a coronet – ie for the Earl.
7.1.2 Tourism
1796 1899 – 1905
413
18 items
Loose pages from [Bantry House Visitors Book] containing names and dates
of stay. Signatures include that of the Leighs, the Martons, Frederick Turner,
the Hutchins, Arethusa Gartside Hawker. There is one name – “Mary Moran,
Dublin, dated 1995.
1797 15 – 16 Jan. 1908
Programme for two evenings of “Variety Entertainment” at Bantry House.
Events include songs, piano solos, recitations, and various [tableaux] by the
Leigh-Whites, the Miss Hutchins’, Master Simon White, and other
acquaintances.
7pp
1 item
1798 Feb. 1911 – Sept. 1960
See also
2688, 2697
Correspondence file between Arethusa Leigh-White, Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White with various tourist associations highlighting Bantry House
as a tourist attraction. Includes flyer for Castle Townsend; correspondence
with Fr. Browne.
1799 9 Aug. 1941
104 items
Newspaper cutting from [The Southern Star], of a feature – “BANTRY
NOTES AND NEWS”, mentioning that Bantry House and grounds will be
hosting the sports meet of the Bantry Local Defence Force Sports Committee.
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1800 29 May 1947
Typed copy of a circular on Bantry House and Lord Bantry’s Lodge as a
tourist attraction by Geoffrey Shelswell-White, mentioning the contents of
Bantry House.
1801 20 May 1948
Newspaper cutting from The Cork Examiner on the visit of the Cork Historical
Society’s Excursion to Bantry, which included a visit to Bantry House.
1802 12 June 1951 – 15 Oct. 1977
Mss visitor numbers and accounts of the showing of Bantry House and
gardens taken by the [Shelswell-Whites].
1803 26 Aug. 1965 – 15 July 1967
414
1p
191 items
1 file
Hardback Visitors Book for Bantry House, with details under headings –
DATE; NAME; ADDRESS.
1804 1966 – 1969
190pp
Documents related to the advertising of Bantry House as a tourist destination.
Includes an aerial b/w photograph postcard of Bantry House, with a typed
letter from Aerofilms Limited, England, on ordering it. Includes a mss list of
locations in which Showing Notices have been placed; and a proof of a
Showing Notice.
1805 14 Sept. – 2 Oct. 1967
5 items
Brochure and itinerary for The American Museum in Britain Country House
Tour of Ireland 1967. Bantry House is one of the houses to be visited.
1806 7 Sept. 1970 – 24 Jan. 1972
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Correspondence between the Bantry Estates Company and Sheraton Publicity
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Co., Ltd., Belfast, on payment for an advertisement in Westlodge Hotel for
Bantry House.
1807 22 March 1971
415
13 items
Copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of Historic Irish Tourist
Houses and Gardens Association Limited, under the Companies Act, 1963.
17pp
1808 7 June 1973 – 15 Feb. 1984
CLOSED
General Correspondence relating to tourism for Bantry House, including
documentation from the Historic Irish Tourist Houses & Gardens Asociation
Ltd. (HITHA). Includes correspondence with various clubs and organisations
on visits; tour operators; and the Irish Tourist Board; the numbers of visitors
from various countries to the house; a b/w photo; and posters advertising
Bantry House. Also queries on the House from the public; and correspondence
on the repair of tapestries.
1809 July 1977 – [March] 1978
6 files
Hardback Visitors’ Book from Bantry House. Embossed onto the front cover
in gold is “VISITORS LORD BANTRY’S LODGE”. Details information
under headings – NAME; ADDRESS.
1810 7 Nov. 1978 – 12 Sept. 1983
189pp
Invoices for admission to Bantry House and Gardens made out to the various
visiting tour groups. Includes a used chequebook.
1811 28 March 1981
172 items
Flyer from Gestetner Duplicators Limited, Cork, informing the public that
they will be at the Westlodge Hotel for a showing of their product. Includes
typed drafts of a guide to Bantry House in various European languages –
French, German, Dutch and Italian.
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1812 Oct. 1981
Typed copies of incomplete transcripts of the running order for programmes 2
(Link 13), 5 and 6 of a broadcast for television, recorded at Bantry House by
Donnacha O’Dulaing, [RTE], based on traditional music, dance and verse.
Includes architectural plans of Bantry House, showing the layout of the ground
floor related to the broadcast “DONNACHA AT BANTRY”. Written on biro
in the Gobelins drawing room is “PIANO IN THIS ROOM JACKIE”. Each
room has been identified with the location of furniture, instruments and
performing artists – Mary Black, Louis Stewart, and De Danann to name a
few. Written on the bottom of one plan is “DRIVER – JACK DUNNE”.
1813 5 April – 22 Sept. 1982
6 items & 2 plans (134cm x 77cm; 94cm x 76.7cm)
Invoices from P. B. Haddon (Curator), Bantry House, to various businesses on
the admission charges due.
1814 1986 – 1988
416
16 items
Typed Accommodation Tariff for 1986 for Bantry House B&B. Includes last
page of a photocopied standard lease of the Bantry Estates Company, 1988.
1815 24 Oct. [nd]
1816 [nd]
1817 [nd]
2 items
List of music to be played at a [musical evening at Bantry House]. Includes
mss sheet music; a ticket to the event; and a book entitled “Entertaining with
the Accordion” by J. H. Seldon (1950).
53 items
Used Admission ticket to View Bantry House and Gardens, priced 2/-, no.572.
Copy typed information sheet entitled “WHEN IN IRELAND VISIT
BANTRY HOUSE”.
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7.1.3 Insurance Records
1818 24 – 31 Oct. 1919
Typed letter from Coyle & Co. (Brokers) Ltd. (Insurance Brokers), to Edward
E. Leigh-White, Bantry House, Bantry, enclosing insurance endorsement slips
dealing with the transfer of tapestry from London to Bantry.
1819 10 Sept. – 6 Dec. 1920
417
4 items
Travel Insurance (178428), (40/180310) and (42/181537) taken out on silver,
tapestry and personal effects for transport between Bantry House to London,
taken out by Mrs. Arethusa Leigh-White with Lloyd’s of London.
1820 29 July 1922
3 items
Fire Insurance Policy (6322157) taken out by the Trustees of the Leigh-White
Re-Settlement of 1897 with the Royal Exchange Assurance covering Bantry
House and its contents for £20,038. 10. 0. Includes Schedule of contents
covered by the policy.
1821 18 – 24 June 1923
2 items
[Receipts] for comprehensive, fire and accident insurance, taken out by the
Trustees of the Leigh-White Re-Settlement of 1897 with the Royal Exchange
Assurance, the Northern Assurance Company, the Century Insurance
Company Limited, and the Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited.
The insurance covers Bantry House and property at Tedworth Square, London,
including contents.
1822 26 Oct. 1923
9 items
Schedule of contents covered by a fire insurance policy held by the Trustees of
the Bantry Estate with the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. Includes a
notice that the premium will now be due at Christmas instead of Midsummer.
1823 7 Nov. 1923 – 28 Sept. 1925
2 items
Fire policy (6324485) taken out by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Re-
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Settlement of 1897 with the Royal Exchange Assurance, covering Bantry
House, its contents, and property at Baker Street, London (see attached
schedule) for £25,237. 10. 0. Includes endorsement slip on the change of
location of the Anbusson Royale Tapestry.
1824 8 Nov. 1923 – 15 Jan. 1929
418
9 items
Fire Insurance Policy (4/5670079) held by the Trustees of the Leigh-White
Re-Settlement of 1896 with The Northern Assurance Company Limited for
£10,095 on Bantry House and its contents. Includes insured contents list; and
renewal premiums.
1825 12 Nov. 1923 – 15 Jan. 1929
6 items
Fire Insurance Policy (12267642) held by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Resettlement
of 1897, with the Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited,
for the contents of Bantry House (see attached schedule) for £10,095. Includes
two endorsements that make changes to the items insured under the policy.
1826 23 Nov. 1923
5 items
[Cancelled] Fire Insurance policy (6324555) from Royal Exchange Assurance
taken out by the Trustees of the Bantry Estate covering tapestries stored at The
Cambridge Tapestry Company, Cambridge, and at Tedworth Square, London.
They are insured for £15,300 at a premium £26. 15. 6, to be renewed at
Christmas. In the Schedule of the policy are details of the location of the
various tapestries.
1827 15 March 1930 – 15 March 1935
2 items
Fire Insurance policy (110301) held by the Shelswell-White Estate with Royal
Exchange Assurance. Includes renewal premiums; buildings and contents list
of insured items; typed lists of the various Shelswell-White Estate insurance,
details under headings – Items Insured; Amount for which insured; Annual
Premium; Name of Insurance Co.; Policy No.
1828 13 Aug. 1930
14 items
Typed letter from Gordon F. Joyce (Branch Manager, Royal Exchange
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Assurance), to Ernest Ellis, Dublin, confirming Bantry House and its contents
are comprehensively insured. Includes protection notes with Royal Exchange
Assurance and their Co-Assuring offices.
1829 1 April 1931 – 10 Jan. 1939
419
5 items
Home and Contents Insurance policy (C0222369) taken out by Clodagh E.M.
Shelswell White, Bantry House, with the Century Insurance Company
Limited, Dublin Branch, from the 12 th Aug. 1930 to Michaelmas 1931. The
buildings are covered for £1,050 and the contents named in the schedule
attached for £3,995, paying an annual premium of £11. 3. 3, amended to £11.
4. 6. Includes a schedule of the buildings and contents with their costs, and an
amended premium note.
1830 1 April 1931 – 3 Jan. 1938
3 items
Home and Contents Insurance Policy (1654072) for Bantry House, taken out
by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell White, Bantry House, with the Commercial Union
Assurance Company Limited, from the 12 th Aug. 1930-29 th Sept. 1931. The
buildings are covered for £2,100, and the contents for £7,990. This excludes
property covered by the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation’s Fire Policy
(6533902). The annual premium is £22. 6. 6, increasing to £22. 9. 0 in 1938.
Includes a schedule of the buildings and contents insured, and a note on the
increase of the premium.
1831 1 April 1931 – 2 Jan. 1939
2 items
Comprehensive Insurance Policy covering the buildings and contents (19281)
of Bantry House, taken out by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell White, Bantry House,
from the Northern Assurance Company Limited, from the 12 th Aug. 1930-29 th
Sept. 1931. The buildings are covered for £2,100, and the contents for £7,990.
It is stated that the company’s liability is 2/10 th s of each item and not
exceeding £10,090. Includes a schedule of the buildings and the contents
insured. Also a note that the premium payable is changed in 1939.
1832 10-12 May 1933
2 items
Endorsement slip for an insurance policy (484105) taken out by Clodagh E.
M. Shelswell White with the Commercial Union Assurance Company
Limited, sent to E.F.L. Ellis. Includes an envelope.
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1833 22 Oct. 1941
Fire policy (14507633) taken out by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell White, E.F.L.
Ellis, Granville Proby, and Col. Richard Marton, with the Royal Exchange
Association, Dublin, of Commercial Union Assurance Company Limited. It is
for the buildings on the Bantry Estate, the house, stables, offices, and various
dwelling houses on the Estate. It also covers the Anbusson Royal Tapestry, the
Gobelin Tapestry and the Louis XIV Tapestry, some personal effects and
furniture. It is all insured for £86, 575, from the 20 th Aug. 1941-29 th Sept.
1942. The first premium is £9. 7. 3, and the annual premium from then on is
£8. 8. 6. Written on the front of the policy is that it was cancelled, signed 29 th
Sept. 1944.
1834 [1 Sept. 1958] – 17 Feb. 1982
420
5 items
File on the Insurance of Bantry House and its Contents. Includes list of wages
for the Estate for one year 1977/78, and to 1 st April, 1981.
7.1.4 Valuations and Inventories of Tapestries and Heirlooms
1835 1 June 1907
Mss list of Tapestries at Bantry House with prices.
1836 4 Dec. 1919
264 items
Mss letter from Richard E. Longfield, Mallow, to Ernest Ellis, writing of his
approval of the sale of tapestry and land from the Bantry Estate.
1837 [1919] – June 1968
Two copies (A/B) of different valuations of heirlooms contained in Bantry
House. One was carried out by Sotheby & Co, New Bond Street, London.
Each copy has been marked and notes made on them. There are O’Reilly tour
dates written on the back page.
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1838 12 April 1920
Valuer’s Reports on Bantry House & Demesne, and Glengarriff Lodge.
Includes copy account of monies received for sale of lands.
1839 [28 April 1920]
421
5 items
Photocopy of a valuation report on the contents of Bantry House by Gray &
MacDowell Ltd., Belfast, done on behalf of the Bantry Estate after the decease
of Edward Leigh-White. The items are marked either “sold” or “the personal
property of ALW”.
88pp
1840 1921
see also
1740, 1841
Mss and typed copies of the list of goods belonging to the Trustees of E. E.
Leigh White taken from Bantry and deposited with Leonard Partridge, 52
Baker Street, London. There are 65 items listed, valuing in total £4,250. Note
attached “ex CSW’s file”.
3 items
1841 [1921]
See also
1740, 1840
Photocopy of a note relating to the search of furniture deposited in 1921 in
London.
1842 13 Aug. 1926 – 22 Jan. 1927
Mss list of items and prices auctioned at Bantry House by Wood & Sons
(Auctioneers and Valuers), Skibbereen, and their invoice covering their costs.
Includes letters received by Arethusa Leigh-White from L. Patridge (Dealer in
Works of Art) giving an estimate on the repair of the several tapestries at
Bantry House; and from Henry Hill (Architect) on repairs to Glengarriff
Lodge. Also letters from Majorie Beatty ([Housemaid]), Enniskillen, on her
travel arrangements to Bantry House. Her reference papers are included,
dating from 1917-1922.
1843 15 Sept. 1929
1p
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Mss letter from Lord Lansdowne, Sheen Falls, Kenmare, to Arethusa Leigh-
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White, relating to the possible origins of tapestries from Bantry House via a
sale catalogue from a Louis Philippe auction held in 1851, that may be found
in the [British Museum]. Includes mss note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on
his research into this claim [1956].
1844 [1920s]
422
2 items
Photocopy of the Schedule of pictures and engravings at Bantry House,
Bantry, “in respect of which exemption is claimed as being Works of Art of
National Scientific Historic Artistic or Public Interest” from the Estate of
Edward Egerton Leigh-White (deceased). The total valuation is £741. 15. 0.
1845 14 Feb. 1931
Copy typed valuation list of heirlooms, and works of art, etc, held at Bantry
House, produced by William G. Wood & Sons (Auctioneers and Valuers),
Skibbereen, Bandon and Cork. Written on the cover page is “List A”. Hand
written alongside most items is either “P”, “1”, “2”, or “3”, codes relating to
their status within the payment of estate duty. This is a duplicate list.
1846 14 Feb. 1931
4pp
23pp
Signed Valuation and Inventory of items not classed as Heirlooms, Works of
Art, or Works of Public or Historical Interest from Bantry House. It is carried
out by William G. Wood & Sons (Auctioneers and Valuers), Skibbereen, Co
Cork. They have taken guidance from the Inventory and Valuation made at
Bantry House, in April 1920 by Messrs W. B. Gray & M. Dowell Ltd, Belfast.
Written on the front cover is “Statement B Articles Valued at £1916. 4.0 and
included in Estate Duty Account”. Includes photocopy.
1847 1931 – 1968
2 items
Documents from Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), marked 6970B, part of which are
inventories of property other than with cultural interest, and inventories of
heirlooms, where they are located in the house, and valuations, ie Sotheby’s in
1968.
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1848 28 Nov. 1932 – 27 June 1946
Typed correspondence principally between Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors),
Dublin, and Arethusa Leigh-White, Wicklow and Chelsea, London, relating to
the valuation and payment of Duty on articles held in Bantry House and the
possible exemption of certain items. Includes valuation lists of items sold and
not viewed by a Valuer, exempt or liable for Duty; and a typed list showing
the amounts of duty liable on articles held in Bantry House and personal
claims against Clodagh Shelswell-White (not dated).
423
13 items
1849 12 Oct. 1949 – 23 July 1968
CLOSED
Correspondence relating to the possible sale of Bantry House, and separately
some of its contents. Includes the sale of various paintings; the “Orlando
Furioso” Ceiling Paintings, later to be identified at the Guardi paintings;
arrangements for the sale of the 6 Beauvais panels by Christies of London
(with catalogue); and the sale of a Gainsborough-Dupont painting and two
commodes (later identified as ormolu encrusted Louis XIV commodes). Also
documents on the payment of Duty on the sale of items and possible
investment of the monies received from sales. Also a typed list of Repairs to
Furniture at Bantry House by Patrick Adams in 1959; and correspondence on
the role of Trustees when it comes to the sale of items that may or may not be
classed as heirlooms in the late 1960s, and the possible change in Trusteeship.
One file contains various valuation lists of the contents of Bantry House
(1919-1960), auction lists, and an inventory of Lord Bantry’s Lodge (1956).
1850 31 July 1964
4 files
Certificate of Valuation of certain lands and premises of the Shelswell-White
Estate located in Dublin city and county, carried out by Good & Ganly
(Auctioneers, House Agents and Valuers), 20 Lincoln Place, Dublin 2.
1851 12 Oct. 1964 – 5 Feb. 1965
Copy of a valuation of the Bantry House Estate by Constantine J. O’Leary
(Licensed Valuer), Barrack Street, Bantry. He values the Estate at £73,800.
Copy of a report by R. P. Willis (Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries) on the
Shelswell-White Estate, which includes the Bantry and Glengarriff properties,
the Dublin properties, and the securities and cash.
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1852 8 Nov. 1964
1853 1978
Case for Counsel Garrett E. Gill, to advise the Shelswell-White Estate on the
sale of heirlooms, avoiding estate duty, and if Egerton Shelswell-White is
absolutely entitled to them under the 1926 Settlement.
Valuation of selected items at Bantry House, carried out by Christie, Manson
& Woods Ltd., London, for Egerton Shelswell-White.
1854 14 Jan. – 4 May 1981
1855 [nd]
1856 [nd]
1857 [nd]
424
3pp
58pp
Correspondence file on Tapestry Records (some) re conservation, with typed
letters from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Koninklijk
Instituut Voor Het Kunstpatrimonium, Holland, to B. Thorburn, Durrus,
Bantry, advising on conservation for the Tapestries at Bantry House. Includes
a list of suppliers for materials needed to conserve tapestries. Also a hardback
notebook with mss accounts by [Egerton Shelswell-White]. Written on the
front inside cover is an account from Jan.- March 1931.
6pp
Part of a valuation report of the Tapestries held in Bantry House, dividing
them into rooms – Stair Case and Landings; Library; Smoking Room; and
Dressing Room – West Row.
Copies of typed list of the prices of tapestry and most valuable furniture in
Bantry House.
1p
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[Copy] of the Schedule of pictures and engravings at Bantry House, from the
Estate of the late Edward Leigh-White “in respect of which exemption is
claimed as being Works of Art of National Scientific Historic Artistic or
Public Interest”. It shows a value of £741. 15. 0.
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7.1.5 Occupation (Military and Medical)
1858 [pre. 1920s]
see also
2518
Draft letter written by Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House, clarifying his
compensation claims on the military occupation of some buildings on the
grounds of Bantry House.
1859 1920 – 1946
The pass allowing Con Harrington (employee of the Estate) to enter and leave
Bantry House grounds, during the occupation of the house by the Auxillary
Division of the RIC (the Black and Tans), for [3] days. It is dated 23 rd Dec.
1920. Includes note stating that one of the Black and Tans was “a man of
Dublin”. This information was given by Harrington to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White in 1946.
1860 Dec. 1921 – 23 July 1925
425
1p
3 items
Documents concerning the occupation of Bantry House by both the Military
and the Bantry Board of Guardians after the burning of the Workhouse
hospital. Includes copies of a telegram and letter to Ellis and Fred Sutton &
Co. from Arethusa Leigh-White.
1861 22 July – 13 Nov. 1940
5 items
File relating to the occupation by the Military of part of Bantry House and
stables. Contains 35 mss “DAMAGE TO BARRACKS” forms filled out by
Capt. Sherry; a typed letter from Capt. [Doyle] (Quartermaster: Southern
Command), Collins Barracks, Cork, to Frank H. Hutchins (Agent), Bantry;
and plans showing buildings occupied on the Estate, and of the actual rooms in
Bantry House to be occupied.
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7.1.6 Maintenance and Building Works
1862 13 Aug. 1845
Plan of the North Elevation of Bantry House for Viscount Berehaven by Denis
Garvey, showing a detailed design incorporating a crest in the centre.
1863 Sept. 1859
426
41.7cm x 65.3cm
MAP OF BANTRY DEMESNE Surveyed for The Right Honourable The Earl
of Bantry by A. Bernard C E Sept. 1859. It shows the demesne, with the
various buildings coloured in pink. The gardens’ layout is also drawn. Fields
and forestry are marked, as is the Estate boundary and roads leading from it.
Also Reference grid with numbers 1-45, a description and area of land, eg. 16
– Lawn – 5a 2r 32p. Pencil marks throughout. The scale is 18 inches to 1 mile.
Artistic touch showing a man in a sailing boat in the bay, with straight line out
from him, which may be the Magnetic North line.
1864 24 Feb. – 18 May 1910
66.5cm x 54.5cm
Mss letters from W. Stevens, West Park, Bantry, to Ernest Ellis, Dublin, on
business matters at the Bantry Estate. Includes information on repairs to roofs
after a storm; planting hints for melons; repairs to [Skuce’s] house; illness in
the area – “Mr. Leigh-White is not quite well yet he is looking very washy.”
1865 9 Nov. 1914
3 items
Analysis of Water Report by Richard J. Moss (Chemical Analyst), Royal
Dublin Society, for Edward Leigh-White on water samples taken from [the
Bantry Estate].
1866 3 Aug. 1921 – 24 April 1924
1 item
Quotes given for repairs and painting to houses on the grounds of Bantry
House by John Sweeny (Carpenter), D. Sheehan (Painter), John O’Shea
(General Builder and Contractor), and R. Kelly (Builder & Contractor).
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1867 5 – 10 July 1930
Guarantee from Viking Sales Ltd, 37 Peter Street, Manchester, covering a
non-electrial item purchased by Mrs. E. Hunter, Bantry House, Bantry.
Includes envelope.
1868 9 – 15 Jan. 1931
427
2 items
Payment made by William Stevens (Caretaker), Bantry Estate Office, to John
Sweeny (Carpenter), Bantry, for work done on at Bantry House.
1869 16 June 1933 – 6 June 1939
See also
1680
Correspondence between John Blake Limited (Hydraulic Engineers),
Oakenshaw Works, Accrington, Lancaster, Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and
the Shelswell-Whites, relating to the installation of a new RAM in order to
update the water supply system in Bantry House. Includes correspondence
between Roland L. E. Bryce and Kevin O’Shea (representatives of the
Glengarriff Tourist Association) and Clodagh Shelswell-White on the repair
and building of diving boards, steps and a ladder to the bathing areas at Bark
Island and at Gar-Ilaun, and the acquisition of the land at Lower Reenmeen
(June 1939).
1870 26 July 1934
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Mss letter from William Stevens (Caretaker) Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis,
Dublin, informing him of activities at the Bantry Estate – repair to the roofs of
Bantry House and the out-houses; the repair of wire fences from Sullivan’s
Lodge to the town; and the good price they got for the hay.
1871 20 Sept. 1934 – 24 Aug. 1939
Correspondence between Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Dublin, Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, John O’Shea (Builder and Contractor), Bantry, Arethusa
Leigh-White, Glengarriff Lodge and Ballylickey House, and Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Glengarriff Lodge, on repairs needed to the roof and interior
of Bantry House. Includes a typed report on “Proposed Repairs to Glengarriff
Lodge” (11 th March 1936) by O’Shea; copy correspondence relating to the
proposed sale of 594 acres, portion of the Shelswell-White Estate in
Glengarriff to the Department of Lands (Forestry Department); and
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discussions on the location of an ESB Sub-Station [site] inside the Main Gate
Lodge. The Estate prefers a location on a waste piece of ground next to
Nagles’s Cottage outside the Demesne Wall. Estimates for work on the
Steward’s House, at West Park, Bantry, by O’Shea, for the Estate. Also copy
correspondence between William H. Forde (Heating Engineer), Sligo, and
Dunlop, on the installation of a heating system in Bantry House. Interesting
letter from Clodagh, FitzRoy Nursing Home, London, to Dunlop, in which she
mentions the atmosphere of London “I listened to the wireless by the hour, the
speeches and so on and finally Mr. Chamberlain’s great return to London last
Friday night, I shall never forget” (3 rd Oct. 1938). Also file containing
sketches and plans relating to the work.
1872 19 Jan. 1935 – 1937
428
3 files
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, Clodagh Shelswell-
White, and Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Dublin, on repairs to the roof of
Bantry House, and costs. Includes typed report on the roof by Dunlop; and a
blank copy of the contract for the repairs on the roof.
1873 27 April 1935 – 22 June 1940
36 items
Documents relating to the repairs to the roof of Bantry House. Includes typed
copy report by Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Dublin; letters by Dunlop
certifying payment to John O’Shea (Builder) for work carried out on the roof;
typed copy opinion of C. F. Matheson (BL) on the liability of the estate of
Clodagh Shelswell-White re-Bantry House repairs; and copy standard contract
agreement between Clodagh Shelswell-White and [O’Shea].
1874 15 – 17 Aug. 1935
10 items
Copy Opinion of C. Frederick Matheson (Barrister-at-Law), Dublin, relating
to the issue of liability of repairs to be carried out on Bantry House, part of the
Estate of Mrs. Clodagh Elizabeth Maude Shelswell-White, under the Re-
Settlement of 1926.
1875 6 Sept. 1938 – 22 March 1941
Correspondence between Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Dublin (on behalf of
Clodagh Shelswell-White), and William H. Forde (Heating Engineer), Sligo,
on the installation of a heating system for Bantry House. Includes
correspondence on the letting of plots at Lower Reenmeem to the Board of
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Allotments (March 1941).
1876 6 Sept. 1938 – 5 June 1941
429
58 items
Correspondence between Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Dublin (on behalf of
Clodagh Shelswell-White) and William H. Forde (Heating Engineers), Sligo,
on payment for the installation of a heating system to Bantry House by Forde.
Includes [estimates], specifications, costs and staff time sheets. Also a
postcard from Rev. J. H. Warner, Sheffield, to Ernest Ellis, Dublin enquiring
into the rent or sale of Park Place, Bantry (4 th Dec. 1940).
1877 15 June 1940
2 files
Telegram to/from Charles Dunlop, Dublin, stating the beginning and end of
work [carried out at Bantry House].
1878 31 July 1945 – 18 Dec. 1946
General correspondence file from [the Bantry Estate Office]. Issues arising
relate to the repairs and renovations to Bantry House, with correspondence
from Cyril A. Harrington (Architect), Dublin, Frank F. Murphy (Architect),
Cork, James Sheehan (Quantity Surveyor), Cork, and Mr. Walker (Trustees
Department, Bank of Ireland). It seems from the opinion of Mr. C. F.
Matheson (Counsel) that the Shelswell-Whites have no power to carry out the
changes, and that “the Trustees could not apply Capital moneys in payment for
this work”. Includes correspondence with Fitzpatrick relating to the forestry at
Glengarriff, and the sale of timber from it. Also relating to the renewal of the
lease from the Estate by Casey’s Hotel, Glengarriff. Also increases in staff
wages; the purchase of holdings by tenants; letting of Glengarriff Lodge; and
National Health and Pensions Insurance cards for Mrs. Ellen Skillicorn (1939-
1946).
1879 [March 1982]
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58 items
Copy architectural plan entitled “LAYOUT OF GABIONS” for Bantry House,
showing a cross-section showing the total length of each row.
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1881 [nd]
1882 [nd]
1883 [nd]
1884 [nd]
Architectural plan on tracing paper of the “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS
FOR MRS. SHELSWELL-WHITE” of Bantry House showing different
illustrations of the eastern elevation, the proposed alteration, section A-A, and
the wall plan. It has a scale of one inch to eight feet. It is by Frank Murphy
(Architect), South Mall, Cork. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘58’.
430
73.5cm x 64.2cm
Architectural plan relating to [Bantry House]. The image has faded, but there
are rough pencil drawings and measurements drawn on it in pencil and ink
pen.
58.8cm x 83.2cm
Architectural plans of Bantry House showing the covered patio, the dining
room, the library, the first landing, the Gobelins drawing room, the rose
drawing room, the entrance hall, and the main entrance. It has a scale of a
quarter inch to one foot.
115.8cm x 77cm
115.4cm x 77cm
Duplicate Memorandum Book with mss lists – [national] schools in the Bantry
area and ledgers of some of the townlands in the Bantry Estate. Also mss note
of repairs and a survey relating to Bantry House.
7.2 Glengarriff Lodge
7.2.1 History
1885 [19] June 1844 – 20 Aug. 1880
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2700
Red leather hardback Visitors Book for Glengarriff Lodge “1843”. The pages
are laid out into columns – Date, Name; Residence; Remarks. One typical
entry is “William Beamish, Lakemount – This truly Magnificent and
enchanting place exceeds all that fancy could imagine and is alone worthy of
its Noble and generous proprietor the Earl of Bantry very much obliged to the
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Gate Keeper” (5 th Dec.1845). Contains one enclosure of a loose page. Extra
pages have been sown onto the back page of the book. A number of entries
have been cut out from the book – 26 th April & 28 th July 1853, 28 th July 1855.
There is an entry in Irish on 30 August 1859. There is an interesting entry by
Pat Hayden, from “all over the world” when he writes – “Never saw so much
stones or less ground before. [Thinks] the crops very bad down here – Never
expects to see Ireland again ‘Amen’” (26 th June 1861).
1886 13 April 1864 – 26 July 1889
431
137pp & enclosure
Hardback visitors’ book for Glengarriff Lodge, giving the Date; Name;
Residence; and Remarks of various individuals from all over Ireland, Britain
and the USA. The majority of the comments by visitors are similar to the
following – “Excellent view from “Lady Bantry’s view” – We have much
pleasure in acknowledging Mr. Carr’s attentiveness” – (4 th May 1871).
Remarks have been cut out of the book at 24 th Aug. 1873 & 4 th Sept. 1882,
17 th & 25 th Aug. [1887].
7.2.2 Insurance Records
1888 5 July 1921
412pp
Fire Policy (5465389) for Glengarriff Lodge held by the Trustees of the Leigh-
White Estate with the Guardian Assurance Company Limited for £1,200.
Policy was discontinued in 1932.
1889 29 Dec. 1932 – 6 Jan. 1933
1 item
Fire insurance policy (2065465) taken out on Glengariff Lodge by the
Trustees of the Estate of Clodagh E.M. Shelswell White from the Law Union
& Rock Insurance Company Limited, from the 22 Dec. 1932-25 Dec. 1933. It
is insured for £1,200, with an annual premium of £4. 10. 0. Includes an
endorsement slip stating that the policy is vested in the names of the Estate
Trustees (Ellis, Morton and Proby).
1890 9 Dec. 1936
2 items
[Comprehensive] Insurance policy (11088362) on the contents of Glengariff
Lodge taken out by the Trustees of the Leigh-White Estate from the London &
Lancashire Insurance Company Limited, from the 25 th Dec. 1936 to the 25 th
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Dec. 1937, for £1,200. This cancels the L.U. & R. policy (2065465).
1891 Sept. – Nov. 1941
432
1 item
Fire policies (F235590 & F235591) taken out on Glengariff Lodge, its
buildings and contents by Clodagh E.M. Shelswell-White and the Trustees of
the Estate of C.E.M. Shelswell-White from the London and Lancashire
Insurance Company Limited, from the 20 th Aug.-28 th Oct. 1941. The buildings
are insured for £4,270 and the contents for £840. The premiums due are £2. 9.
6 and £0. 13. 0 respectively. Attached to each policy is a schedule of the
insured buildings and contents
7.2.3 Maintenance and Building Works
1892 26 Oct. 1935 – 29 May 1937
2 items
Correspondence between the office of Charles J. Dunlop (Architect), Ely
Place, Dublin, and Clodagh Shelswell-White, London, on the suggested plans
for repairs and an extension to Glengarriff Lodge.
1893 Dec. 1935
1894 [1935]
1895 [1935]
7 items
Copy architectural plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE SURVEY
PLANS” of the upper floor, with the rooms assigned, and a scale of four feet
to one inch.
3 items
Plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE SURVEY PLANS” of the Upper
floor, showing the bedrooms, the main landing, lobby, bathroom, children’s
bedroom and servants’ bedroom. It is a scale of four feet to one inch.
73.3cm x 45.5cm
Plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE SURVEY PLANS” of the ground
floor showing the pantry, boiler house, lobby, back entrance, sitting room,
kitchen, larder, drawing room, hall, dining room. It is a scale of four feet to
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1896 12 May – 18 Sept. 1941
Correspondence between Robert Scott & Co. Ltd. (Hardware Merchants and
Manufacturers) Cork, and Clodagh Shelswell-White, The Lodge, Glengarriff,
relating to the installation of an Esse Minor cooker with water heater and
anthracite.
1897 June 1942
1898 [nd]
1899 [nd]
1900 [nd]
1901 [nd]
Mss Glengarriff Lodge [draft] Accounts.
433
14 items
9 items
Permatrace plan entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” laying out the ground floor room by room. Its scale is four feet to
one inch.
48cm x 76.3cm
Ink plan on tracing paper entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” showing the various rooms on the ground floor, with a scale of 4
feet to one inch.
46cm x 41cm
Architectural plan entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” of its ground floor. Rooms are not indicated, but detailed
measurements have been pencilled in to each room. It has a scale of four feet
to one inch.
40.6cm x 46cm
Architectural plan entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE SURVEY PLANS” of
the ground floor showing the layout of the various rooms. There are mss
pencil notes and calculations. It is a scale of four feet to one inch.
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1902 [nd]
1903 [nd]
1904 [nd]
1905 [nd]
1906 [nd]
1907 [nd]
Architectural plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” of the basic layout of the ground floor. Rooms are not allocated.
The scale is four feet to one inch.
434
3 items
Copy architectural plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE SURVEY
PLANS” showing the general layout for the ground floor, with a scale of four
feet to one inch.
3 items
Permatrace ink architectural plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE”
showing the upper floor, no rooms are assigned, with a scale of four feet to
one inch.
45cm x 76.1cm
45.6cm x 73.6cm
Ink architectural plans entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” showing the layout for the upper floor, with a scale of four feet to
one inch. Rooms are not assigned.
41cm x 46cm
40.8cm x 46cm
Copy architectural plan entitled “GLENGARRIFF LODGE PRELIMINARY
SURVEY” showing the layout for the upper floor, with a scale of four feet to
one inch. Rooms are not assigned, but detailed measurements are written
down in pencil for each room.
41cm x 46.1cm
Permatrace architectural plan entitled “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND
ADDITIONS GLENGARRIFF LODGE”, with a scale of four feet to one inch.
It is two ink drawings of the layout of the ground and upper floors.
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1908 [nd]
1909 [nd]
1910 [nd]
1911 [nd]
Permatrace architectural plan entitled “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS
GLENGARRIFF LODGE” showing three ink illustrations of the Upper floor,
the ground floor and the alternative upper floor arrangement. Its scale is four
feet to one inch.
435
75cm x 67cm
Paper architectural plan entitled “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND
ADDITIONS GLENGARRIFF LODGE”. It is two coloured ink drawings of
the ground and upper floors. It is produced by Charles Dunlop (Architect), Ely
Place, Dublin.
82.4cm x 58cm
Architectural plan entitled “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS GLENGARRIFF
LODGE” showing in colour the proposed alterations to the ground, upper and
alternative upper floor arrangement by [Charles Dunlop] (Architect), Dublin.
Mss pencil notes and shading made on the plan, areas marked A-C and X, and
figures on the reverse. It has a scale four feet to one inch.
76.7cm x 57cm
Ink architectural plans entitled “PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND
ADDITIONS. GLENGARRIFF LODGE. REVISED SKETCH PLAN NO.3”,
to the ground and upper floors. It has a scale of four feet and one inch.
7.2.4 Lettings, Sales and Inventories
1912 16 July 1930
3 items
Inventory of Glengarriff Lodge, the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-White, by
William G. Wood & Sons (Auctioneers and Valuers), Skibbereen, Bandon &
Cork. Certain items have been ‘ticked’ by pencil.
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1913 7 April – 6 July 1937
Mss letters from Gladys Rambaut, Sherwood, Henley-on-Thames, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, [Gibraltar], inquiring on the letting of “The Lodge” at
Glengarriff. It is confirmed that she and her family with take the Lodge from
August 4 th for three weeks.
1914 27 June 1947 – 15 Feb. 1960
436
5 items
Files entitled “Lodge Lettings – Vols.1–5” containing correspondence
between the Bantry Estate and individuals enquiring on leasing Glengarriff
Lodge, advertised in Ireland, the United Kingdom and various Colonial offices
(Kenya, Indonesia, Uganda and East Africa).
1. 27 June 1947 – 31 Dec. 1952 Includes copy typed letter from Wynne &
Wynne [Solicitors], Cork, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to a lease of
Estate premises at Castletownbere between Mr. Puxley an Mr. D. M. O’Shea
(16 Jan. 1926).
2. 9 Jan. 1953 – 13 Aug. 1955 Includes a typed list of “leases lodged in
the Munster & Leinster Bank, Bantry, for safe keeping” (c. 1923).
4. Dec. 1956 – 31 Aug. 1957 Includes an inventory of the Lodge by
O’Leary (Auctioneer), Bantry.
1915 1 June 1957 – 29 Aug. 1960
5 files
Correspondence file relating to the sale of Lodge. It contains mostly letters
from various Irish and English Estate Agents and Auctioneers. They
negotiated the sale to W. P. Scholes, England. There were complications
relating to the position of the Steward’s House within the sale. Includes copies
of the draft conveyances of Lord Bantry’s Lodge, the Steward’s House, and
part of the lands of Glengarriff.
1916 26 July 1968
284 items
Payment of £21,998. 15. 3 by W. P. Scholes to Charles Meredith (In Trust) re-
[purchase] of Bantry Lodge, Bantry.
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8. Sundry Estates
8.1 General
1917 13 Jan. 1899
Mss letter from Henry J. S. [Jarcia] (Office of the Surveyor of Taxes),
Galway, to Frederick Turner, on clarifying the taxes due on Lord Ardilaun’s
[Moyode] Estate.
1918 1902 – 1937
Day book for sundry estates – Cooldorrighy (1902-1906); Corkery (1936-
1937); Mrs. Beamish (1902-1915); Miss O’Donovan, Fortlodge (1902-1907);
Miss O’Donovan, Dublin (1902-1905); Miss Gernon (1902-1906). Records
details under headings – Date; Folio; Tenants’ Names; Allowance; Income
Tax; County Cess; Poor Rate; Cash; Total.
1919 25 March 1906 – 5 May 1927
437
1p
361pp & 2 enclosures
Bird Estate Ledger showing rental details of various tenants, with an index at
the front for the entries between 1906-1909, folios 1-21. Includes information
on those who had shooting and fishing rights on the estate (one is Mrs.
Colhurst of Dripsey Castle, Coachford), and Estate Agents’ accounts. Also
mss letters relating to a number of tenants on their business with the Estate.
1920 10 Oct. 1906
65pp & 31 enclosures
Typed letter of notification from the Estate Commissioners’ Offices, Irish
Land Commission, Dublin, for payment of interest in lieu of rent on the Estate
of Mrs. K. M. Lambkin.
1921 3 Nov. 1906 – 28 Nov. 1978
CLOSED*
Copy letters from R. G. Bird, London, to Mr. Turner (Agent to the Leigh-
White Estate) (1906 & 1932), and a typed “Report on Enquiry into the Bird
Rents” signed by Geoffrey Shelswell-White (1953). *Includes typed letter
from A. R. Cooke (Agent), Bantry Estate Office, Bantry, to R. A. French
(Solicitor with Sutton & Co.), Dublin, relating to the possibility of a fee simple
title on part of the Bird Warner Estate (1978).
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1922 19 Feb. – 19 Nov. 1910
Letters from Molony & Pilkington (Solicitors), Ennis, Co. Clare, to Messrs
Turner & Ellis, Estate Office, Bantry, relating to the Estate of Donat Sampson.
1923 27 Jan. 1912
438
6 items
Rental and Account of the East Muskerry Estate of Edward E. Leigh-White
for the half year ending 1 st November 1911. Gives details under headings –
No. DENOMINATIONS; TENANTS’ NAMES; Arrears due up to; One ½
Year’s Interest to 1 Nov. 1911; Total Rent due; Received; Arrears to; Poor
Rate; County Cess; Income Tax; Allowance; OBSERVATIONS.
1924 28 May 1912
1 item
Copy typed letter from the [Estate Office, Bantry] to Ernest Ellis (Agent)
relating to the accounts of the Gernon, Barrett, and Lambkin Estates. Includes
part of copy typed letter from the [Estate Office, Bantry], to Ellis on the Estate
and its dealings with Mrs. Frances O’Neill and Mrs. Daniel Burke,
Reenacoppal.
1925 2 April – 6 Nov. 1913
2 items
General correspondence file relating to the East Muskerry Estate. Includes the
matter of rental of fishing rights and the absolute ownership of the Estate.
1926 5 Nov. 1913
12 items
Typed copy of a letter from Stopford & Turner to A. W. Barnard, Cooleyhane,
Macroom, acknowledging receipt of his letter with two Ordnance Sheets with
tracings relating to the East Muskerry Estates.
1927 8 Nov. – 23 Dec. 1913
Correspondence from Frederick Turner (Agent), Dublin, to Fred Sutton & Co.
(Solicitors), relating to the East Muskerry Estate, and Lady Ardilaun’s
assignment of her portion of the estate which she agreed to sell to Edward
Leigh-White. Includes mss letter from Leigh-White to Turner.
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1928 11 March 1914
439
5 items
Typed Final Account of the Receipts and Expenditure of the East Muskerry
Estate of Edward E. Leigh-White during the period of 4 th April 1913-11 th
March 1914, compiled by Frederick Turner, Estate Office, Bantry.
1929 31 Dec. 1914 – 6 Jan. 1916
1 item
General correspondence file from the Muckross Estate containing
correspondence between Thomas Greany ([Steward]), Muckross, Killarney,
and John Hanstock (Turner & Ellis Agency), Dublin, on pension payments to
John Murhill for his work on the Muckross Estate.
1930 4 June 1915 – 19 Aug. 1944
12 items
Cash book for the minor estates within the Bantry Estate (Corkery, Barrett,
Browne, Lambkin, etc.). Includes accounts for the Estate of Mrs. Shelswell-
White (Jan.-Aug. 1944); and enclosures.
245pp & 12 enclosures
1931 7 Jan. – 17 Nov. 1916
see also
1932
General Correspondence between the Estate Office, Dublin, of Stopford &
Turner, and the Muckross Estate Office, on arrangements for payment of John
Murhill’s pension. Includes mss letter from Greany, Muckross Estate Office,
to Mr. Hanstock ([Stopford & Turner]), in which he relates that “Mrs.
Williams (Mrs. Ross’s second daughter) is managing the Muckross Hotel for
her brother Jack who is ‘somewhere in France’…there is scarcely a tourist
coming here this season” (20 th July).
18 items
1932 16 Jan. – 10 Nov. 1917
see also
1931
General Correspondence file on the Muckross Estate between R. Lecky, St.
Annes, Clontarf, Thomas Greany, Estate Office, Muckross, and Messrs
Stopford & Turner (Estate Agents), on John Murhills’ pension.
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1933 29 Jan. 1921 – 2 Sept. 1925
Correspondence file relating to the running of the Macroom Estate of Lady
Ardilaun.
1934 22 April – 5 July 1921
440
108 items
General Correspondence relating to the purchase by tenants of the fee simple
of their holdings in the Ardilaun Estate, Macroom. Includes comments in
various letters on the behaviour of the Auxillaries in Macroom Castle, and
general unrest in the town.
1935 16 April 1921 – 15 May 1924
157 items
Notebooks of the rentals from the Bird, Corkery and [Liddy] Estates. Includes
a notebook containing rentals and various stocks and shares and their value
held by the Estate.
1936 15 June 1921 – 9 June 1922
4 items
File entitled “Bantry Correspondence re Sundry small Estates & Reenmeen
Est, Mecredy Est. Lambkin Beamish”, containing letters to and from Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to Estate business – insurance; furniture moved
from Bantry House to London; and tenants’ requests.
1937 June 1921 – Dec. 1922
22 items
Vouchers to accompany the account of the County Wexford Estate of Mrs.
Jervis White, with Messrs. Stopford & Turner. Includes tithe rent charges;
income tax claim forms; and fire insurance premiums.
1938 7 Dec. 1921 – 23 Nov. 1922
26 items
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), the Inland Revenue, and H. W.
Cooke (Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, on payment of rent and income tax on
the rentals of the various Estates – Lambkin, Beamish, Reenmeen, Browne,
Barrett, Corkery, McCready, Gernon, and Supple. Also a mention by Cooke of
the unrest around Bantry – “We had a most awful attack on the town last night
– very heavy firing – my own house was hit in 5 places” (21 st Oct. 1922).
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1939 6 Oct. 1922 – 20 Dec. 1923
441
152 items
File entitled “Bantry – Sundry Small Estate” containing correspondence
between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, and Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, on matters relating to the administration of various sundry
estates. Topics dealt with include land valuations, payment of income tax on
rental income; and trees stolen by the Irregulars at Reenmeen. Cooke describes
the civil unrest in the area, a Steamer being fired upon wounding crew and
passengers, and disruption to the postal network. The estates mentioned are
the following – Macroom; McCredy; Corkery; Miss Puxley; Beamish; Mrs.
Annie Lambkin; C. E. Lambkin; Col. Francis Lambkin; Supple; Barrett
(Glenlough, Derryclovane, and Gortnakilla); Brownes; Bird; East Muskerry;
Mrs. MacDonald; and Mrs. Hollamby. Includes a typed letter from L. Patridge
(Dealer in Works of Art), London, to Ellis, on receipt of tapestries from the
Bantry Estate (12 th July 1922).
210 items
1940 27 Dec. 1922 – 11 July 1923
see also
1941, 1942, 1946
File entitled “Bird Estate – General Correspondence” containing
correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, and
Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to the affairs of Miss Bird’s Estate –
rentals; conveyance of property at Barrack Street, Bantry, between Bird and
Breen; payment of income tax, Land Commission matters; rent of fishery; and
storm damage to tenants’ houses.
43 items
1941 11 July – 20 Dec. 1923
see also
1940, 1942, 1946
General Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Agent), Bantry Estate Office,
Ernest Ellis (Bantry Estate Agent, Dublin), and various solicitors acting on
behalf of Miss Bird and the tenants, relating to land purchases by tenants of
the Bird Estate, [part of the Leigh-White Estate].
98 items
1942 19 Oct. 1923 – 16 Dec. 1924
see also
1940, 1941, 1946
Correspondence file relating to the Bird Estate, Kilcomane, with arrangements
made following the death of Miss Kate R. Bird in December 1923. Includes
demands for rates and income tax liable on income from Snave Fishery.
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1943 22 Dec. 1923 – 29 Dec. 1924
File entitled “Correspondence re sundry Small Estates” containing
correspondence between Ernest Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Bantry Estate Office on the following estates – Mrs. MacDonald’s
Estate; Corkery; Mrs. Annie Lambkin; C. E. Lambkin; Col. Lambkin now Mrs
Stewart Browne; Barrett (Glenlough, Derryclovane and Gortnakill); Supple;
Bird (Kilcomane); Miss Browne (Gortinease); Miss Puxley (Berehaven Hotel
Rent); Beamish; Reenmeen; and the De Gernon Estate re-Mrs. Hollamby.
Includes information on accounts and demands for tithe rent charges from the
Irish Land Commission. Also correspondence between Ellis and
representatives of the various sundry estates.
1944 31 Dec. 1923 – 2 Dec. 1924
1945 [1923]
442
290 items
Correspondence on the payment of taxes on Lady Ardilaun’s Reenmeen and
Macroom Estates.
19 items
Typed [report] on grazing rents at Macroom (not given) suggesting to “adjust
Income tax liability for the purpose of the sale to the Golf Club Committee.”
1946 18 Dec. 1924 – 29 Dec. 1925
see also
1940, 1941, 1942,
Correspondence file relating to the Bird Estate. Contains documents on the
case for P. Regan, Kilcomane, for the right to cut turf for his own use from the
Holding of Bridget McCarthy, and the rights to Snave Fishery on the death of
Miss Kate Bird are disputed between Patrick Murphy and Patrick Downey.
1947 15 Jan. – 2 Dec. 1925
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Correspondence between H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry Estate Office, Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, and Blayney Hamilton (Agent), St. Annes, Clontarf, on
matters relating to Lady Ardilaun’s Reenmeen Estate. Includes documents
relating to an insurance claim for Workmen’s Compensation for Richard
Ward.
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1948 11 July 1925 – 21 Dec. 1926
File entitled “R6 General Correspondence” related to the Reenmeen Estate.
Includes documents on the amounts collected for grazing by Ward (Caretaker)
and queries by representatives of Simon White, who inherited Lady Ardilaun’s
portion of the Estate.
1949 31 Dec. 1925 – 16 Nov. 1926
443
39 items
Correspondence relating to the lease held by James Flynn, Snave holding, out
of the Bird Estate, clarifying the amounts owed by Flynn. Includes
information on the income tax owed out of the rent of Henry Breen, Marino
St., Bantry; the letting of Snave fishery; the right to cut turf (turbary) on Mrs.
Bridget McCarthy’s holding in the Kilcomane division; and the sale of
Cooryleary cut-away wood to Canon Murphy.
1950 8 Jan. 1926
39 items
Photocopy of a cover letter from H. W. Cooke (Steward), Estate Office,
Bantry to Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate Office, Anglesea Street, Dublin, relating
to the Tithe Charge on the Estate of Mrs. A. Lambkin, Co. Cork.
1951 13 Jan. 1926
Typed letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent), Estate Offices, Dublin, to H. W. Cooke
(Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, relating to the Estate’s business with Miss
Puxley’s Estate. Ellis is also looking for the rent due from the Berehaven
Hotel.
1952 22 Jan. – 10 June 1926
Correspondence from Ernest Ellis (Estate Agent), Dublin, to Messrs Wynne &
Wynne (Solicitors to the [Trustees of the Estate]), 18 South Mall, Cork, and
Messrs Francis FitzMaurice & Co. (Solicitors for H. L. Puxley), Dunmanway.
He discusses the future of the lease held by Puxley for premises at Castletown
Bere, whose rent is in arrear.
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1953 10 Feb. 1926
Typed letter from from Shield & Mackarness (Solicitors), London, to Ernest
Ellis, Dublin, relating to a boundary issue on land leased by Miss Puxley’s
father neighbouring property of the Bantry Estate.
1954 31 Dec. 1926 – 7 Dec. 1927
File entitled “Correspondence re Sundry Small Estates” between Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, H. W. Cooke (Steward), Bantry, and representatives of the
Estates. Includes information on the following – Mrs. Annie Lambkin Estate,
the tithe rent charge payable to Irish Land Commission, and the sale of its
lands to tenants; Supple Estate and the preparation of maps (14 th March-7 th
April 1925); Miss Brown’s Estate, Gortinease, a certificate for the deduction
of income tax; Barrett and Mrs. MacDonald Estates, payment of rents; the
Corkery Estate, repairs to a leased property; and the Sampson Estate in Co.
Clare, the payment of poor rates on the lands of Poulagoona. Also documents
relating to Kate Lavallin Puxley and payment of income tax out her Berehaven
rental income; the late Mrs. L. Hollamby’s Estate and payment of rents; and
the Beamish Estate record of Tenants Names, Purchase Money, and Rents
prior to Sale.
1955 8 April – 20 Dec. 1927
444
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File entitled “Bird” (Estate) “General Correspondence”. Includes
correspondence between Cooke (Steward), Estate Office, Bantry, to Ernest
Ellis (Agent), Dublin, relating to payment of the fishery rate on Snave on the
Bird Estate, and what is entitled to the representatives of the Bird Estate from
the Bantry Estate.
1956 3 – 21 Dec. 1927
26 items
Partial correspondence file of the Estate Office, relating to the Lambkin,
McDonald, Supple and Beamish Estates.
1957 29 Dec. 1927 – 28 Dec. 1928
7 items
Alphabetical correspondence file from the Bantry Estate Office entitled
“Bantry Sundry Small Estates” with the entries in alphabetical dividers –
Barrett, Bird, Beamish, Browne, Corkery, Lambkin, and McDonald. It deals
with leasing agreements and sub-lettings, rental payments, and sales of the
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property.
1958 27 April 1929
445
141 items & 6 enclosures
Copy of the Representatives of Miss Bird’s Estate Account of Receipts &
Expenditure for year ending 1 st November 1928 with the Estate Office,
Bantry.
1959 24 June 1930
Typed letter from Ernest Ellis (Agent) to H. W. Cooke (Steward), Estate
Office, Bantry, relating to the Rev. J. Sandys Bird, (deceased), leasehold of
premises in Bantry from a lease made in 1812. Ellis wants to find out precisely
where exactly the premises are in Bantry. The original is in bad condition and
has been photocopied.
1960 16 April 1937 – 24 May 1945
Day-book of the Estate of S. O’ Brien Corkery Esq. Details information under
headings – Date; Ledger Folio; Inc. Tax; Public Health Rate; Cash; Total.
Includes lodgements slips, and a receipt of payment of a fire insurance policy
from the London & Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd.
1961 25 Nov. 1963
1962 [nd]
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8pp & 6 enclosures
Statement of Accounts from the E. D. F. Dumeresque Estate for the period
ended November 25, 1963, a National Trust Company Limited.
22pp
Part of a copy typed letter relating to the payment of income tax assessments
on the S. O’Brien Estates.
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8.2 Montpelier Estates, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
1963 11 – 19 July 1866
Copies of the Masters Orders in the case of Coddington v. Greene. The
Petitioners are John Coddington, the Rev. Francis Hewson, and Thomas
Rawdon Hardy. The Respondents are Matilda Mary Greene, and the Rev.
Thomas Hare and Anne Martha Hare (his wife). The Order clarifies who
receives what legacies from the personal Estate of the late Rev. Rawden
Griffith Greene. Includes Schedules of the Real and Personal Estate of Rev.
Rawden Greene.
1964 12 May 1880
446
2 items
Deed Appointing New Trustees to the Will of Rev. Rawdon Griffith Greene
made by Mrs. Anne Martha Hare (daughter of Rev. Green, and wife of the
Rev. Thomas Hare, Dean of Ossory) The Deanery, Kilkenny, to the Rev.
Francis Hewson (Trustee of the Will), Dunganstown Rectory, Co. Wicklow.
Hare appoints James Edward Penrose, Woodhill, Co. Cork, and the Rev.
Henry H. Coddington, High Cross Ware, England, as new Trustees to the Will
of Rev. Greene. They replace John George Coddington and Thomas Rawdon
Hardy now deceased. Includes copy of the Deed. Original deed was used as
exhibit ‘B’ in Coddington V. Greene, referred to in the affidavit of George
Hewson, on the [1 st ] May 1915.
1965 12 May 1880
2 items
Copies of the Attested Memorial made by the Rev. Francis Hewson,
Dunganstown Rectory, Co. Wicklow, to James Edward Penrose, Woodhill,
Co. Cork, and the Rev. Henry H. Coddington, the Vicarage, High Cross Ware,
England. Hewson grants unto Penrose and Coddington the annuity of £369. 4.
8 payable out of the lands of Montpelier, Barony of Rathdown, Co. Dublin,
and all the estate of Francis Hewson. To hold it for their use under the will of
the Rev. Rawdon Griffith Greene, dated the 3 rd Nov. 1862. Used as exhibit ‘D’
referred to the affidavit of George Hewson on the 10 th May 1915.
1966 3 Nov. 1892
2 items
Deed Appointing New Trustees to the Will of Rev. Rawdon Griffith Greene
made by Mrs. Anne Martha Hare (daughter of Rev. Green, and wife of the
Rev. Thomas Hare, Dean of Ossory) The Deanery, Kilkenny. Hare appoints
Ernest Godwin Swift, (Barrister-at-Law Divisional Justice of the Police
District of Dublin Metropolis), 18 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, and George
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Hewson, Newtown, Co. Leitrim, as new Trustees to the Will of Rev. Greene.
They replace Henry Hallett Coddington and Francis Hewson now deceased.
James Edward Penrose is the only other surviving Trustees. Includes copy of
the Deed with corrections and underlining. Original deed was used as exhibit
‘G’ in Coddington v. Greene, referred to in the affidavit of George Hewson,
on the 11 Oct. 1915.
2 items
1967 3 Nov. 1892
Copy Appointment of New Trustees of the Settlement of Rev. Thomas Hare
and Anne Martha Hare (formerly Greene, his wife) made on the 7 th March
1862. They appoint Ernest Godwin Swifte (Barrister-at-Law Divisional Justice
of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis), No 18 Fitzwilliam Square,
Dublin, and George Hewson, Newtown, Co. Leitrim. They replace John
George Coddington, Francis Hewson, and Beaver Henry Blacker, all
deceased. Includes schedule of what the Trustees hold; and a second copy of
the Appointment dated the 19 th Feb. 1948.
1968 12 May 1899 – 10 Jan. 1902
447
2 items
Copy Probate Will of the late Rev. Thomas Hare (Dean of Ossory), the
Deanery, Kilkenny. He appoints George Hewson and Henry G. Cooper
(solicitor), Clare Street, Dublin, executors and trustees of his will. He leaves
various property and sums of money to his immediate family, extended
family, servants and the Representative Church Body.
1969 30 Dec. 1902 – 25 Jan. 1915
Copy Will and two Codicils of Mrs. Anne Martha Hare (widow of the late
Rev. Thomas Hare), 99 Lower Mount Street, Dublin. She appoints George
Hewson, Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim, and Charles Loftus Townsend, Molesworth
Street, Dublin, Executors of her Will, and bequeaths them £50. She appoints
George Hewson and Edith Hewson her Legatees. She leaves various amounts
of money to her family, servants and the Representative Church of Ireland.
She leaves £100 each to The Hibernian Church Missionary Society, the
Stewart Institution Palmerstown, and Spiddal Orphanage, Co. Galway.
1970 12 – 22 June 1915
Copy Lord Chancellor’s Order to Revive Proceedings in the case of
Coddington (Petitioner) and Greene (Respondent). George Hewson, Ernest
Godwin Swifte and James E. Penrose are the trustees of the will of Rev.
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Rawdon Griffith Greene, deceased, and are standing as Petitioners. The Rev.
Edward Alexander Fishbourne is standing as Respondent, representing the
various persons entitled to the residuary estate of the Deceased. The Order
allows inquiries into the residual Real and Personal Estate of the late Rev.
Greene, and rents received from it.
1971 15 – 25 Jan. 1916
Lord Chancellor’s Order in the case of Coddington v. Greene. Edward A.
Fishbourne (as Respondent in the case), Executor of the will of Rev. Robert
Fishbourne is entitled [to the sum of £6,000]. All parties are to receive their
costs, to be paid out of the Residuary Personal Estate of Rawdon Griffith
Greene. Includes copy of Order.
1972 22 – 26 Jan. 1916
448
3pp
2 items
Copy Chief Clerk’s Certificate in the case of Coddington v. Greene. He gives
his findings after investigation of the accounts and inquiries made in
pursuance of the Order of the 12 th June 1915. The attached two schedules
show the Legacies given by the will of Rev. Greene which have not been paid,
and the persons entitled to the Residuary Real and Personal Estate of the
Testator.
1973 28 July – 28 Oct. 1916
2 items
Lord Chancellor’s Order in the case of Coddington v. Greene, [declaring
rights as to the [charge] on the rent charge on Montpelier and fixing the rate of
interest on it]. It is amended in red ink.
1974 10 May 1917
Notice of Public Auction under Order of the Lord Chancellor of the 12 th June
1915 on the case of Coddington v. Greene. It is a perpetual annuity of £400
Irish, charge on the Lands of Montpelier, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, payable
half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November.
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1975 21 Oct. 1926
Copy of the Resettlement of the Bantry & Berehaven Estates and Capital
Moneys and Heirlooms made between Clodagh E. M. Leigh-White, Geoffrey
Shelswell, and the trustees.
1976 24 June 1929
Copy Appointment of New Trustees of Settlement, made between Rev.
Greene and Anne Martha Greene on the 7 th March 1862. George Hewson,
Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim, appoints Arthur Fayrer Hosken (Lieutenant Colonel
in his Majesty’s Army), 25 Cheyne Court, London, and Tom Algar Elliot
Cairnes, (Lieutenant Colonel in his Majesty’s Army), The Glen, Drogheda, as
trustees of the Principal Indenture. They replace Ernest Goodwin Swift
(deceased), and Hewson, who wishes to retire from the trust. Schedule outlines
the trust requirements.
1977 23 Aug. 1929
Assignment of the Charge of £3,000 moiety of a Charge of £6,000 charged on
the Perpetual Annuity of £400 (Irish) issuing out of the lands of Montpelier,
Monkstown, Co. Dublin, to Laura Waldegrave Hewson, Carpenham,
Rostrevor, by George Hewson (Trustee of the Will of the late Rev. Thomas
Hare) and others. Includes copy.
1978 11 Nov. 1929
449
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3pp
2 items
Copy Order of Mr. Justice Johnston relating to the case of Coddington v.
Greene. He orders that all further proceedings in the cause be carried on
between George Hewson and James E. Penrose as Petitioners and Robert E. F.
Greene as Respondent.
1979 3 Feb. 1930
Copy Order of the High Court in the cause of Coddington v. Greene, allowing
Laura Waldegrave Hewson to purchase the annuity for £100 subject to
conditions of sale and a charge of £6,000. Includes copy with underlining.
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1980 17 June 1930
Declaration of Arthur James Beatty (Solicitor in the firm of Moore, Keily &
Lloyd), 31, Molesworth Street, Dublin, of the correct date of deaths of Sir
Ernest Godwin Swifte (Petitioner) and of Rev. Edward Alexander Fishbourne
(Respondent). It relates to the cause of Coddington v. Greene. Includes copies
of the two certificates of Death.
1981 19 June 1930
450
3 items
Declaration of Arthur W. Rutherford (Land Agent), 43, Dawson Street,
Dublin. He states that he is land agent to William Pomeroy Greene,
Greystones, Rowsley, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the owner of the
Montpelier Estates upon which a perpetual annuity of £400 late Irish Currency
is charged by indenture dated 4 th Jan. 1822. This relates to the ongoing cause
of Coddington v. Greene.
1982 27 June 1930
Satutory Declaration of George Hewson, Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim, of the
death of Anne Martha Hare on the 14 th October 1914, in the cause of
Coddington v. Greene.
1983 15 July 1930
Conveyance of the perpetual Annuity of £400 (late Irish Currency) issuing out
of the lands of Montpelier, Co. Dublin, by James Edward Penrose and George
Hewson (Trustees) in consideration of £100, paid by Laura Waldegrave
Hewson, Carpenham, Rostrevor, Co. Down. Includes draft copy of
conveyance.
1984 20 Dec. 1937
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Copy Will, Codicil and Probate of the late Laura Waldegrave Hewson,
Carpenham, Rostrevor, Co. Down. She appoints George Tawdon Maurice
Hewson (her brother) as her Legatee and Executor. She leaves money to her
three sisters. Probate granted in 1937 by E.H. Kenny (Probate Officer). The
Will was made on 2 nd June 1913.
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1985 29 Dec. 1938 – 19 Feb. 1948
Copy Appointment of Trustees of Settlement. Tom Algar Elliot Cairnes
(Lieutenant Colonel), Stameen Drogheda, Co. Meath, appoints James Cuthbert
Hosken, 6 Bolton Gardens, London, to be a trustee jointly with Cairnes in the
Principal Indenture of the 7 th March 1862. He replaces Arthur Fayrer Hosken,
who died on the 4 th June 1838. A Schedule gives details on the trusts of the
Indenture.
1986 15 Jan. – 24 April 1941
Copy Probate Will and Codicils of George Rawdon Maurice Hewson, the
Lodge, Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim. He appoints Jessy Gertrude Hewson (his
wife) and William Thomas Mackay (Solicitor), 46 Kildare Street, Dublin, as
Executors. He leaves various amounts of money to his family and servants.
1987 5 June 1945 – 21 July 1947
Copy Appointment of New Trustees. Jessy Gertrude Hewson and William
Thomas Mackay (Trustees of the Will of the late George Hewson) appoint
Arthur George Hewson (retired Brigadier in His Majesty’s Army), the Lodge,
Dromahaire, Co. Leitrim, as trustee of the Will in place of Jessy G. Hewson.
1988 2 May 1947
451
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8pp
13pp
Statutory Declaration of Robert J. A. Jameson (Land Agent), Estate Office,
Vevay, Bray, Co. Wicklow. He states that he as Land Agent for the late Mrs.
Greene, on whose property there is annuity charge of £400 dating from an
indenture from 1822. This property upon which the annuity is charge is the
Montpelier Estate. Includes schedule relating to the Estate Annuity Charge,
exhibit “A” referred to in declaration.
1989 22 May – 17 June 1947
2 items
Purchaser’s Objection and Requisition on Title on the sale of the Annuity of
£369. 4. 8 out of the Montpelier Estate. Includes correspondence between
Whitney, Moore & Keller (Solicitors), 46 Kildare Street, Dublin, and Messrs.
Fred Sutton & Co, 52 Dame Street, Dublin.
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1990 4 June – 1 July 1947
Brief for Gerald Harris (Counsel) to advise on the purchase of a perpetual
annuity of £369. 4. 8 subject to one-moiety of the sum of £6,000, charged on
the Montpelier Estate. It is on behalf of the Trustees of the Shelswell-White
Estate.
3pp
1991 25 June 1946
Copy of Particulars and Conditions of Sale relating to freehold property in
Dublin City offered in six lots. The property is located on Dame Street,
Parliament Street and Crane Street. Written on the outside of the document are
figures related to the various lots.
1992 7 July 1947
Draft Conveyance of an annuity of £369. 4. 8 out of the Montpelier Estate,
Monkstown, for £5,150. It is made between William T. Mackay and Arthur G.
Hewson (Trustees of the Will of George Hewson, and Vendors), Clodagh E.
M. Shelswell-White (the Tenant for Life) in the second place, and the
Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees
Limited (Trustees of the Re-Settlement of 1926, and the Purchaser) in the third
part. Amendments have been made by solicitors for the Vendors.
1993 18 July 1947
Letter from Whitney, Moore & Keller (Solicitors), 46 Kildare Street, Dublin,
to Messrs Fred Sutton & Co, 52 Dame Street, Dublin, enclosing copies of the
Apportionment Account relating to the sale of the Montpelier Annuity. It is
noted that they will meet on the 21 st July 1947.
1994 July 1947
452
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8pp
4 items
Revenue Commissioners Form relating to the purchase of the Montpelier
Estate by the Shelswell-White Estate. It has been filled out by Whitney, Moore
& Keller (Solicitors), 45 Kildare Street, Dublin.
1995 10 Nov. 1947
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Authority to pay the interest due on the Charge of £3,000, given by Cairnes
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and Hosken, to Messrs Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors).
1996 5 – 15 Dec. 1947
Requisitions on Title of Trustees of Croslegh’s Trusts to a Moiety of a Charge
of £6,000 raisable on a perpetual annuity of £400 (Irish) to the Trustees of
Shelswell-White Estate.
1997 9 Jan. 1948
Opinion of Gerald Harris (Counsel), Fernhurst, Greystones, Co. Wicklow, on
the purchase of the Annuity Charge from the Croslegh’s Trusts by the
Shelswell-White Trust Estate.
1998 22 Jan. 1948
453
1p
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2pp
Search Certificate on the Croslegh Trustees by Benjamin Corr (Solicitors
Assistant, Sutton & Co.), for the Shelswell-White Trustees.
1999 23 Jan. 1948
Search Certificate carried out by Ellis & Ellis (Public Record Searching
Agents), 24 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, in the Registry of Deeds. Records
judgements against Ernest G. Swifte, George Hewson, A. F. Hoskin, T. A. E.
Cairnes, and J. C. Hosken.
2000 14 – 27 Feb. 1948
2001 [nd]
Release of the Charge of £3,000 on the lands of Montpelier, by Tom A. E.
Cairnes and James C. Hosken (the Croslegh Trustees), to the Governor and
Company of the Bank of Ireland and Bank of Ireland Nominees Limited
(Shelswell-White Trustees). Includes Schedules and a copy of Release.
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Memorandum relating to the Title of Colonel Tom Algar Elliot Cairnes and
Major James Cuthbert Hosken (Trustees) to the Charge of £3,000 under the
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Settlement of the 7 th March 1862.
9. Estate Industry
9.1 Timber Business, Glengarriff
2002 25 March 1943 – 6 July 1944
File entitled “SHELSWELL-WHITE ESTATE TIMBER CONTRACT
GLENGARRIFF”, containing timber felling accounts showing the workmen’s
account from October 1943 – June 1944; correspondence relating to the
contract to supply timber by the Shelswell-White Estate to the Department of
Defence; and a mss list of timber drawn from the Estate compiled by the
Military. Also correspondence between Patrick Falvey (Steward), Glengarriff,
and Charles J. Dunlop (Agent), Dublin, over the exact weight of timber
supplied to the Army.
454
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168 items
2003 4 Oct. 1943 – 18 April 1955
see also
2005
Correspondence file on the establishment of a forestry business in the woods
of Glengarriff by the Bantry Estate with the assistance of H. M. Fitzpatrick,
Kendalstown Hall, Delgany, Greystones, Co. Wicklow. Includes applications
to the Department of Forestry for Felling Notices; correspondence on
machinery and equipment; orders from around the country; and maps showing
the replanting scheme on the townland of Skehil (scale of 6 inches to one
mile).
2004 5 March 1946
5 files
Typed REPORT ON WOODS OF GLENGARRIFF ESTATE by H. M.
FitzPatrick. There are written corrections and comments on the left margin.
2005 15 Oct. 1946 – 3 June 1947
see also
2003
Correspondence files relating to the purchase of a Saw Unit by the Bantry
Estate for its timber business in Glengarriff Woods. Includes correspondence
with manufacturers, the Forestry Division of the Department of Industry and
Commerce, and H. M. Fitzpatrick, Kandalstown Hill, Delgany, Co. Wicklow,
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who advise Geoffrey Shelswell-White sought; also diagrams of machinery.
2006 19 Nov. 1946 – 20 June 1949
455
2 files
Correspondence file entitled “SAW UNIT July 1947 to June 1950”. Includes
orders, correspondence between the Office and various machine
manufacturers.
2007 [May 1947 – June 1949]
3 files
File entitled “Circular Saw – returns, etc.” containing orders for firewood from
the Estate timber production at Glengarriff, and the Timber Unit weekly logs.
Also rough accounts of income and costs of the business.
2008 10 Aug. 1948 – 1 Oct. 1952
215 items
Correspondence files from the Bantry Estate Office relating to the venture
“Woodlands Rustic Furniture” out of the wood from the forestry business of
the Estate, and on various orders for the supply of wood to individuals and
businesses. Includes “Woodlands Rustic Furniture” catalogues.
2009 March 1949 – March 1953
File containing saw and tractor logs from the Bantry Estate Office.
2010 May 1949 – 15 Nov. 1956
2 files
308 items
Correspondence file relating to the payment of Estate and Succession duty on
timber sales from the Estate. Includes many re-used letters from the early 20 th
Century (one letter relating to the purchase of the Beamish Estate from 1912).
2011 6 July 1949 – 24 June 1950
112 items
General correspondence on the running of the timber business of the Estate,
including orders and maintenance issues.
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2012 12 June 1950 – 28 July 1954
File entitled “Timber Development – General” on the sawmill business of the
Glengarriff Estate. It contains weekly accounts, correspondence between
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, suppliers and customers.
2013 1 Nov. 1951 – 15 Dec. 1960
456
369 items
Receipt book for payments made on timber goods supplied by the Estate for
the years 1951-1953. Includes an entry by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
refunding costs relating to CSPCA advertisements (15 th Dec. 1960).
2014 1951 – 1964
29pp & enclosure
File containing documents relating to the growth and sale of Christmas trees
on the Bantry Estate. Includes research carried out by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White on their care. Also mss lists of individuals and letters received of
orders.
2015 8 Nov. 1960 – 16 Oct. 1962
54 items
File containing documents on the sale of windfall timber from the Estate.
Details information under headings – No.; Position; Tree; Weight; Price;
Purchaser; Date of Purchase.
2016 17 – 20 June 1988
13 items
Delivery notes from Murphy & O’Connor Ltd. (Timber Importers & Builders
Providers), Bantry, to AnCO at Bantry House for jig saw blades and sanding
belts.
9.2 Berehaven Mines
3 items
2017 6 Jan. 1869
see also
2018, 2019
Mortgage of £50,000 made over by Robert Heron, Harrow House, Ballybrack,
and Samuel Bewley, Junior, Sandford Hill, Ranelagh, to Eliza Puxley Tenby,
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South Wales, and the Rev. Herbert Boyle Lavallin Puxley, Cockermouth,
England (Trustees to the Will of John Lavallin Puxley). It is to secure for them
the mining rights of part shares of mines in Berehaven and Irhon. They agreed
that it will be paid in six instalments of £8,000, the first due on the 10 th Aug.
1871, the second on the 10 th Aug. 1872, and so on until paid. They also agree
to pay interest on the amount at £4. 10. 0 per £100, payable half yearly on the
14 th Feb. and the 14 th Aug. There is confirmation on the back of payment of
the third, fourth and fifth installments.
457
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2018 6 Jan. 1869
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2017, 2019
Assignment of the Berehaven and Irhon mines by Eliza Puxley, Tenby, South
Wales, and the Rev. Herbert Boyne Lavallin Puxley, Cockermouth, England
(Trustees of the Will of the late John Lavallin Puxley), to Robert Heron,
Harron House, Ballybrack, and Samuel Bewley Junior, [Tandford] Hill,
Ranelagh. For the sum of £38,996. 13. 9 government 3%, and in consideration
of the £50,000 to be secured to the Trustees by indenture of mortgage, they
assign the following; the eleven twenty one parts, the four twenty one parts
and the two twenty one parts of the mines of the lands of Kilogue,
Cahermilaboe, Ballydonegan and Killogh. Secondly, the four twenty one
parts, the eleven twenty one parts and the two twenty one parts of the mines of
the lands of Coome, Comminches, Clone and Allihies. Thirdly, the two twenty
one parts, the eleven twenty one parts of the mines of the lands of Irhon, and
Caherkeen. The terms for the lands are 41 years from the leases created in the
1840s and 1850s.
13pp
2019 26 June 1877
see also
2017, 2018
Reconveyance of the Berehaven and Irhon Mines by the Rev. Herbert Boyne
Lavallin Puxley, Kimbollon, Huntington, England to the Berehaven Mining
Company Limited. In consideration of the mortgage owed to him of £50,000,
Lavallin Puxley conveys to the Company the mines mentioned in the
indenture of 6 th Jan. 1869.
2020 9 – 29 March 1904
11pp
Mss correspondence between Samuel Hutchins, Ardnagashel, H. Adams
(Berehaven Copper Mines Ltd), London, and James H. Foster, on the royalties
owed to Hutchins on ore produced from the Berehaven Copper Mines.
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2021 [29] May 1956 – 22 July 1967
Correspondence files entitled “Berehaven Copper Mines – Vol. 1 & Vol. 2”.
Includes newspaper cuttings from The Cork Examiner and The Sunday
Express. Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
and Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, on the Estate’s mining rights to
the Allihies Copper Mines. Shelswell-White also had correspondence from
Henry W. Lavallin Puxley, Herts., England, and Richard N. Hutchins,
Reendesert, on the mine and their rights.
9.3 Glengarriff Fisheries
458
2 files
2022 1 March 1954 – 31 March 1960
see also
2023, 2061
File entitled “Glengarriff Fisheries – Fishery Rate” containing correspondence
between A. R. Cooke, Bantry Estate Office, and the No. 5 Cork Board of
Fishery Conservators on the rate valuation of the Glengarriff Salmon Berth
which is estate property, and its possible de-valuation. Includes
correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and Fred Sutton & Co.
(Estate Solicitors), Dublin.
61 items
2023 7 Jan. 1957 – 14 Nov. 1979
see also
2022, 2061
File entitled “Glengarriff Fisheries – General” containing correspondence
between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and the Glengarriff Angler’s Club on their
sub-leasing of the fishing rights of Glengarriff river. Includes a rough coloured
map of the Glengarriff Demesne highlighting its river. Also correspondence
between the Department of Lands, Forestry Division, and the Bantry Estate to
make safe a pool called “Pooleen” at Skehill, Glengarriff, with sketch.
10. Bantry Town and Environs
10.1 History
2024 1 July 1909 – 21 Nov. 1910
155 items
Hardback [Register] for [Bantry General Hospital]. Details information under
headings – DATE; NAME OF PATIENT; RESIDENCE; No. of visits;
DOCTOR ATTENDING; DISEASE; TREATMENT. At the end of each
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month, there is a summary of the numbers of “Visits paid, New Cases; [Old]
book; [Deceased]; Cases Attended”, and it is signed off by a member of the
[Board of Trustees] – “Arethusa Leigh-White (President), April 1 st /10” and
“Mary Cullinane May 2-1910”.
2025 [1950s]
459
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Mss notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on local history – the military
service history of the Bantry Volunteers from 1779-1804; military events at
Cork from 1691-1697, and 1797; the Owners of Beach House; and William H.
Bird (Bantry Poor [House] Guardian c.1886).
10.2 Improvements
2026 11 April 1792
Letter from A. Abbott, [Cork], to Richard White, Bantry, enclosing an Order
from the Grand Jury allowing the building of a new road from Four Mile
Water to Bantry town by Richard White, shortening the distance by 27½
perches. This closes the old road.
2027 15 Aug. 1901
Conveyance of the lands of Bocarna (4a 1r 24p) and Muckro (0a 2r 16p) by
Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Baron Ardilaun, Richard Longfield, and the
respective farmers on these lands to Cork County Council in fee simple. It is
for the extension of the Furkeal Road leading through Bocarna and towards
Muckro 400 perches. Includes a copy of the conveyance.
2028 3 Dec. 1902
1p
2pp
2 items
Conveyance of the part of the lands of Cappaleigh (0a 3r 2p) within
Castletownbere in fee simple by Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Thomas Hurst
(Shopkeeper), the Square, Bantry and Daniel Dunne (Farmer), Cappaleigh, to
Cork County Council who propose to build a pier and a road approaching it in
Cappaleigh. Hurst and Dunne are tenants on the lands. Baron Ardilaun and
Richard Longfield witnessed it.
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2029 1 Aug. 1905 – 19 March 1912
Conveyance of a part of the Abbey Lands of Bantry, known as “Abbey” (1
acre) by Olivia Charlotte, Baroness Ardilaun, Ina Maude, Countess Ferrers,
and Edward Egerton Leigh-White, to the Rural District Council of Bantry. It is
for the sole use of burials only. A map drawn on the back of the document
shows the lands coloured in red; the existing burial ground, the strand, the
cliffs and the road to Bantry town with a scale of 104 feet to 1 inch. On the
inside of the conveyance is a further conveyance of part of the Abbey Lands
(0a 3r 24.75p), on the 19 th March 1912 by Baroness Ardilaun and Edward
Egerton Leigh-White to the Rural District Council of Bantry. A map drawn on
the inside of the conveyance shows the newly conveyed lands coloured in
blue, in the townland of Ardnabragher, and its adjoining lands, with a scale of
[200 feet to 1 inch]. Includes a draft of the original conveyance.
2030 29 Dec. 1906
460
2 items
Conveyance of the lands of Curragh East (1a 3r 20p), Derrylough (3a 3r 12p),
Leahill (2a 1r 32p) within Castletownbere, in fee simple by Edward Egerton
Leigh-White and with the consent of others who are leasing the lands (see
document), to Cork County Council. The Council proposes to make a new
road leading from the main road to Glengarriffe to Castletown through these
lands. There is a map drawn of the proposed road (in red) showing it going
through the lands, no scale given (map is drawn on an aged tracing paper, on
its reverse is mould stains).
2031 26 Feb. 1908
Conveyance of the lands of Derryconnery (160 perches) in fee simple by
Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Arthur, Baron Ardilaun, Richard Longfield,
Richard Sullivan, Timothy Crowley, William Power, Denis Connolly,
Jeremiah Sullivan, Mary Sullivan (Widow), Hanoria Sullivan (Widow), and
Daniel Sullivan, all farmers, to Cork County Council. They propose to make a
new road leading from the road between Bantry and Castletownbere through
the townland of Derryconnery. This will go through the lands leased by the
farmers mentioned, but they give their permission. There is a map drawn on
the inside, showing the proposed new road coloured in red, with a scale of 6
inches to 1 mile.
2032 21 Oct. 1909
Agreement of Licence and Authority made between Edward Egerton Leigh-
White, Bantry House, and Cornelius Crowley (Farmer), Tracallaig, Eyries, and
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the Trustees of the Congested District Board for Ireland, 23 Rutland Square,
City of Dublin. Leigh-White and Crowley agree to allow the Board to enter
and construct a pier or landing place at Tracallig in the townland of Gortgariff,
and the adjacent lands during construction. A copied ordinance map is
attached to the document showing the proposed pier coloured in red.
2033 18 July 1929
Pamphlet promoting the work of the Bantry Town Improvements Committee,
listing its Officers, which includes Mrs. Leigh-White.
2034 15 Aug. 1934
461
3pp
1 item
Mss letter from P. Falvey, the Lodge, Glengarriff, to Ernest Ellis, Dublin,
informing him of developments at Glengarriff regarding the sale of sites for
building.
1p
2035 1 – 29 July 1936
Correspondence relating to a site for a Parish Hall in Glengarriff donated by
Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes mss letters from W. O’Connor (PP), to
Clodagh Shelswell-White, stating he is against the venture and asks that she
rescind her decision “for the good of the people especially of those growing up
and those yet to be born”.
10.3 Tourism
2036 24 March 1954 – 7 March 1964
9 items
Correspondence file relating to the establishment of a guide to holiday
accommodation in the Republic. Includes the registration of the company Eire
Tourist Publications; and invoices from Murphy & O’Connor Ltd. (Timber
Importers, Builders’ Providers, Lloyd’s Agency), Bantry, and G. W. Biggs &
Co. Ltd. (Cornmillers, Merchants and Manufacturers), Bantry (1963-64). Also
copies of the Tourist Traffic Act, 1939; the Tourist Traffic (Amendment) Act,
1946; the Tourist Traffic Act, 1952; An Bord Failte’s Official List of Hotels,
Guest Houses, Holiday Camps, Holiday Hostels and Youth Hostels for 1953;
and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board Accommodation List.
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2037 6 May 1954 – 4 Feb. 1955
see also
2698
Correspondence file relating to a scheme to let houses in the Bantry,
Glengarriff and Castletownbere areas spearheaded by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White. Includes newspaper cuttings of letting notices, and inquiries from the
public.
462
88 items
2038 1 June 1961
see also
Section C.24.3
Front page of the newspaper the Cork Weekly Examiner and Weekly Herald,
which features a write-up and photographs of “ ‘Horseback Holidays’ A New
Tourist Amenity For West Cork”, horseback holidays in Bantry Town.
1 item
2039 1987 – 1990
CLOSED
Files containing draft correspondence and copy reports on the “La
Surveillante” Project and the Bantry Bay 1796 French Armada Exhibition
Centre to Bantry Chamber of Commerce Ltd., and the Cork/Kerry Regional
Tourism Organisation Limited. Includes drafts of the sketch plan for the layout
of the centre by Ted Daly (Architectural Draughtsman), Bantry, Frank Murphy
and Partners (Architects), Cork, and Nicholas O’Sullivan, Bantry; and the
design and drawings of the proposed 1796 Museum at Bantry House by Brian
Lalor. Also contains research notes on “La Surveillante” and the French
Armada.
2 files
2040 15 Dec. 1992
CLOSED
Typed agenda for a Committee meeting of the Bantry 1796 French Armada
Trust Limited circular by Eileen M. O’Shea (Chairperson).
11. Maps and Surveys
2041 [1655]
Map of the plowlands of Killcaskane, Barony of Beare, giving acreage, rood
and perch measurements. The condition of the land is also noted – “good
grasing mont 20 acres worth one”, as are neighbouring townlands, a church
and a river with bridges. Some elevation has been pencilled in, though it is
faint. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has made some notes on the map.
2041 contd..
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2042 1791
2043 1810
2044 [1817]
463
72.7cm x 69cm
Coloured paper map of Inchiclough Demesne, marked no.73. It shows fields,
gates, forestry, houses and buildings, the road leading to Cork and Bantry, and
a [stream and river]. It is titled “A Mapp [sic] of the Denesne of Inchicloghe
Near the Town of Bantry belonging to Hamilton White Esqr containing fiftyeight
acres & three Roods Statute English Measr”, signed “Wm Sullivan,
Jan.ry 1791”, within a cartouche. The property boundaries are noted. Also
written in ink is “Presented by Captain Stokes, Drumbrow Ho. Nov. 1947.”
47.4cm x 29.5cm
Pencil and ink map of “Maps of part of the Estate of Richd White, Miner near
the town of Bantry, containing No.1-5 Droumbro in the whole 294a 3r 25p,
No. 6-8 Gurtroe in the whole 246a 2r 0p, No. 9-14 Derryganogh in the whole
221a 3r 0p, total No. of Acres 763 0r 25p. Surveyed in the year 1810 by Richd
Manning”. Boundaries, elevated ground, streams, a well, the new and old
roads, Raheens vein, buildings, and the river Mealugh are all marked out.
50.5cm x 35.1cm
Cloth-backed colour map of “Ardnegashel & Ardaturrish copied and enlarged
from the Down Survey to a SCALE of 80 perches in an Inch in August 1817
by Rich. Manning.” Marked in red is the area of Coorikimmaud (330 acres)
and Snave (530 acres) surveyed in 1818 by Richard Manning. The land types
are also noted. Some housing is marked.
45cm x 52.4cm
2045 April – May 1821
see also
2046
Ink and water-colour map of the “CROWN LANDS marked No.26 in the
DOWN SURVEY of the Parish of KILLCASKANE, BARONY of BEARE
and BANTRY, and COUNTY of CORK, Showing their relative situation with
and distance from BEREHAVEN CASTLE…”. Traced and surveyed by Order
of the Rt. Honble the Commissioners for enquiring into the Crown lands in
Ireland, by William Armstrong, 33, Charlemont Street, Dublin, April 1821.
The map has the coastline of Bantry Bay coloured in blue, buildings, roads,
rivers, streams and elevation are included. The ruins of Berehaven Castle that
are printed on the map are noted in pencil as Castle Dermot. Distance is also
calculated. There is a “TRACE of part of the PARISH of KILLCASKANE in
the BARONY of BEARE and BANTRY” from the Office of His Majestys
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Surveyor General. Includes an account by Armstrong on the process and
method employed by him in mapping the areas.
464
92.6cm x 60.5cm
2046 April – May 1821
see also
2045
Copy of the “MAP of the CROWN LANDS marked No. 26 in the DOWN
SURVEY of the PARISH of KILCASKANE, BARONY of BEARE and
BANTRY, and COUNTY of CORK shewing their relative distance from
BEREHAVEN CASTLE…” The map was surveyed and drawn by William
Armstrong, 33 Charlement Street, Dublin, April 1821. He gives an account of
the process at the bottom of the map. The map shows topographical features of
the area, as well as housing and roads. The names of the individuals’ homes
are noted. The ownership of land is indicated, as well as the name of the
townlands and useage. Its scale is 80 Irish Plantation Perches to an Inch. The
Meridian north line is drawn. Armstrong recommends further study of the area
for rich copper and other valuable ores.
2047 1824
2048 [1842]
92.6cm x 60.5cm
Coloured “Map of a NEW LEVEL Line of ROAD LEADING from the Coach
Road to Seafield Park, SHEWING The Present State of the Buildings and
BUILDING Grounds Contained BETWEEN The TWO ROADS From
DESMONDS STORE To The Entrance to Seafield Park”. It was drawn by
Thomas Mahony Delin. It shows a row of houses, coloured yellow, along the
Black Rock Road. Building borders are highlighted in blue.
61.3cm x 43.5cm
Map of Greenane (south of Bere Island), enlarged from the Ordinance Survey
by Clarges Greene & Son, [by H. Gunne Lith 26, Clare Street]. Written
alongside this by Geoffrey Shelswell-White is “prob.1842”. It is marked “Lot
8”. The land is coloured in green and boundary outline is a strong green. Plots
are numbered and marked individually. Martello Tower no. 4 is marked down.
Houses, roads, and rivers are marked out. Tenants’ names are not given. It has
a scale of 9 inches to one mile.
2049 14 Oct. 1844 – 27 Jan. 1849
67.6cm x 42cm
Hardback book of original OS 6" maps of Cork County (West Riding).
Embossed on the spine is “ORDINANCE SURVEY OF IRELAND WEST
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RIDING OF CORK”. The front cover has a faded seal of the Earl of Bantry
but is visible (embossed in gold) on the back. Inside the front few pages there
is a map showing all of Cork County and the townlands in the various Ridings.
Each map has various topical features outlined – ie townlands in green,
waterways and coastline in blue, and signed. The official stamp of the
Ordinance office is on the back of each map. Sheet 118 has Bantry Demense,
with pencil notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. There are a number of loose
pages.
465
67cm x 53cm
12 enclosures
2050 [1844]
see also
3265
Paper map of Bantry Bay from the series “IRELAND WEST COAST, SHEET
2, BANTRY BAY” by Commander James Wolfe and Lieut. W. H. Church
(RN). Magnetic meridians are present. There is a red ink mark on Roancarrig
Island. Written on the back is “BANTRY BAY”. Its natural scale is given as 1
over 24,300 soundings in fathoms.
50.6cm x 69.4cm
2051 [1844]
see also
2052, 2058, 2107
6" OS map of the Macroom area showing the townlands and Barony of
Macroom, of Aghina and Cannaway. Certain areas are outlined in red and
shaded in different colours. Written in pencil near them is “Lord Bantry has all
within the red lines”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘48’.
68.4cm x 101cm
2052 [12 Feb. 1845]
see also
2051, 2058, 2107
6" OS map of the Macroom area. Certain areas – Gurteen and Loughakittagh
are shade different colours and outlined in red. Written alongside it is “All
inside this red line is L Bantrys”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘49’,
and printed on top is “Sheet 60”. Stamped on the back is “SURVEY OFFICE
OF IRELAND”.
67.3cm x 100.2cm
2053 12 Sept. [1845]
see also
2134, 2143, 2144, 2148, 2159
6" OS map of the Bantry demesne, town lots and surrounding townlands,
including part of Whiddy Island. Written on the back is “[J M] Hussey Esq.
[Cen] of Capt. Gordon, Bantry”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘7A’.
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2054 [1845]
2055 [1845]
466
97.3cm x 64.5cm
6" OS map of Coulagh Bay, showing Ballycrovane Harbour, Inihsfarnard, and
the townlands Kilcatherine and Gortgarriff. Other land areas are Eyeries
Island, Inishfarnard, Gurteen Rock, Illaunnameanla Island and Illaunaraghtera
Island. All the above are shaded in different colours, and written on the bottom
of the map is “The whole of this is Ld Bantrys”. Printed on the upper right
corner is “Sheet 101”. Stamped on the back is “ORDINANCE SURVEY OF
IRELAND”.
67.5cm x 99cm
6" OS map of Kilcatherine showing the townlands Gowlane, Bawnard,
Bofickil, Commonseast, Faunkill, Clogher, Barress, Bunskillig, Ballycrovane,
and Ardgroom. Certain areas are shaded in different colours and outlined in
red. In previous maps, this shading indicates lands belonging to Lord Bantry.
On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘33’, and on the top right is printed
“Sheet 102”. Written on the back is “BEARHAVEN”
68.7cm x 101cm
2056 [1845]
see also
2069, 2119, 2137, 2138
6" OS map of Bearhaven with various townlands shaded in colour and
outlined in red. These are Kilmackowen, Crumpane, Meenaduff, Drom North,
Derreenataggart East, Knockanemore, Knockaneroe, Curradonohoe,
Cametringane, Drom West, Drom South, Eskenacartan, and Dinish Island. On
the lower right corner is a sticker ‘31’. In previous maps, this shading
indicates lands belonging to Lord Bantry.
2057 [1845]
69.5cm x 101.3cm
6" OS map of the Kilmichael District and the areas around Kilbarry. The
townland of Cooldorragha is outlined in pink marker, with certain areas
numbered 1-16, and sub-numbered within them. On the lower right corner is a
sticker ‘56’. Written on the back in ink is “KYLE”.
69cm x 100cm
2058 [1845]
see also
2051, 2052, 2107
6" OS map of a region near Macroom, Co. Cork. Some townlands are outlined
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2059 [1845]
2060 [1845]
in red and highlighted by different colours – Trerbeg, Gurteenroe,
Rockborough, Lackaduff, Gortyleahy, Carriganine and Tullatreada. Written in
pencil faintly in the townlands is “Lord [Bantry]”. On the lower right corner is
a sticker ‘47’.
6" OS map, part of Askan within the Glengarriff region.
467
69cm x 101.3cm
69.2cm x 101.6cm
Photocopy of a map of Bantry Town. Written in pencil on it is “Better Copy
with Miss Mills, Blackrock Terrace, Bantry” and “Probably Valuation Map
between 1845-50 Original in Valr. Office”. The scale is 60 inches to one
statute mile.
42.5cm x 60cm
2061 March 1848
see also
2022, 2023, 2068
6" map entitled “FISHERIES MOUTH OF THE GLENGARRIFF RIVER
COUNTY CORK” declaring the mouth of the Glengarriff river to be at the fall
below Cromwell’s Bridge, and also the area where the use of draft nets for
taking salmon is permitted. The area where this is not permitted is coloured
blue. Also highlighted are the townlands of Shrone, Cappyaughna,
Monteensuddar, Reenmeen West and East, all in the parish of Kilcashan.
Attched to it a piece of paper with “OD 175 loaned from BH Records GSW
21/5/53”.
39cm x 56.2cm
2062 27 March [1849]
see also
2091, 2118, 2117
Linen-backed and margined 6" OS map of Bearhaven “C. CORK Sheet 115”.
The townlands Kilmackowen, Cloontreem, Derrymihin East, Rodeeen,
Derrymihin West are shaded different colours and outlined in red. The roads
are coloured brown, and the rivers and coastline blue, in these townlands.
Attached to the back is a label “CORK 115”.
2063 15 July 1858
65.5cm x 96.7cm
Linen-backed paper map entitled “IRELAND SOUTH WEST COAST
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DUNMANUS RIVER”, showing Dunmanus River, various archaeological
and historical features, the mountain contours. There are six b/w ink drawings
– Dunmanus Bay view; Argodeena House; Sheep Head Tower; Three Castle
Head; Gap on Cushalawn; and Kilcrohan Point and Chapel. Red biro has
marked out some features – Carbery Island and Dunmanus Castle. Its scale is
given as 10 cables to 1 sea mile, natural scale. There is a sticker at the back
with “2552; Dunmanus River” printed on it.
468
66.7cm x 97.8cm
2064 21 May [18]64
see also
2133
6" OS map of townlands near Bantry. Some are bounded in red and
highlighted in different colours – Coumaclavlig; Coonane; Gortroe Upper;
Gortroe Lower; and others unnamed. Written in pencil alongside them is “Mr.
White”. Written alongside another highlighted unnamed townland is “Lord
Kenmare”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘45’.
68cm x 101cm
2065 10 Jan. [18]66
see also
2088
6" OS map entitled [“PART OF KILNAMANAGH DURSEY ISLAND”]
showing Dursey Island and adjacent mainland of the townlands Illegragh,
Ballaghboy, Garnish, Ballynacarriga, Gleanarough, Canalmore, and Loughane
More. There is also a smaller map section showing Dursey Head and rocky
outcrops The Calf and The Cow. Dursey Island and Dursey Head are divided
into three differing colour sections, with [“Bantry”] written in pencil. On the
mainland two names are written in pencil – “Mr. Herbert” and “Mr.
Hutchins”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘34’.
2066 13 Feb. 1869
68cm x 102cm
Licence to Form or Plant Oyster Beds or Layings granted the Earl of Bantry,
on shores around or near the townlands of Reenmeen East, Monteensudder,
Shrone, and Inchintaggart, in the parish of Kilcaskin, Barony of Bear. It is
under the Oyster Fishery (Ireland) Amendment Act, 1866. The OS map, no.
104, has the areas under licence shaded in blue and marked A, B, and C. Its
scale is 6 inches to one statute mile.
2067 [23 Dec. 1890 – 1 Oct. 1937]
55.5cm x 77.1cm
Copy map of the Shelswell-White Estate Hurst Holding, Bantry, which may
be attached to various deeds of assignments made between 1890-1926.
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Amendments have been made to the holdings in [scale], marking out price per
site. They are located along the Square and William Street. It has a scale of
twenty two feet to one inch. It was purchased in 1922 for £900.
469
26.7cm x 18cm
2068 27 May 1895
see also
2022, 2023, 2061
6" map entitled “FISHERIES – IRELAND Mouths of the Rivers Coomhola or
Snave, and Owvane or Ballylicky, in the District of Bantry, Country Cork”.
On one side is the map of the rivers and on the other is a declaration. This is
from the Inspectors of Irish Fisheries repealing part of the Order of the Special
Commissioners dated 8 th February 1864 that defines the boundary of the
mouth of the river Coomhola or Snave, and the Boundary of the mouth of the
River Owvane or Ballylicky, Bantry, Cork. Areas are coloured blue and red on
the map, explanations given. Also bridges are highlighted in red.
61cm x 47.8cm
2069 1899
see also
2056, 2137, 2138
25" OS map of “CASTLETOWN UNION & R.D. CORK (BEAR)” showing
the townlands Drom West, Drom North, Cametringane, and Derreenataggart
Middle. One area of Drom North is highlighted in pink. There is an
explanation of this written at the back, it comprises holdings of Daniel
Harrington (Cooper) and the “Reps. of Julia McCarthy FO 102 of 103”. There
is a table of symbols. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘39’.
73cm x 104.5cm
2070 1899
see also
2100, 2120, 2132
25" OS map entitled “GLENGARRIFF” showing a portion of Glengarriff
Harbour, Calf Island, Friars Island, Bark Island, Holly Island and Garranboy
Island. Certain woodland areas and titles – “BANTRY BY” and
“DROMGARRIFF TD” are coloured brown and blue. On the lower right
corner is a sticker ‘27’.
48.5cm x 47.2cm
2071 1899
see also
2074, 2093, 2106
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RD
CORK (BANTRY)”. The townlands Lissareemig, Beach, Dromreague and
Mullagh are outlined in red, highlighted in yellow, and certain plots
individually numbered. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION
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OFFICE DUBLIN, MAR. 10 1902 Certificate No. 5849”, and “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1000”. Also
stamped twice on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is “Leigh
White Beach Dromreague Lissareemig”.
470
73cm x 104.8cm
2072 [1899]
see also
2083, 2103
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CV. 12”. The boundary of
the townland of Cappanaboul is outlined in red, as are various plots within it,
and individually numbered. Certain areas in the townlands of Shandrum Beg
and Gortroe are outlined in red and green. Names are written in to some of
these areas. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1020”. Also stamped on the map is
“ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is [“Cappanaboul”].
71cm x 105.03cm
2073 [1899]
see also
2042
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CV. 16”. The townland of
Inchiclogh’s title is highlighted yellow and outlined in red, with plots within it
also outlined in red and numbered or lettered individually. Written in pencil
within the townland is “Sold Mrs. Ellen Lambkin”. Certain portions of land in
the townland of Cahernacrin are outlined in red and labelled in pencil ‘D’ or
‘1’. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN,
MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1017”. Also stamped on the map is
“ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”. Written on the back is “LAMBKIN Inchiclogh”
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2074 [1899]
see also
2071, 2106
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & R.D.
CORK {BANTRY WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXVIII.
13”. The townland of Mullagh is outlined in red, its title highlighted in yellow,
and one plot within it numbered ‘1’. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1000”. Also
stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in red pencil on the back is
“Mullagh” and in pencil “Leigh White 1000 Mullagh”.
471
71cm x 106cm
2075 [1899]
see also
2100, 2120, 2132
[6"] OS map of Glengarriff Harbour showing the townlands Reenmeen East,
Monteensudder, Cappyaughna, and Shrone. Also featured are Calf Island,
Holly Island, Bark Island, Bush Island, Friars Island, Fir Lands, and Pot
Island. Various buildings are coloured pink along Glengarriff Village, and an
area is outlined in red near the village. Written in pencil on areas in Reenmeen
East is “Field sold to Denis Falvey for £130”, and certain ‘sites’ are outlined
in pencil. There is a table showing the characteristics and symbols for
boundaries.
2076 [1899]
69cm x 105.2cm
25" OS map of Coulagh Bay showing Castletown Union and the Townlands
Eyeries, and Commons West. Zincographed in 1899 under the direction of Lt.
Col. G H Sim, RE, at the Ordinance Survey Office, Phoenix Park – Col. D A
Johnston, R E, Director General. The top left corner of the map is missing.
73cm x 105.5cm
2077 [1899]
see also
2078, 2119
25" OS map of [CASTLETOWN UNION & R.D., BEAR HAVEN], showing
Dinish Island, Minane Island, Bear Island and the townland Cametringane.
There is a table of symbols. There is a sticker ‘37’ on the lower right corner.
73.2cm x 107cm

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2078 [1899]
see also
2077
25" OS map of ‘BEAR HAVEN BANTRY BAY’ showing the Castletown
Bearhaven region. The townlands shown include Derreenataggart Middle;
Cametringane; Drom North; Drom South; Eskenacartan; Drom West and
Bantry Bay. Includes a table of symbols. There is a sticker ‘38’ on the lower
right corner.
2079 [1899]
472
72.5cm x 105.5cm
25" OS map entitled “BANTRY UNION & RURAL DISTRICT CORK
(BEAR)” showing the townlands Currakeal, Gortroe Upper,
Rossnashshunsoge, Dromderaown, Reenmeen West, Drumaclarig, Carrigrour,
and the Glengarriff Demesne. Written in pencil on the lower right corner is
‘29’. Written on the back is “Glengarriff”.
73cm x 106cm
2080 [1899]
see also
2143, 2144
25" OS map of “BANTRY BAY BANTRY UNION & R.D. CORK
(BANTRY)”, showing mainly Chapel Island and part of Whiddy Island, on
which areas are outlined in red, with tenants’ names and numbered. Written on
the map in red ink are tenants’ names and their rents. On the lower right corner
is a sticker ‘15’.
2081 [1899]
73.1cm x 105.5cm
25" OS inch entitled “CORK {BANTRY WEST CARBERY WEST
DIVISION}”. It shows Bantry town and the townlands of Dromleigh South,
Sheskin, Ardnageehy, Knocknamuck, Reenrour East, Reenrour West, and
Newtown. Areas are shaded different colours and outlined in red, with the
names of tenants/purchasers of the Bantry Estate. On the lower right corner is
a sticker ‘13’. There are notes and drawings written in pencil on the back
related to properties.
110cm x 104cm
2082 [1899]
see also
2086, 2087, 2092, 2104, 2114
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[DUNMANUS BAY CORK
{WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXXIX. 16”. The
boundaries of the townlands Kilcrohane and Faunmore are outlined in red.
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Various plots within the two townlands are outlined in red and numbered
individually. The name “Patk Daly” is written in red in numerous plots in
Kilcrohane. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1019” and “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, 1 SEPT. 190[ ] Cert. No. 4081”. Also
stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in blue pencil on the back is
“Furlonge Fawnmore &c”.
473
71cm x 105.3cm
2083 [1900]
see also
2103
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & R.D.
CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CVI. 5”. The townland Cappanaboul is outlined in
red and its name highlighted in yellow. Various plots of land within the
townland are also outlined in red and numbered individually. There is a chart
that shows and explains the characteristics and symbols for boundaries.
Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY
2 1903 Certificate No. 1020”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS
IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in blue
pencil on the back of the map is “Clarke & Morris Cappenaboul”.
71.5cm x 105.3cm
2084 [1900]
see also
2085, 2114
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & R.D.
CORK {WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXXXVIII. 2”.
The townlands Aughaleigue More and Dooneen are outlined in red and titles
in yellow. Some plots are numbered individually. The name ‘John Lynch’ is
written on a plot in Dooneen. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1019”. Also
stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in pencil on the back is
“Furlonge Aughaleigue More Dooneen”.
71cm x 105.7cm

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2085 [1900]
see also
2084, 2114
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “DUNMANUS BAY CORK
{WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXXXVIII. 6 & 7”. The
townland of Dooneen is outlined in red, its title highlighted yellow, with
certain plots numbered “1”. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1019”. Also
stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in red pencil on the back
“Furlonge Dooneen &c”.
474
71cm x 105.7cm
2086 [1900]
see also
2082, 2087, 2104, 2114
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[DUNMANUS BAY CORK
(WEST CARBERY WEST DIVISION)] SHEET CXXXVIII. 3”. The
townlands Aughaleigh More, Knockroe and Kilcrohane are outlined in red and
titles highlighted in yellow. Various plots within the townlands are outlined in
red, numbered individually. Names have been written in red on a number of
these plots – ‘Patk Daly’; ‘John Donovan’; ‘Dawley’; and ‘Thos. Donovan’.
Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY
2 1903 Certificate No. 1019”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS
IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back
of the map is “Furlonge Aughaleigh More &c”.
71cm x 106cm
2087 [1900]
2082, 2086, 2104, 2114
Linen-backed and cloth margin OS map of “CORK {WEST CARBERY
(WEST DIVISION)} SHEET No. CXXXVIII. 9 & 4”. It shows Dunmanus
Bay in two sections – the first being the townland Ballieragh (no. 9) and the
other showing the townlands Kilcrohane, Farranamanagh and Dromnea. The
title of Kilcrohane is highlighted yellow, and certain areas in it are outlined in
red, with the name “Patk. Daly” written on them. Other plots within it are
numbered individually. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION
OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No. 1019”. Also stamped on the
map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
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VALUATION”. Written in red pencil on the back is “ [ ] AND
Kilcrohane”.
475
71.3cm x 104.7cm
2088 1901
see also
2065
Linen-backed 6" OS map [entitled] “SECOND EDITION 1901 ATLANTIC
OCEAN” showing Garnish Bay, Firkeel Bay, Dursey Island and the Atlantic
Ocean. The townland of Ballynacallagi on Dursey Island is highlighted in
yellow and certain areas in it are outlined in red, and practically all the island
has been divided into plots and numbered. There is a chart explaining the
various characteristics and symbols. On the lower right corner is a sticker 35.
There is an official stamp from the General Valuation Office, Dublin, dated 20
April 1905. Written on the back is “Dursey Island”.
2089 1901
2090 1901
68cm x 99.3cm
Portion of an 6" OS map of Bantry Bay showing the townlands Curraduff,
Kealagowlane, Tooreennagrena, Lackavane, Dromateebaba, Killenough,
Kelltrasna, Derreenacarrin, Furkeal, Loughavaul, Bocarnagh, Tracasheel and
Muccurragh. There is a table showing and explaining various characteristics
and symbols. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘46’.
38.2cm x 102cm
Linen-backed cloth margin 6" OS map of Dursey Island “SECOND
EDITION, 1901 SHEET 126 & 126A”. The boundary lines of the townlands
on the island - Ballynacallagh, Kilmichael, and Tilickafinn, are outlined in red
and the names highlighted in yellow. Various plots in Kilmichael and
Tilickafinn are outlined and numbered individually. Along side the island and
within plots are names of individuals and figures written in pencil. Stamped on
the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MARCH 10 1902
Certificate No. 5849”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE
BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in ink on
the back of the map is “Dursey Island”.
66.7cm x 101cm

BL/EP/B/
2091 1901
see also
2062, 2117, 2118
Linen-backed and margin 6" OS map of Bearhaven, “C. CORK Sheet 114”. It
shows the townlands Aroacluggin, Coulagh, Inchinteskin, Aughabrack,
Commons West, Urhin, Caherkeen, Allihies, Cloan, Kealoge, Coom,
Knockoura, Clonglaskan, Teernahillane, and part of Knockroe West. The
townland Derreenat[…..] is outlined in red and the name is highlighted yellow.
A ms note in ink alongside it states “Note – the boundary shown in red has
been copied from Valuation Map for the year 1904”. Near it is a stamp of the
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN 19 AUGUST 1908 Certificate
no. 8116”. Attached to the back of the map is a decorative label with “JAMES
WYLD Geographer to her Majesty Cork, 114 (map number), Charing Cross
(East) 4 Doors from Trafalgar Square, MAPS, CHARTS, GLOBES &
GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION”.
476
63.8cm x 94cm
2092 [1901]
see also
2104
Linen-backed and margined 6" OS map “C. CORK OS 129”. The townlands
Raferigeen and Faunmore are outlined in red and the names highlighted in
yellow, with various holdings within numbered in red. There is a stamp of
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN 1 SEPT. 1905. Cert. No.
4081”. Written on the back in pencil is “Fawnmore & Raferigeen”.
45.3cm x 51.5cm
2093 [10 March 1902]
see also
2071, 2102
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “CORK (BANTRY)
BANTRY BAY SHEET CXVIII. 5”. It shows Bantry Bay with Whiddy
Island, Lousy Castle Island and the townlands of Dromclogh, Beach and
Reenaknock. The boundary between Dromclogh and Beach is highlighted in
red with certain plots of land in Beach are outlined in red and numbered
individually. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, MARCH 10 1902 Certificate No. 5849”. Also stamped on the map
is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is “Whiddy”.
72.6cm x 104.7cm

BL/EP/B/
2094 1902
see also
2095, 2096, 2098
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of the “[DUNMANWAY
UNION & R.D. CORK (WEST MUSKERRY)]” sheet LXXXII. 7. The
townland Cooldorragh is outlined in red and its name highlighted in yellow.
Various plots of land in the townland are outlined red and the following names
written on them – ‘John Riordan’; Michael Riordan’; ‘Grass 2 goats’; ‘Peter
Riordan’; ‘Daniel Murphy’; ‘Denis Riordan’; and ‘ 1 acre taken for [labourers]
plot’. There is a chart showing and explaining the characteristics and symbols
for boundaries. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, FEB. 16 1903 Certificate No. 311”. Also stamped on the map is
“ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is “Cooldorrighy Estate of
F.A.B. Turner Esqre.”
477
73.8cm x 105.8cm
2095 1902
see also
2094, 2096, 2098
Linen-backed and margin cloth 25" OS map of “[DUNMANWAY UNION &
R D CORK (WEST MUSKERRY)]”, sheet no. LXXXII. 11. The townland
Cooldorragh is outlined in red as are various plots of land, and numbered
individually. The following names are written in pencil allocated to various
fields –‘John Murphy’; ‘Bradley’; Honoria Daly’; ‘Peter [Rin]’; D Wm
[Crean], disputed’; Denis Riordan. A number of plots are numbered
individually in the townland Moneycusker. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, FEB. 16 1903 Certificate No.
311”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES
OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is
“Cooldorrighy Estate of F.A.B. Turner Esq.”
72cm x 105cm
2096 1902
see also
2094, 2095, 2098
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of the [“Macroom and
Dunmanway Unions and Rural Districts”] sheet LXXXII. 6. The townland
Cooldorragha is outlined in red. Names and numbers are written in pencil are
allocated to various fields in the above townland, – ‘Thos. Bradly’; ‘E.
Horgan’; ‘Ed. Horgan’; ‘Michael Riordan’; ‘John Bradley’; ‘Labourers’ Plot’,
shaded in pink; and ‘John Sullivan’. There is a chart showing and explaining
2096 contd..

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2097 1902
the characteristics and symbols for boundaries. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, FEB. 16 1903 Certificate No.
311”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES
OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back of the map is
“Cooldorrighy Map Estate of F.A.B. Turner Esqre.”
478
73.5cm x 105.8cm
Linen-backed 25" OS map entitled “CORK {EAST MUSKERRY WEST
MUSKERRY}” showing the town of Macroom and the townlands of Sleveen
East, Bealick, Maghereen, and Coolyhane. There is a chart giving the
characteristics and symbols for boundaries. On the lower right corner is a
sticker ‘50’.
71.5cm x 102.5cm
2098 1902
see also
2094, 2095, 2096
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “DUNMANWAY UNION &
RD CORK (WEST MUSKERY) SHEET LXXXII. 10”. The townland
Cooldorragha is outlined in red and its titled highlighted yellow. Various plots
within it are outlined in red and numbered individually. There is a chart
showing and explaining the characteristics and symbols for boundaries.
Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, FEB
16 1903 Certificate No. 311”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS
IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back
in ink “Cooldorrighy Estate of F.A.B. Turner Esqre” and in pencil “John J
Murphy (Bf Was Bradley’s farm)”.
83.8cm x 104.3cm
2099 1902
see also
2124, 2143, 2144
6" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & R.D.” showing Bantry Bay, Whiddy
Island, various townlands. The Bantry Demesne and Deer Park boundaries are
coloured yellow, with ‘SITE’ written in red in the former, and ‘SOLD’ written
in red in the latter. In the Town Lots, some area’s boundaries are highlighted
red and an arrow leading out of them to ‘Costigan’. Written in red marker
within a red circle on the map is “20163”. Written on the back is “[Mr.
Gunn]”. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘7A’
2099 contd..

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479
68.7cm x 100.4cm
2100 [20 Feb. 1902]
see also
2070, 2075, 2120, 2132
Map entitled “IRELAND – WEST COAST HARBOURS IN BANTRY
BAY”, showing Bantry and Glengarriff Harbours, divided into two separate
sections. Stamped on the front of the map is “CANCELLED” and
“CANCELLED PLATE”. Magnetic meridians present. Written on the back is
“WITHDRAWN 3165 BANTRY & GLENGARRIFF HARBOURS FOL 101
COMSEC 26W”. Scale is in yards and sea-miles.
2101 [2 May 1903]
68.5cm x 99.8cm
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map “BANTRY UNION & RD
CORK {BANTRY WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXVIII.
II”. The townland Hollyhill is outlined in red and its name highlighted yellow.
Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, May 2
1903 Certificate No. 1000”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN
THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written in ink on
the back of the map is “Hollyhill”.
2102 [30 Oct. 1903]
71.4cm x 105.6cm
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY BAY CORK
(BANTRY) SHEET CXVIII. 1”. It shows the townlands Crowkingle,
Gurraghy, Trawnahaha, Kilmore, Close, Reenaknock, and Whiddy Island. All
the townlands are outlined in red and their names highlighted yellow. Various
plots of land are outlined in red and labelled A-F or numbered 1-16. Names
are written on the map and allocated to certain fields. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, OCT. 30 1903 Certificate No.
2685”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE
BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back
of the map is “Whiddy”.
69.8cm x 105.8cm

BL/EP/B/
2103 [1903]
see also
2083, 2113
Linen-backed and margined 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RURAL
DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CV 8”. The townland Cappanoboul is
outlined in red, as are various plots within the townland. These are labelled
separately by letter or number. Also in the townland of Dromanassa, the name
“Lynch” is written in pencil within various plots. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY 2 1903 Certificate No.
1020”and “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS
AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION.” Written on the back of the map is “Cappanaboul”.
480
71cm x 106cm
2104 [1903]
see also
2082, 2086, 2087, 2092, 2114
Linen-backed and margin 25" OS map entitled “BANTRY UNION & RD
CORK {WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)} SHEET CXXIX. 15.” The
townlands of Killeen North, Killeen South, Raferigeen, Fawnmore, Ardahill,
and Kilcrohane are outlined in red and highlighted yellow. Various plots
within the townlands of Killeen South, Taunmore and Ardahill are also
outlined red and numbered, with the name ‘Sullivan’ written on various plots.
In Kilcrohane, two plots are outlined in red and named ‘Patrick Daly’.
Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, MAY
2 1903 Certificate No. 1019”, and “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, 1 SEP 190[ ] Cert. No. 4081”. Also another stamp on the map is
“ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”.
2105 [1903]
71cm x 106.2cm
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY)] SHEET CV. 6”. The townland
Laharan East is outlined in red and its name highlighted yellow. Various plots
within it are outlined in red and individually numbered. Written along the
townland is “Mrs. MacDonald’s Estate”. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, May 2 1903 Certificate No. 1018”. Also
stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF
TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON
THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING
2105 contd..

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CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”.
481
71.8cm x 106cm
2106 [2 May 1903]
see also
2071, 2074
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[BANTRY UNION & RD
CORK {BANTRY WEST CARBERY (WEST DIVISION)}], SHEET
CXVIII 4”. The townland of Mullagh is outlined in red and its name
highlighted yellow, with one plot numbered separately. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, May 2 1903 Certificate No.
1000”. Also stamped on the map is “ALTERATIONS IN THE
BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND PARISHES & CO. MADE
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND
SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE NOT INCORPORATED IN THE
ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF VALUATION”. Written on the back
of the map is “Mullagh”.
71cm x 106.5cm
2107 1904
see also
2051, 2052, 2058
6" OS map of the Macroom region, entitled “SECOND EDITION 1904”, with
fields in the townlands of Aughinida and Rusheen are outlined in red and
numbered. There is a table explaining the symbols. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE, DUBLIN, 28 NOV. 1905. Cert. No.
5353”. On the lower right corner is a sticker “51”. Written on the back is
“Colonel Woodley”.
100cm x 68cm
2108 [14 Feb. 1904]
see also
2110, 2111, 2113,
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT” SHEET [CV 4]”. The townlands Trawnamaddree,
Dromduff East and Ardnacloghy are outlined in red and titles highlighted in
yellow. Various plots within these townlands are numbered individually
and/or outlined in red. Written in pencil on the map is “The remainder of
Trawnamaddree is not published on 25 inch scale”. Stamped on the map is
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, 14 FEB. 1905 Certificate No.
1002”. Written on the back is “Trawnamaddaree” and “Ardnacloghy”.
68.6cm x 78.2cm

BL/EP/B/
2109 [1904]
see also
2112
Linen-backed and cloth margin OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RURAL
DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CV. 11”. The boundary line between
the townlands Reenadisert and Barnageragh is outlined in red and their titles
highlighted yellow. Various plots in these townlands are outlined in red and
numbered individually. In the [village] of Reenadisert, a number of dwellings
are outlined in pencil. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION
OFFICE DUBLIN, 26 MAY 1904 Cert. No. 6514” and “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, 14 FEB. 1905 Cert. No. 1002”. Written in
the pencil on the back is “Reendisert, Barnageragh Sheet CVII”, “105 II”, and
stamped on it is “ESTATE OFFICE, BANTRY”.
482
68.2cm x 103.8cm
2110 [1904]
see also
2109, 2111, 2112, 2113
Linen-backed and cloth margin OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RURAL
DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY) SHEET CV. 7”. It shows the townlands of
Corryleary, Dromduff West, Dromduff East, Ardnacloghy, Dromkeal,
Barnagearagh, Dromaclarig, Dromloughlin and Reenadisert. Also shown is
Bantry Bay. All the townlands are outlined in red and their names highlighted
yellow. Various plots of land in Dromduff East & West, Dromkeal,
Barnagearagh, and Ardnacloghy are also outlined in red, numbered and
assigned lettering. The name Jeremiah Cronin is written in pencil in holdings
in Ardnacloghy. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, 26 May 1904 Cert. No. 6514” and “GENERAL VALUATION
OFFICE DUBLIN, 14 FEB. 1905 Cert. No. 1002”. Also stamped on the map
is “ALTERATIONS IN THE BOUNDARIES OF TOWNLANDS AND
PARISHES & CO. MADE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE
BOUNDARY SURVEY ACTS, AND SHOWN ON THIS SHEET, ARE
NOT INCORPORATED IN THE ACCOMPANYING CERTIFICATE OF
VALUATION”. Written in blue pencil on the back of the map is
“Barnagearagh, Droumkeal, Dromduff West, Ardnacloghy”.
67.2cm x 104.4cm
2111 [14 Feb. 1905]
see also
2108, 2110, 2113
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of [“BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY)], sheet CV. 3”. The townlands
Trawnamaddree, Dromduff East, Dromduff West and Ardnacloghy are
outlined in red and their names highlighted in yellow. Various plots in each
townland are outlined in red and numbered individually. Stamped on the map
is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, FEB. 16 1903 Certificate
No. 1002”. Written on the back of the map is “Cooryleary &c”, “Droumduff
East”, and “Trawnamaddree”.
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483
69.5cm x 104.1cm
2112 [14 Feb. 1905]
see also
2109
Linen-backed 25" OS map of “CORK (BANTRY) BANTRY BAY SHEET
CX. 10” showing the townlands Ardaturrish More, Arnagashel and
Reenadisert. The latter is highlighted in yellow with various plots outlined in
red and numbered individually. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL
VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, 14 FEB. 1905 Cert. No. 1002”. Written in
pencil on the back is “Reendisert Sheet CX 10”.
70cm x 104.7cm
2113 [14 Feb. 1905]
see also
2103, 2111
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[BANTRY UNION &
RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BANTRY)] SHEET CV. 8”. The townland
Ardnacloghy is outlined in red and its name highlighted yellow. Various plots
in the townland are also outlined in red and numbered individually. Stamped
on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN, 14 FEB Cert.
No. 1002”. Written in pencil on the back of the map is “Ardnacloghy”.
69.3cm x 104.5cm
2114 [26 Jan. 1906]
see also
2082, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2104
Linen-backed and cloth margin 25" OS map of “[DUNMANUS BAY CORK
(WEST CARBERY WEST DIVISION) SHEET CXXXVIII 3”. It shows the
townlands Aughaleigue More, Dooneen, Killeen South, Knockroe, Ardahill,
and Kilcrohane, with part of Dunmanus Bay. All the townlands are outlined in
red. The names Dooneen, Knockroe and Kilcrohane are highlighted yellow. In
all townlands except Ardhill, various plots are outlined red and numbered
individually. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN, 26 JAN. 1906 Cert. No. 5855”. Written in pencil on the back of the
map is “Knockroe”.
2115 1908
69cm x 104.1cm
Cloth-backed map of townlands in Barony of Bantry. Outlined in pink are the
townlands of Cappanavar 44a 1r 29p, Skahanagh 59a 0r 38p, and
Skahanaghbeg 39a 0r 7p. Written on the map is “Exhibit A referred to in
Affidavit of Edward Godfrey Sworn before me this 25 th day of February
1908”. Edward Gofrey was a surveyor. Map is framed in red cloth. Stamped
on 7 March 1908 by Land Registration of Title Central Office.
34.3cm x 38.4cm

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2116 16 June 1908
Map of a Lease made between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Hugh Flinn,
for a piece of ground in Castletown Berehaven for the purpose of building a
store. The property is coloured in red. The scale is 8 feet to 1 inch.
484
41.4cm x 26.3cm
2117 19 Aug. 1908
see also
2062, 2091, 2118
Linen-backed and margin 6" OS map of Bearhaven, “C. CORK Sheet 115”.
The townlands Derreenataggart, Meenaduff, Dereenataggart East and Middle
are outlined in red and the names highlighted yellow. Various plots within are
numbered 1, 1A, and 1B. A mss note in ink alongside it states “Note – the
boundary shown in red has been copied from Valuation Map for the year
1904”. Near it is a stamp of the “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE
DUBLIN 19 AUGUST 1908 Certificate no. 8116”. There are also costs
written in ink alongside. Attached to the back of the map is a decorative label
with “JAMES WYLD Geographer to her Majesty Cork, 115 (map number),
Charing Cross (East) 4 Doors from Trafalgar Square, MAPS, CHARTS,
GLOBES & GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION”.
63.4cm x 94cm
2118 [1908]
see also
2062, 2091, 2117
Linen-backed and margin 6" OS map of Bearhaven, “C. CORK Sheet 114”. It
shows the townlands Aroacluggin, Coulagh, Inchinteskin, Aughabrack,
Commons West, Urhin, Caherkeen, Allihies, Cloan, Kealoge, Coom,
Knockoura, Clonglaskan, Teernahillane, and part of Knockroe West. The
townland Derreenat[…..] is outlined in red and the name is highlighted yellow.
A ms note in ink alongside it states “Note – the boundary shown in red has
been copied from Valuation Map for the year 1904”. Near it is a stamp of the
“GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE DUBLIN 19 AUGUST 1908 Certificate
no. 8116”. Attached to the back of the map is a decorative label with “JAMES
WYLD Geographer to her Majesty Cork, 114 (map number), Charing Cross
(East) 4 Doors from Trafalgar Square, MAPS, CHARTS, GLOBES &
GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION”.
63.8cm x 94cm
2119 17 Jan. 1912
see also
2077
[10"] OS map “IRELAND – WEST COAST BANTRY BAY
BEARHAVEN”, showing Bear Island, Castletown Bere and Bantry Bay, and
Dinish Island. The Pier at Castletownbere is highlighted by two red marks.
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There is a chart of British units – metres, diagrams of magnetic meridians, and
a table of tidal information.
485
70.7cm x 136.3cm
2120 10 July 1914
see also
2050, 2075, 2100, 2132, 3265
OS map entitled “IRELAND – WEST COAST HARBOURS IN BANTRY
BAY” divided into two sections showing “GLENGARIFF [sic] HARBOUR”
and “BANTRY HARBOUR”, physical, archaeological and historical features.
Table of “BRITISH UNITS – METRES” and “Tidal Information”. Magnetic
meridians present. Natural scale given for Glengarriff is 1 over 10,650, and for
Bantry as 1 over 10,580. Written on the back in red biro is “BANTRY AND
GLENGARRIFF HARBOURS”, and “Photographic Copy inside” and printed
near it is “3165 BANTRY & GLENGARRIFF HARBOURS”.
69.4cm x 101.3cm
2121 1920
see also
2122, 2142
25" OS map entitled “BANTRY UNION & RD CORK (BANTRY)” showing
the townlands Dunnamark, Lahadane, Cahredaniel East and West,
Millenncoola, Slip, and Reenrour East and West. There is a table of symbols.
On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘14’. Written in ink on the back is
“Bantry”.
73cm x 104.5cm
2122 1920
see also
2121, 2142
25" OS map entitled “BANTRY UNION & RD CORK (BANTRY)” showing
Bantry Bay and the townlands Dunnamark, Lahadane, Caherdaniel East and
West, and Reenrour West and East. There is a table showing the
characteristics and symbols for boundaries. On the lower right corner is a
sticker ‘14[A]’, the “A” written in crayon alongside the figure.
2123 [1920]
73cm x 104.5cm
25" OS map entitled “CORK – {BANTRY WEST CARBERY (WEST
DIVISION)}”, showing Bantry town, and the townlands of Knocknamuck,
Carrignagat, Ardnageehymore, Dromleigh South, and Sheskin. On the lower
right corner is a sticker ‘11B’, the “B” written in crayon alongside the figure.
73.2cm x 104.5cm

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2124 [1920]
see also
2099, 2148, 2149
25" OS map entitled “BANTRY UNION & RD CORK {BANTRY WEST
CARBERY}”, showing the townlands Ardnageehy, Dromleigh South,
Sheskin, Knocknamuck, Carrignagat, and town lots. On the lower right corner
is a sticker ‘11A’.
2125 [1926 – 1940]]
486
73cm x 104.2cm
Portion of a 25" OS map entitled “ESTATE OF MRS. C E M SHELSWELL-
WHITE HOLDING OF REPS. J COSTIGAN”. It shows the town of Bantry,
and the townlands Reenrour West, Knocknamuck, Reenrour East,
[Carrignagat] and [Kinathfineen]. There is a colour-coded reference chart that
states the following – “In Hands Reps. Costigan”; “Marino Terrace”; “GS
Railway (Bantry Branch)”; and “Biggs, McCarthy & O’Leary”. There is an
orientation symbol. Written on it in ink is “Produced in Evidence before Land
Commission Tribunal At Cork 18 June 1940 [C J Dunlop]”. On the lower
right corner is a sticker ‘12’.
48.3cm x 35.3cm
2126 7 March 1928
see also
2389
Cloth-backed OS map of Glengarriff Harbour (OS 90.91.104.105.) issued by
the Valuation [Department], Dublin. Includes mss notes by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White that may be related to his research for his “Guide to
Glengarriff”. The scale of the map is 6 inches to 1 mile.
3 items (32.6cm x 40.4cm)
2127 1929
see also
2128, 2129, 3281
OS map of the town of Bantry, a scale of 5 feet to a statute mile. Certain plots
are outlined in blue pencil, and sites in the town outlined/shaded in pencil. On
the top right corner is a sticker ‘16A’.
70.5cm x 100.6cm
2128 1929
see also
2127, 2129, 3281
OS map entitled “TOWN OF BANTRY”. Certain holdings are outlined in red,
shaded and numbered, with a code box explaining symbols showing Estate
holdings, Sold holdings, and holdings “not marked as such by Valuation
Office”. Includes a box of tenants for the years 1957 and 1958 “NOT ON
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THESE SHEETS”. Also a valuation certificate is attached to the map. Its scale
is enlarged from the original 5 feet to a statute mile. On the lower right corner
is a sticker ‘1’. Noticeable is the re-naming of Egerton Square to Wolfe Tone
Square.
487
103.7cm x 71.2cm
2129 [1929]
see also
2127, 2128, 3281
OS map entitled “TOWN OF BANTRY” with certain holdings shaded in
pencil and ink, and others outlined in red and green. There are two valuation
certificates stuck to the front of the map. Its scale is enlarged from the original
5 feet to 1 statute mile. On the top right corner is a sticker ‘17’. Written on the
back on a sticker is “TP BANTRY” and “Costigan”.
104cm x 64cm
2130 1933
see also
2077, 2119
OS map of the town of Castletown Berehaven showing Bear Haven harbour
and Dinish Island. It has a scale of five feet to a statute mile. Various buildings
and areas of the town are coloured red and numbered. Attached to the plan is a
code label explaining symbols – an estate holding or a sold holding. Also there
is a certificate of valuation. On the top right corner is a sticker ‘5’. On the back
is a label with “T P CASTLETOWNBERE” and written in pencil is
“Castletown B Map + Valuation (May 1948)”.
2131 [1933]
101cm x 68cm
OS map entitled “TOWN OF CASTLETOWN BEARHAVEN”. One area is
outlined in red, town plots and part of Knockaneroe, and valued in monetary
terms. Attached is a certificate of Valuation stating that the boundaries of
tenements shown are correctly copied from the valuation map in the office,
signed by Patrick English. On the top right corner is a sticker ‘43’. The scale is
enlarged from an original 5 feet to a statute mile. Some calculations are
written in pencil on the back.
69.5cm x 104cm
2132 1937
see also
2070, 2075
25" OS map of Glengarriff Harbour, showing part of the townlands of
Cappyaughna, Reenmeen East, and Monteensudder. Includes table of symbols.
On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘30[B]’.
72.6cm x 104.7cm

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2133 1937
2134 1937
25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & R.D. CORK (BEAR)” showing the
townlands of Carrigrour, Clarig, Reenmeen West, [Rossnashunsoge],
Dromderown, Currakeal, Gortroe Upper, and Derrenagarig. There is a table of
symbols. Part of the Glengarriff Demesne has been outlined in red and
numbered ‘4A’ and ‘2A’, and Reenmeen West’s title is coloured yellow. On
the lower right corner is a sticker ‘28’. Written on the back is “ISLANDS
CORK”.
25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RURAL DISTRICT CORK
(BANTRY)” showing the townlands of Gurteenroe, Gouree Beg,
Loughdeeveen, Caher, Dromacappul, Carrigboy, Dromnafinshin,
Reenydonagan, and Reenydonagan Lough.
488
72.8cm x 105.9cm
72.4cm x 106.2cm
2135 [1937]
see also
2162, 2163
25" OS map entitled [“BANTRY UNION & R. D. CORK (BEAR)”] showing
the townlands Gortroe Upper, Currakeal, Carrigrour, Rossnashunsoge,
Dromderaown, Reenmeen West, Drumaclarig, and showing Glengarriff
Demesne. There is a table of symbols. On the lower right corner is a sticker
‘30A’.
2136 [1938]
72cm x 105.7cm
[25"] OS maps of Bantry, showing Bantry town and the townlands –
Knocknamuck, Ardnageehymore, Kinathfineen, Sheskin, and Dromleigh
South. It is entitled “CORK {BANTRY WEST CARBERY (WEST
DIVISION}, No. 11. There is a table of symbols. The Methodist Church, the
Hotel, sites (marked ‘A’; ‘B’; ‘C’), and two open fields (marked ‘D’) are
highlighted in red. The second map is of “EDITION OF 1939 BANTRY BAY
CORK (BANTRY)” showing the townlands Clashduff, Cappanaloha East,
Kilnaruan, Dromleigh North and Dromleigh South, with Bantry Harbour and
bay. There is a table of symbols.
72.2cm x 104.5cm
72.2cm x 103.2cm

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2137 1939
see also
2056, 2069, 2138
25" OS map entitled “CASTLETOWN UNION & RD CORK (BEAR)”,
showing the townlands Meenaduff, Knockane More, Knockaneroe, Part of
Drom North, Derreenataggart East, Derreenataggart West, and Curradonohoe.
There is a table showing and explaining the characteristics and symbols for
boundaries. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘41’.
489
71.5cm x 104.5cm
2138 1943
see also
2056, 2069, 2137
25" OS map of Bearhaven showing the townlands of Knockanemore and
Derrymihin West, the town of Castletown Bearhaven, and the harbour. There
is a chart showing and explaining the characteristics and symbols for
boundaries. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘40’.
2139 1946
71.3cm x 104.2cm
25" OS map of “BANTRY UNION & RURAL DISTRICT CORK (BEAR)”
showing Glengarriff and various townlands – Dromdour, Glengarriff,
Esknamucky, Skehil, and [Derreenaghy]. There is a table of symbols. Written
on the map in pencil is “Boundaries marked by Mr. Morris 20/2/52”. On the
lower right corner is a sticker ‘21’.
70.7cm x 103.5cm
2140 4 June 1947
see also
2141
Copy OS map of the Glengarriff area, a “? Reduction from 1842 Survey”,
according to Geoffrey Shelswell-White. The areas are colour-coded into
regions, marked out as “In the Earl of Bantry’s Occupation; Earl of Bantry’s
Tenants; In Mr. White’s occupation; Mr. White’s Tenants; John Hamilton
White Esqr. and Water”. Certain townlands’ titles are highlighted in yellow.
There is a meridan north symbol.
38.2cm x 60cm
2141 4 June 1947
see also
2140
6" OS map of the Glengarriff area (Sheets 90 & 104) highlighting “The Estate
of THE ADMINISTRATRIX OF THOMAS ECCLES (DECEASED) is
Edged Red” and coloured green. There is an enlargement of a part of the
Estate to the side of the map, with a scale of 5 feet to 1 statute mile. The map
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is printed under “TRANSFER OF PROPERTY under the LANDED
ESTATES COURT”. Written along the title by Geoffrey Shelswell-White is
“1842 Survey”. Mss pencil notes in plots around the land in question “[of
yearly tenancy]” and “[monthly tenancy]”.
490
34.3cm x 42.6cm
2142 1947
see also
2121, 2122
25" OS map entitled “EDITION OF 1940. CORK (BANTRY)”, showing the
Bantry district townlands Dunnamark, Lamadane, Caherdaniel West and East,
Milleen-Coola, Slip, Newtown, and Reenrour East and West. There is a table
of symbols.
71.5cm x 102.6cm
2143 1957
see also
2080, 2144, 2159
[24"] OS map of “IRELAND – WEST COAST BANTRY BAY”, showing
Whiddy Island and various mountainous regions around the bay. There are
two illustrations of the Chapel Islands showing distinguishing landmarks. Also
a chart shows tidal information and chart datum, and two diagrams of
magnetic meridians. Printed on the back is “1838 BANTRY BAY – SHEET
2”, and “Gulf Oil Terminal”
69cm x 102.3cm
2144 [1957]
see also
2080, 2143, 2159
Map of Bantry Bay showing Whiddy Island and various mountainous regions
entitled “IRELAND – WEST COAST BANTRY BAY”. Illustrations of a
cross section of Chapel and Whiddy Islands; two magnetic meridians; tidal
data and chart datum, and a table of British units. It was surveyed by
Commander J. Wolfe and Lieut. W. H. Church, RN, 1844. Its “natural scale”
is 1 over 24,400. Printed on the back is “1838 BANTRY BAY – SHEET II”.
2145 23 Aug. 1963 – 28 Feb. 1964
70cm x 102.5cm
Copy Plan of Castletownbere Fishery Harbour area by the Office of Public
Works, drawing no. 710/1/1A. There are highlighted areas in pink coloured in
by grey from Bandyhall Bridge to Came Point, and all around Dinish Island.
There are two areas coloured in brown highlighted that are not within the
Shelswell-White Estate. Certain areas highlighted along Castletown
Berehaven are named – “O’NEILL PLOT”; “CO. COUNCIL SLIPWAY”. It
has a scale of 100 feet to [half] an inch.
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2146 [26 June 1966]
491
71cm x 102.9cm
6" OS map showing the townlands of Derreen Upper, Cappanaparka West,
Adrigole, Dromgarvan, Inchintaglin, Kildromalive, Crooha East, Leitrim
More, Ballynahown, Kilcaskin, and Canshanavoe. A red marker boundary
outlines the lands, and each area is coloured differently. The figure ‘32’ is
stuck to the bottom right corner.
68.3cm x 101cm
2147 2 April – 16 June 1976
CLOSED
Copy Declaration by S. Mac Carthaigh (Commissioners of Public Works in
Ireland) to take possession of lands and foreshore at Castletownbere, described
in an attached reference for the purposes of the Fisher Harbour Centres Act,
1968. The reference lists information under headings of – N o. on map Scale;
Description; Townland; Area; Owners or Reputed Owners; Lessees or
Reputed Lessees; Occupiers. Eighteen seperated areas are highlighted in
yellow on two attached maps.
4 items
2148 [nd]
see also
2124, 2149
Part of an OS map of Bantry Demesne, Town Lots and surrounding
townlands. Some townlands are highlighted in blue and sites in them also
highlighted in blue and numbered. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘8’.
49.3cm x 51.1cm
2149 [nd]
see also
2124, 2148
OS map entitled “BANTRY DEMESNE” showing mainly Bantry Town,
showing the townlands Reenrour East & West, Kinathfineen, Town Lots, and
Carrignagat. Various buildings are coloured red; one is numbered 215 and
crossed with an ‘x’. Written next to it in pencil is “OMIT. SOLD BY MISS
BIRD”. Also written on the map is “NEWTOWN”. On the lower right corner
is a sticker ‘10’.
2150 [nd]
53cm x 55.4cm
Copy of part of an OS map near the [Bantry Demesne and Abbey Lands], with
three areas outlined in red ink, with “60” written on along one border.
32.7cm x 20.4cm

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2151 [nd]
see also
201, 203
OS map of part of the Glengarriff Demesne showing rights of way, and the
exclusion of land aroung the Lodge in the sale to the Department of Forestry
in 1950s. Boundaries are outlined in red, and there is a key table to the rights
of way for the Estate, Forestry Department and the Public.
2152 [nd]
2153 [nd]
492
136cm x 104cm
Map of Whiddy Island marked “Sheet 105 – Co. Cork” and “Sheet 118 – Co.
Cork”. Some areas have been coloured in with green, blue, pink and yellow
watercolours. One area is marked out for a labourer’s cottage.
32.4cm x 36cm
Map of “Part of the Barony of Beare and Bantry in the County of Cork
according to General Vallancey’s map of the Down Survey thereof, preserved
in the Office of the Surveyor General of Crown Lands. Townland sizes are
marked. Parishes mentioned include [Kilcaherne], Killaghaninagh,
Kilcaskane, Killmackomog and Darrous. Area names are queried in pence,
noting that “these townlands correspond more or less with present day.
5/4/52”. Also written is “c.f. map in ‘Bantry, B’haven and O’Sullivan [Sept]
(T.D.Sullivan)”. The area of the Barony of Glancrought County of Kerry
bounds this Barony.
46.4cm x 61.1cm
2154 [nd]
see also
871, 1167, 1610, 1633
Torn sketch map of the townland of Reenrour and [Bantry] town, with the
names of tenants leasing the lands, its uses and acrerage. It may have
something to do with a Costigan lease.
2155 [nd]
1 item
Ground map of the tenement houses on the Glengarriff Road, Bantry leased to
M. Crowley, giving its dimensions, and the adjoining premises. It has a scale
of 20 feet to one inch.
29.9cm x 37cm

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2156 [nd]
2157 [nd]
2158 [nd]
Cloth map of a house leased to J. Connolly, with a scale of 8 feet to 1 inch. It
shows the dimensions and the adjoining premises, with amendments.
493
20.5cm x 33cm
Part of an ordinance survey map (No.23) of the Glengarriff Demesne. There
are three “Xs” marked above Powers Rock, with arrows from them onto
Corriveillane peninsula.
73.2cm x 55.6cm
Map of the Beare and Bantry Electoral Divisions, showing the old and new
boundaries.
28cm x 44.4cm
2159 [nd]
see also
2143, 2144
6" OS map of “C. CORK” of the Bantry area and Bantry bay showing various
townlands and Whiddy Island. Some townlands are coloured differently –
Whiddy, Rabbit and Hog Islands; Lissareenig; Dromreague; Dunbittern West
Ardyhoolimane; Holyhill; Dromacoosane; Dunbittern East; Cappinaloha East;
Clashduff; Kilnarurane; Dromleigh North; Abbey; Bantry Demesne; Bantry
town; Carrignagat; Reenrour West; Reenrour East; and Knocknamuck.
Written in pencil on the front of the map is a note by [Geoffrey Shelswell-
White] – “Forts not shown on Whiddy, although on other copies. This must be
another edition of 1842 Survey. There may be other differences 2/10/54”.
2160 [nd]
Portion of a 25" OS map of Glengarriff Harbour/Bay showing part of
Garranboy Island. On the lower right corner is a sticker “22A”.
68.7cm x 102.2cm
31.5cm x 41cm
2161 [nd]
see also
2165, 2167
Copy [photostat.] map of Glengarriff village entitled “SHELSWELL-WHITE
ESTATE VILLAGE OF GLENGARRIFF” with a scale of 52 feet to 1 inch or
1/625. There are notes written on all sides of map, with measurements.
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Orientation symbol present.
494
31.6cm x 34.5cm
2162 [nd]
see also
2135, 2163
25" OS map entitled “[CORK (BEAR)]” of the Bantry region showing the
townlands Currakeal, Gortroe Upper, Rossnashsoge, and Dromderaown. Half
the map is missing. On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘25’.
45cm x 73cm
2163 [nd]
see also
2135, 2162
25" OS map entitled “[CORK (BEAR]” showing the townlands of Gortroe
Upper, Currakeal, Rossnashsoge, and Dromderaown. Half the map is missing.
On the lower right corner is a sticker ‘24’.
2164 [nd]
45cm x 73cm
Part of a 25" OS map of Glengarriff Harbour (most of the map is missing). On
the lower right corner is a sticker ‘22’. Written on the back is “ISLANDS [ ]
Shelswell White”.
35cm x 43cm
2165 [nd]
see also
2161, 2167
Copy map entitled “SHELSWELL-WHITE ESTATE VILLAGE OF
GLENGARRIFF” with a scale of 52 feet to 1 inch or 1/625. Orientation
symbol present. Written in pencil on the lower right corner is ‘62’.
2166 [nd]
42.7cm x 48cm
Two pencil drawings of the sites of the cottages at Rope Walk. One is a Key
Map with a scale of 1/2500 and an area outlined in red pencil. The other is
entitled “MAP REFERRED TO CONVEYANCE” of the same area but
[larger, a scale of 1/1250]. There are three sites outlined in red pencil, written
in one is “Patk Harrington SOLD [1951/1957]. The names of other [tenants]
are written in the other sites. These have been produced by [A. P.] Hughes
(Engineer), Bantry. Orientation symbol present. On the lower right corner is a
sticker “66”. There are notes and figures written on the back in pencil.
37.9cm x 27.6cm

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2167 [nd]
see also
2161, 2165
Copy map entitled “SHELSWELL-WHITE ESTATE VILLAGE OF
GLENGARRIFF” with a scale of 52 feet to 1 inch or 1/625. Orientation
symbol present. Part of one area is shaded and outlined in pencil. Written in
pencil on the lower right corner is ‘61’.
495
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C. FAMILY AND PERSONAL PAPERS
1. Richard White
1.1 Letters
2168 13 Sept. [1733]
Piece of paper with “The [ ] deed is cancelled by his Lordship [ ]”written
on it.
2169 21 Feb. [1737/38]
496
1 item
Mss copy of a letter from Richard White, Bantry, to Col. [Richard] Tonson.
White relays his desire to hold onto the lease of lands he holds from the Earl
of Anglesey, though “matters are still in such a state of uncertainty I mean in
Relation to the title of the lands”. He would pay for a conveyance of the lands
if the title was properly determined. He is aware that once his lease expires,
others may bargain with the Earl for the lands “among the many that are
putting in for the Concern, Sam Hutchinson with his bror manny (Emmanuel)
& others, is one who has already or will soon make their proposalls [sic] to my
Lord”
2170 23 June 1737
2pp
Mss letter from Francis Annesley to Richard White, Bantry, replying to
White’s letter on when his rent is due to be paid. Annesley is now in
possession of the lands of the late Arthur Earl of Anglesey. He details the
recoveries made by the last three Earls of lands in the Bantry area.
2171 [28] June 1737
Mss copy letter from Richard White, Bantry, to Jonathan Burward, London,
asking him to speak favourably on White’s behalf to Mr. Annesley (White’s
Landlord) relating to White’s possible purchase of Whiddy Island “the place
of my Nativity”.
2172 29 May 1739
2pp
3pp
Mss copy of a letter from Richard White, Bantry, to William Annesley. He
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discusses the history of leases held by the Annesleys with him and others in
Bantry; Major George Walter, [Sir] Valentine Brown, Capt. Brown, Mr.
Wallis and Mr. Hutchinson. White writes that his wife is “very unwell”.
2173 28 March 1741
Mss letter from Francis Annesley to Richard White, Bantry, on a rental
payment. Annesley gives details as to a “pretender to the honourable Estate of
Anglesey”, James Annesley, claiming to be a son of Arthur, 4 th Lord Altham,
who was the elder brother of the present Earl of Anglesey.
2174 23 July 1741
497
1p
2pp
Mss copy of a letter from Richard White, Bantry, to Francis Annesley,
discussing the ownership and leasing of lands in the Bantry area that are
related to the agreement between White and the Earl of Anglesey.
2175 13 April 1742
Mss letter from Francis Annesley to Richard White, Bantry, acknowledging he
receipt of £87. 10. 0. He relates the further woes of the present Earl of
Anglesey, being in debt and a pretender to the estate.
2176 26 [Dec.] 1743
Mss letter from William Annesley, Dublin, to Richard White, Bantry, on the
matter of the rightful owner of the Anglesey Estate. Seal is almost intact.
2177 [20 Sept./Nov] 1744
Mss letter from William Annesley, Dublin, to Richard White, Bantry,
acknowledging the receipt of [£1,025] for the purchase of lands from the
family, and the future return of the security against the purchase. There may
well have been problems with the arrangement “I find your neighbour the
High Sheriff still continuy [sic] his resentment to me for not selling him that
concern…” People of their acquaintance are mentioned in the letter, Puxley,
William Blair, and Gold. Annesley reports that his son has recovered from the
measles.
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2178 Aug. 1758 – April 1759
Correspondence between Richard White, Bantry, and Dr. Francis Flaherty,
[Agliss], near Lismore, on White’s gout and Flaherty’s treatment of it.
Includes “recipes” (prescriptions) from Flaherty for the illness. Also notes
written by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on the letters.
2179 21 June 1759
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Mss copy letter from Richard White, Bantry, to [Donovan], on the present
rental situation in Ballhoshy and Agroome. Ownership is in dispute, as White
claims that George Ogle, a minor, now holds the lands. He writes asking
Donovan’s opinion on what agreement he should enter into with Ogle, “Mr
Phair…has waived his claim to any benefit of allowance & taken a lease
during the minority...” White gets a yearly rent of £75 and pays only £11. 8. 3
in quit rent and fees.
2180 26 July 1759
Mss copy letter from Richard White, Bantry, to [Donovan], on the rental
dispute in the lands of Bollhoshy and Agroome. An offer has been made to
Donovan’s father to buy the lands or the lease on the lands, which causes
White to write “when you favour me with a letter, I beg you will let me know
whether the person that offerd [sic] [£80] for the lands be solvent & in earnest
& whether he was apprised that any part of sd [sic] lands belonged to me”.
2181 14 June 1775
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266
Mss letter from William Tonson, Lisnagar, to Richard White, Bantry,
apologising for not answering his last letter. He states that Mr. P. Hawkins will
pay the rent owed by Tonson to White.
2182 [nd]
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266
Typed list of the lands recited in the indentures of 26/03/1739, 27/03/1739 and
24/02/1764, purchased by Richard White from Francis Annesley.
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1.2 Accounts
2183/a 20 April 1734 – 31 July 1776
Mss general account book/ rental ledger belonging to Richard White, Whiddy
Island. There is an alphabetical index at the front for tenants’ a/cs within.
2183/b 8 Nov. 1815
499
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Mss bond of £750 held by Richard Viscount Bantry, Seafield Park, and Simon
White, Glengarriff, from Isaac Carroll (Merchant), City of Cork. Written on
the back is confirmation of full payment on 7 th November 1825, signed by
James Carroll (Executor and Administrator to the late Isaac Carroll).
2. Simon White
2.1 Letter to his wife Frances Jane White (née Eyre)
2184 [between 1767 – 1776]
Mss letter from Simon White, [Blackrock] to Frances Jane White (his wife),
Mount Hedges, Macroom. He asks her to send bitches that are in pup with
Darby Sullivan. He and “Dick White” are riding around Blackrock, as it is
“four mile water Sunday”.
3. Frances Jane White (née Eyre)
3.1 Letters
2185 [11 Sept. 1785]
Mss letter from Lord Maynard, [Plombrans], to Frances Jane White, [Bantry],
in which he sent on papers to her that he had received from Mr. [Callard]. He
assures her that [Richard] White is well when he last saw him in England.
2186 24 Sept. 1788
Mss letter from Edward Eyre White, Wexford Barracks, to Frances Jane White
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(his mother), Bantry, asking for money so that he might celebrate the 100 th
anniversary of the rising of the 16 th Regiment. He writes that he has contacted
his uncle Hedges, and Mr. Longfield.
2187 Oct. 1792 – Jan. 1793
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2188
Mss letter from [Richard Hill] [Banker], [Cork] to Frances Jane White, near
Bantry, enclosing her accounts lodged by her and [Edward] Eyre’s Galway
Agent.
3pp
2188 Dec. 1792 – Jan. 1793
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2187 & Section D.1.2/D.1.5
Pages from Edward Eyre’s journal with financial details. Includes a mss note
written by [Ina Ferrers] of a quote from the journal – “quite distracted for the
loss of my papers of which I have no account”.
500
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2189 16 July 1796
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Mss letter from Capt. [James] Fisher, 62 nd Regiment, Jamaica, to Frances Jane
White, Bantry, asking her for instructions on the return of articles owned by
her son, Edward, entrusted into his care.
2190 [1790s]
Mss letter from France Jane Eyre, to [Robert Hedges Eyre] (her brother),
Macroom. She is distressed at her mother’s illness. She writes of the upcoming
election and the individuals involved in the gathering of votes.
2191 2 Feb. 1800
Mss letter from France Jane White to Richard White, Baron Bantry, Dublin.
She writes of the household goods that are available to Richard – cutlery,
furniture, and ware. She also gives her advice on employing servants. It seems
that Lady Bantry is not enjoying life in Dublin.
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2192 16 Feb. 1805
Mss letter from [Edward Rush], ([Agent]), Dublin, to Frances Jane White,
Macroom Castle, in which he discusses his course of action relating to the
Order on Mr. White’s petition. [Hill] has been summoned to attend before the
Master on the subject. He mentions two other gentlemen, Mr. Quin, and Mr.
[Pope]. [Hill] states that he has not heard from Archdeacon Herbert.
2193 2 Dec. 1810 – 16 March 1811
Mss letters from Jenny (Jane) Goodwin, Longueville, Middleton, Co. Cork, to
Frances Jane White, Macroom. She writes of Lord Longueville’s illness and
slow recovery, showing sympathy for him “how little his real character is
known, no one meets with more ingratitude than he does as those he confers
favors [sic] on still expect more…”. She writes of a meeting with Mrs. Adams
and her children, and of concern for General Dunn [sic]. She is staying with
Lord Longueville, and mixing in the local social scene, Colonels Swayne and
Longfield, Miss Swayne, Miss Wallace, and Lady Shannon. Includes cover
note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
3.2 Family Accounts
2194 12 Feb. 1782
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Mss travelling expenses from Holly Head to London incurred by Mrs. White,
her daughers, Misses Goodwins & Mr. [Reeds].
2195/a 24 Dec. 1785 – 13 Dec. 1786
Mss family accounts of Frances Jane White, Mrs. Simon White – “Dec. 24 th
1785 Sent by order of Mrs. White a Bill on London for Dick £50. 1. 0” and
“March 1 Lodged for a Comm. For Edward White £405. 0. 0”.
2195/b 21 Feb. 1815
Mss assignment of £4,000 made between Mountifort Longfield, Castlemary
(Executor of Estate of the late Lord Viscount Longueville), and Frances Jane
White (Widow), Macroom Castle. It is from the Will of Longueville, a
judgement against Richard Lord Baron Bantry in 1799.
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4. Hamilton White
4.1 Letters
2196 8 July 1782
Mss letter from Thomas Hutchins, Ballylickey, complaining of Hamilton
White’s actions. It seems that White’s entitlement of the lease of the lands is
in doubt. Other landed gentry are mentioned, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Burke, Mr.
Hegdes, and Mr. Mellefont.
2197 11 April 1784
Two mss letters from Hamilton White to Frances Jane White (Widow of
Simon White), Blackrock, thanking her for her regards. Includes reference
note from Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
4.2 Legal Documents
2198 19 Nov. 1785
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Mss deed made between Hamilton White, Bantry, in the first part, Robert
Reeves, City of Dublin, in the second part, and Patrick Rock (Writing Clerk),
City of Dublin, in the third part. For 10 shillings, White grants the lands in the
barony of Bere and Bantry left to him by his father (Richard White), excluding
those left to Simon White in his marriage settlement, to Robert Reeves and
Patrick Rock. It is to enable a Common Recovery of the lands for the use of
Hamilton White. White became seized of the Estates in tail on the death of
Simon White.
5. Margaret Longfield (née White)
5.1 Letters to Frances Jane White
2199 9 May 1773
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White (her
sister-in-law), [Bantry]. She writes of the guests she had and is to have –
Richard and Miss Uniacke, Mr. and Mrs. Swayne, and the Blairs. She asks
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2201 1775
after the Eyres at Mount Hedges, and “little Ned”. Written on the back of the
letter seems to be a list of clothing.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Dublin], to Frances Jane White, who is
bored with the quiet life in [Dublin] with little or no parties to attend. Mrs.
Tisdal called on her. Includes an extract of [the heads of Blackairs Speech] for
Richard and Simon White’s amusement. Also notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White on individuals from the letter.
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Part of a mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, to Frances Jane
White, which gives the character of a [gentlemen] who has not made a good
impression on the company “Mr. Uniacke did not seem much obliged to him
for his Declaration…”
2202 16 Jan. [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Dublin], to Frances Jane White, hoping
that they have recovered from their illnesses. It has snowed heavily preventing
her from travelling far. She writes of fashions and her social diary.
2203 2 Feb. [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
[Bantry], telling her of her keeping company with Lady Inchiquin during Lord
Inchiquin’s illness. Others visiting include Sir Robert [Deane], [Mallow], and
Mr. [Spires]. Lord Shannon and Jack (John) Longfield (her brother-in-law) are
also mentioned. Margaret mentions “Ned” visiting without “Ham”. She sends
regards to her brother and to Frances’ mother.
2204 21 Feb. [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, happy to hear that
Frances is recovering abroad from an illness, with Mrs. Herbert (Frances’
mother’s family). She writes that all the family is well, except Mrs. Eyre.
James Uniacke leaves for England to Lord Bellamont, “who is now out of all
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Danger”. Her visitors comprise of Miss Uniacke and ‘Ned’, though she will be
having a larger party very soon.
2205 28 Feb. [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
telling her of Mr. Longfield’s (Dick’s) “rheumatism in his head” though “he
was mad to go the house of Commons to day…as the [tontine] bill is come
back again from England, and in the morning they talked of a riot…” Again
she writes of a busy social life, giving her opinion on the latest news – Lord
Bellamont’s marriage. Written on the back of the letter is faint writing of a
clothes list. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has attached a note on Lord
Bellamont’s intended marriage.
2206 12 March [nd]
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White. She writes of the
upcoming election in which Mr. Longfield is contesting though his
rheumatism is causing him some trouble. Captain Longfield reports that “there
never was any thing so gay as Cork with all the troops”. She relates a dual that
was avoided when “Bob Reeves came to Cork to fight Mr. O’Conner for
abusing his father…it was made up by their Seconds without firing”.
International news is reported – “the bostonians have resighned [sic] and that
we shall have a Spanish War Directly and that the troops will be sent there
instead of to Boston.” Dick Uniacke has married [Helen], but his father was
“frightened into it and got to sign the papers when drunk and was near cutting
his throat after wards…” Includes a note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2207 19 – 21 May [nd]
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Dublin], to Frances Jane White,
congratulating Frances on hearing that she is “in a fair way, & soon giving me
another little nephew, or niece”. She has heard from Mrs. Conner (her sisterin-law),
that her son, Will, “has done something bad…he is in the College
here, and never shews his face”. Again she writes of her social life meeting
Lady Brandon, Mrs. Nicholson, Mounty [Longfield], Mrs. [Hare] and Lord
Ely. She writes that Ned is to go with her to Lord Elys. Includes a note made
by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on some of the individuals named in the letter.
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2208 3 Aug. [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
which accompanied a dress pattern (not included). She has been entertaining
the Conners. She writes of Lord Barremares death from “a violent fever”.
Includes a note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on various individuals in the
letter.
2209 Dec. [nd]
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2211 8 [nd]
2212 9 [nd]
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, informing her of a
visit by the Longfields near Christmas Day. She has been suffering from a
cold and has missed witnessing first hand a quarrel between Lady Dungannon
and Lady Rennelay. They may have to delay their visit as “they say the recess
will last, but for 18 days, the Money bill is not come yet, but expected hourly”.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
delighted to hear that her father “has got the Grant in his hands”, and hopes to
visit Bantry in the near future. She is suffering from rheumatism and
toothache, so is not fit to travel so soon. She has to return shortly to attend the
visit of the Lord [Lainsburre] “and others [which] come down with the Lord
Lieutenant”.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White telling her of Mr.
Longfield’s recovery from “a swollen eye”. She details her social calendar,
and brings Frances up to date on the various matrimonies of Lord Bellamont,
Lord [Carysford] and Sir Michael [Cromie]. Includes a note made by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White on Lord Carysfort’s marriage.
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, relating to her
how cold the weather has been. She met Frances’ brother who is to give a ball
shortly. She writes that “ its now said that Parliament [would] be disolved [sic]
tell March” but later in the letter writes that “Parliament is not to meet tell the
31 st , so they have just 3 weeks”.
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2214 [nd]
2215 [nd]
2216 [nd]
2217 [nd]
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, assuring her that
she is recovering from her illness – “the pain went quite away…so it was
nothing but Scurvy”. She has packed for leaving but has yet to entertain the
Uniackes, the Reeves and Conners. She has written to Hamilton [White (her
brother)], giving him the news of Lord Shannon’s illness, though “they
allmost [sic] think him out of Danger – what a Disapointment [sic] to the
Independants [sic] his recovery will be”. She asks after Helen’s (her niece)
health.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, Blackrock, in
which she enclosed messages of food, newspapers and clothes patterns (not
included). She writes that she has been suffering badly from a cold that has
been affecting all around her, and has been with speaking with Hamilton
[White (her brother)].
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Dublin], to Frances Jane White,
concerned at Simon’s ill-health when she heard “that his stomach is
affected…he is so thin, and reduced by that Cursed gout”. She reports on Mr.
Longfield’s suffering from rheumatism during this cold weather. The weather
has been very stormy of late, with “Numbers of houses entirely blown down
by it, all our stables striped by it, and millions of Chimnies [sic] Demolished”,
with loss of life (the Longfields may live at Merrion Square, Dublin). She
reports of dining with Mrs. Deane who is “very good humoured and lively”.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, enquiring on her
brother’s recovery from gout, and Frances’ recovery from cold and fatigue.
Mrs. Drury is keeping company with her at present whose “two sons…are
going to Boston”.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Castle Mary], to Frances Jane White,
informing her of the guests she is to have who include the Shannons, the
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2219 [nd]
2220 [nd]
2221 [nd]
2222 [nd]
Uniackes, the Inchiquins, and others.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, congratulating her
on the birth of a daughter. She asks after Simon White. She sends on three
letters (not included) which contain social news, which she asks Frances to
burn once read. She speaks of Lord and Lady Inchiquin, and Dick Uniacke
who may accompany the Longfields to Bantry.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, detailing what
food and dress provisions she is sending down to Bantry. She asks after the
Eyres and her own family.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White asking after her
brother Simon’s health, he had been suffering from gout. She left for
Rustillian [Castle, Cork Harbour] to stay with the Davies. She writes happily
of three robbers that are to hang, adds she has received “the sweetest” letter
from Mrs. Conner (her sister-in-law). Includes attached notes made by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White on individuals mentioned in the letter.
507
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, to Frances Jane White, writing to assure
her that she will get the provisions asked for – “12 pound of tea.”
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
[Mount Hedges]. She writes of her illness with “the wicked Rheumatism in
my head”. She has had Mr. Parker and Sam Davies (her mother’s maiden
name was Davies) to stay. Dick Davies engagement to Miss Newman is off,
and there is “a Strong flurtation between Ned and Miss Uniacke”. Lord
Bellamont has been shot by Lord Townshend. There is a note attached by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White on the details of the death of Lord Bellamont.
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Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Dublin], to Frances Jane White,
[Bantry], recounting her hectic social life. She mentions Ned Eyre has stayed a
night with them. She writes of the various people she has contact with – Miss
Tisdalls, Miss Leslies, Miss Conner, Mrs. [Saint Leger], Capt. Moore, and
others. Robberies seem to have started again – “two Miss Trenches were
stopped a Monday Night…but by the Cleverness of their coachman
escaped…”
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, [Castle Mary], to Frances Jane White,
[Bantry], recounting her recent time spent in Dublin. She gives her opinion on
a type of dressmaking.
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
[Bantry], on local news and friends visiting. Frances was not in good health,
Longfield writes “I am afraid I shall begin to Hate your Children most
Heartily, if they are to prevent us having the pleasure of Seeing you”. She
describes an inventive approach to decoration – “…an account of Rogers new
kitchen, there is to be neither table, Stool Presses, Chair, nor any thing
whatsoever to be seen, as you go in, every necessary is to be taken up and
down by Pullys…”
Mss letter from Margaret Longfield, Castle Mary, to Frances Jane White,
[Bantry], informing her that Simon White is better. She is delighted to hear
that all Jane’s children have recovered from their colds. She mentions Sir
Robert Dean, and James Uniacke visiting the house.
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6. Richard White, 1 st Earl of Bantry
6.1 Letters to his mother, Frances Jane White
2227 [21] Feb. 1783
Mss letter from Richard White, Harrow, England, to Frances Jane, Bantry,
letting her know that he is well. Lord and Lady Maynard accompanied him to
Harrow after leaving the hospital. He asks after his family – “how does Mr. W
& his party go on, I suppose quarling [sic] as usual, how is my Uncle & Aunt
Burke & all my friends at Gloucester”. Richard mentions a war “you must be
in high spirits since the War is over & my Uncle H has no chance of going
abroad”.
2228 29 Feb. 1783
Mss letter from Richard White, Harrow, England, to Frances Jane White,
Bantry, recounting a ‘rebellion’ that took place at Harrow against Dr. [Hath]
over breaking privileges due to the boys. Agnew from Belfast was one of
those expelled. He hopes that his mother and uncle Hedges visit England in
April, and they may discuss “some method of settling me in the army or
College, as Harrow is now no longer the agreeable place it was once”.
2229 4 March 1784
Mss letter from Richard White, Harrow, England to Frances Jane White,
Bantry, asking her if she has heard from Lord Maynard, as he has been told
that Maynard “has resigned all the authority…over Master White if I ever had
any, to his mother last Xmas”. He regrets that he will not meet with his Uncle
Hedges, who has been ordered to the East Indies.
2230 [5] Nov. [1785]
Mss letter from Richard White, [Cambridge], to [Frances Jane White, Bantry],
in which he rounds on her last letter. It seems that Richard and his [mother]
are not agreeing – “the coldness, with which your letter seemes [sic] to have
been written, acknowledges a want of affection and Confidence in me.” He
does not hold his uncle Longfield in high regard either – “…to make good the
many incontrovertable charges I can make against him, would fill a volume.”
Richard is unhappy in Cambridge, and wants more money, which he feels, is
not forthcoming. He finishes the letter with the sentiment – “I have no [wish]
to see Ireland, and if my [assuring] you my never setting my foot there pleases
you I will comply”. He mentions Mr. Hutchins, Bantry.
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2231 5 Jan. 1786
Mss letter from Richard White, London, to [Frances Jane White], thanking her
for the money she sent to him. He wishes that she would live at Black Rock,
but understands that her health would suffer. He speaks of people in Bantry –
“ I am sorry for my friend Hutchins & Mr. Goodwin, the hint about Mrs.
[Travers] marriage, I suppos’d at first was ment for me, (marry in haste &
repent in [heaven])…” He seems to be on better terms with his mother as he
signs off the letter with “Believe me…that no one thing [on] Earth can alter
my affection for you…” Written on the back of the letter is “Lady
Catherine…To take Care of this”.
2232 15 Aug. [1795/1797]
Mss letter from Richard White, Mount Hedges, to Frances Jane White,
Seafield Park, Bantry. Richard is staying with [the Newenhams], hunting. He
requests that his mother see to farm business. He is going to England alone.
There may be some difference of opinion between them “…I do not see in
what I am extravigant [sic], except in daily labour, which you can dismiss as
you like…”
2233 [16 May 1808]
Mss letter from Richard White, Viscount Bantry, [Balland] Square, Dublin to
Mrs. White, Macroom Castle. He writes that he previous letters to her must
have never arrived, and proceeds to relate his affairs with a crooked servant
that he believes stole £380 from his trunk. It was out of the £400 given to him
by Mr. [Leigh] for part of the money payable for a house in Merrion Square,
[Dublin]. He describes the social scene in Dublin.
2234 11 [June] 1808
Mss letter from Richard White, Viscount Bantry, [Fermoy], to Frances Jane
White, Macroom Castle. He writes of a future visit of the Duke of Richmond
to Bantry, but expresses his concern “I have no bed or in deed any thing…at
home for such a visitor…” He mentions that he stayed at Adams’ (his sister’s
home) and saw Newenham (his brother-in-law).
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2235 16 Nov. 1808
Mss letter from Richard White, Viscount Bantry to [France Jane White] on the
progress at Bantry House. It seems that he and Lord Longueville have put their
differences behind them “Ld. L has lately written me a handsome letter, & I
have answer’d it in the same manner its useless to be on bad terms with home,
tho’ I expect nothing from him…” He has gotten over a bout of [gout] “I am
obliged [to] give up cyder & claret”.
2236 18 May [nd]
Mss letter from [Richard White] to Frances Jane White, North Cumberland
Street, Dublin. It shows Richard’s negative feelings towards his family – his
mother, his uncles Mr. Longfield and Mr. Hamilton White - “ …if HW was
dead all my wants would Be…Relieved & I should then have Mr. L looking
up to me…I despise Mr. Longfield, I shall no longer Be the tame dupe of
[Villany]…as for the others the Whole Tribe I mean, the [sic] are Either too
dispicable, or ignorant”.
2237 30 July [nd]
2238 7 [nd]
2239 [nd]
Mss letter from Richard White, London, to Mrs. White. It seems from the
letter that Richard is not in favour with his family “I [will] avoid going to
Ireland, in a hurry…at B:Rock, from which place I am banished for no good
reason under heaven.” He writes asking for money “ I know Mr. Longfield
would advance [£160] if you…security, But to me he would not give or lend a
shilling”.
Mss letter from Richard White, Harrow, to Mrs. White. Mentions “Lord M”
who he is staying with. He has written letters to his uncles, Mr. Longfield and
Mr. Hamilton White, and states that he does so to remain in their good side
“better keep up the appearance tho the reality is doubtful”. It gives the
impression that all is not well within the family.
Mss letter from [Richard White], [Cambridge], to Mrs. White. He complains
of his lack of money and financial support from Mr. Longfield for his time in
Cambridge. His leaving may have been sudden “the hurry and confusion…on
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going away is a sufficient excuse for my not calling on you”.
6.2 Letters on Political Matters
2240 15 Dec. [1796]
Mss letter from Eyre Coote (General), Cork, to Richard White, Bantry,
thanking White for his information as to the state of the country around
Bantry, Crookhaven and Skibereen – “General Dalrymple…entirely approves
of every part of your letter…”. Coote gives information relating to troop
movements in the areas to strengthen the English defence. Capt. Kirwan
(Commanding Officer at Bantry) has been told to communicate with White
“on all occasions”. Includes typed copy of the letter.
2241 21 Dec. 1796 – 21 Jan. 1797
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Mss copy of a report made by Richard White, Bantry to British Forces on the
movements surrounding French, American and British ships around Bantry
Bay – “Saturday 31 st The French long boat came to the American vessel
boarded her & took her mate & papers, and also had a second armd row boat
rowing round Whiddy probably sounding.” Includes typed copy of same.
2242 21 Dec. 1796
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Typed copy of a report made by S. Bagley, Berehaven, of ships sighted by him
south of the Durseys (islands).
2243 22 Dec. 1796
Typed copy of a letter written by Eyre Coote (General), Cork, to Richard
White, Bantry, thanking White for his intelligence regarding the French fleet,
which has been given to Mr. Pellham and General Dalrymple. Capt. Cotter has
been sent to Dunmanway and Bantry to give assistance.
2244 22 – 23 Dec. 1796
Mss copies of reports by Samuel Bagley, Berehaven, R. E. Hall, Jim Coughlan
and Jim Dan Coughlan to Richard White warning him of the number and
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location of the French fleet – “There is now 34 ships of the Line close to the
Mizen Head besides some Frigates & armed brigs in all near 60 sail”. They
report that Donovan the pilot was taken prisoner by a Spanish or Portuguese
Brig. Coughlan writes that he is going to Cork to inform Admiral Kingsmill.
The reports are in the handwriting of Richard White. Includes typed copy of
the reports.
2245 24 Dec. 1796
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Mss copies of letters by Richard White, Bantry, to [the British representative
in Cork] informing them as to the size of the French fleet, and to the support
he has gathered from the area – “ I am nobly supported by all ranks here…I
have no fear of a rising of the people.” He has sent work to His Majesty’s
ships off Crookhaven of the Fleet off the Bantry coast. Includes typed copy of
same.
2246 26 Dec. 1796
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Mss copy of a letter from Richard White, Bantry, to General Dalrymple,
offering his house as the British Headquarters during the hostilities with the
French fleet. Written on the back is information on a [trial] of O’Connor at
[Cork] – this information is unclear.
2247 27 Dec. 1796
Mss Order by Lieutenant General Dalrymple that all horses and cattle should
be destroyed before they fall into enemy hands. The Government “will pay
what ever may be thought the real value by two sworn persons.” Any horses
given up at Dunmanway for the use of the British troops will be paid for by
the Government. The order was delivered by Capt. George Cotter
(Commissary). Includes typed copy of the order.
2248 [27] Dec. 1796
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Mss letter from Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry, to Hamilton White (his
brother), informing him of the latest news regarding the French fleet. Dan
O’Sullivan, Coolagh, has taken French prisoners from a longboat driven
ashore from a dismasted frigate. White has heard from a naval friend that due
to the bad weather “a great measure their present attack must have been
frustrated.” White gives his impression of the French military commanders –
“the Chief [Forgett], he is a man of ability”. He is angry at the suggestion from
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his family that he should leave as he could not “now desert a cause to which I
am so attached, where I am receiving every compliment & credit…& where to
a certainty I cannot receive the least injury.” His other concern in leaving is
“my own people would on my leaving this probably get to the cellar”. Richard
has had a conversation with one French officer and is concerned that “the
French are determine to act in the most friendly manner, to pay for every
thing, to punish the smallest injury on their part, this conduct alone I dread.”
2249 30 Dec. 1796
Mss letter from General W. Dalrymple, Bantry, to Richard White, Seafield
Park, Bantry, expressing gratitude and praise at White’s role in repelling the
French fleet – “there are very few instances wherein any Gentleman has shewn
so much attachment to his Master and Consitution, as well as benevolence to
private persons in times of such Calamity and Distress as the present
threatened to be”. He also praises the local militia and inhabitants.
2250 2 Jan. 1797
Mss letter from Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry to Hamilton White (his
brother), Cork, informing him of the latest developments regarding the French.
He is in positive mood as ships have been sited off Whiddy, “we suppose &
hope its Admiral [Uplinster], Capt. Faulkner & the Fox Cutter, if Admiral
Kingsmill now joins him we shall have every ship taken”. Written on the back
White asks that Gen. Dalrymple, Gen. Coote or the Commanding Officer
allows the bearer to deliver the letter.
2251 2 Jan. 1797 – 22 Jan. 1798
Photocopies of various letters written on the French Invasion by Captain
[Tyberius] Moriarty (Regulating Captain), Cork; Gerald Gibbons, Sea field
Park; M. R. Westropp (Captain Commanding Cork Volunteers); and Vice
Admiral R. Kingsmill, [Cove]; and to Evan [Nepean] (Secretary to the
Admiralty), London. Includes a report from James O’Sullivan, Berehaven on
the manoeuvres of the French early January 1797, and sworn statements given
by Fitzgerald Tisdall, Henry Alleyn, Richard Edward Hull, Michael
Callaghan, and Daniel Coghlan to Vice Admiral Kingsmill. These
reproductions come from The British Library. Also two photocopied mss
letters written by Richard White, Bantry, on the subject of the French Fleet off
Bantry Bay.
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2252 9 – 10 Jan. 1797
Correspondence between William P. N. [Winch] (Commanding at Bantry),
Bantry, to Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry, mutually congratulating each
other for the joint efforts against the French fleet. It is proof “that the first
appearance of an Enemy on our Coast, is the signal for every description of
Irishmen to cement in one impenetrable mass of Loyalty, and true Patriotism,
wisely and affectionately attached to the best of Kings, & happiest of
Countries.” White’s letter is a typed copy. Includes typed copy of [Winch’s]
letter.
2253 12 Jan. 1797
515
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Mss letter from Brigadier General Eyre Coote, to Richard White, Bantry,
thanking White for his kindness and generosity.
2254 13 Jan. 1797
Mss report on the numbers amassed by the French fleet set to invade Ireland,
the types of ships, and their provisions. There is a detailed account of the
manifesto of the ship “La Ville de L’orient” which was captured by “The
Druid” and brought into Kinsale. There is also a list of the names of the ships
and their Commanders within the British fleet.
2255 27 Jan. 1797
Typed copy of Resolutions passed by the Council of the Corporation of Cork
thanking Richard White, the Yeomanry Corps, the Regular and Militia forces
for their part in repelling the French. The Mayor of Cork, Vesian Pick,
expended £29. 14. 1 in defence.
2256 [Jan. 1797]
Mss extracts from letters by Richard White relating to the French fleet, copied
by White. He details the numbers of ships, and men on board, with supplies.
He has heard from Capt. [William] Warren that “their ships in a bad situation
& provisions on board only for [14] days – when they left Brest they were in
three divisions – that the rendezvous was Cape Clear”. White has sent word to
Lord Longueville that the French have sailed for sea and that “Lord [Bridport]
may fall in with them & if the day is good tomorrow I will go…to see them
engage”.
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2257 2 Feb. 1797
Original published report of the City of Cork Committee on events during the
French Invasion. Special thanks is directed at Vice-Admiral Kingsmill, the
Right Rev. Doctor Moylan, Daniel O’Sullivan, Berehaven, and Richard White,
Seafield Park, Bantry. White was awarded a Gold Medal by the Committee.
Committee members are listed at the back of the Report.
2258 11 March 1797
Mss notice sent by the Duke of Portland, Whitehall, London, to Lord Camden
(Lord Lieutenant of Ireland) confirming Camden’s suggestion, made before
His Majesty, to award Richard White the hereditary Title of Baron Bantry, of
Bantry. Includes typed copy.
2259 17 March 1797
516
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Mss letter from Lord Camden (Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), Dublin Castle, to
Richard Lord Longueville, notifying him on Richard White’s elevation to Peer
of Ireland. Includes typed copy.
2260 23 March 1797
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Mss letter from [Carhampton], Royal Hospital, to Richard White, Baron
Bantry, Seafield Park, Bantry, asking what would be sufficient compensation
for Mr. Younge. Written on the back of the letter is “To Lord Bantry from
Genes & Navy Capns on 1798”.
2261 [21] – 25 Jan. 1798
Mss correspondence between Richard Baron Bantry (Magistrate and Chairman
of Town Committee), Bantry, and [Major General] Eyre Coote, Bandon, in
which White relays the resolution of thanks to Eyre Coote from the Town and
Committee of Bantry for his service to the District. Includes Eyre Coote’s
reply and a typed copy of the reply.
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2262 16 April 1798
Mss letter from Roger Curtis on board the “Prince Berehaven”, to Richard
Baron Bantry, Seafield Park, declining for the present a visit to Seafield Park
as he cannot “with propriety…move so far from my Ships”.
2263 19 – 30 June 1798
see also
2271, 2272, 2273
Mss letters from Brigadier General [Charles] Ross, Cork, to Richard Baron
Bantry, Seafield Park, notifying Richard of the trial of the prisoners sent from
Bantry for General Court Martial. He states that Richard’s presence is “of
material importance & you will be aware of the unpleasant consequences that
may result from their being acquitted…which is…likely to be the result of the
present trial unless you come here.”
2264 30 May 1799
517
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Mss letter from Lord Bridport, Berehaven, to Richard Lord Bantry, Seafield
Park, Bantry, on board the ship the “Royal George”. He is leaving port shortly
and wishes to convey his thanks to White for his visit to the ship. He wishes
White well for the future.
2265 [7] Nov. 1799
Mss letter from Richard White, Maryborough, to Frances White (“Fanny” [his
sister]), giving his instructions on the improvements to Bantry House that need
to be done before he arrives newly married with his wife and her sister – “I
think we had better let all improvements (Except the passage from the Kitchen
to the [beer] house…) alone, until I am settled.”
2266 24 Jan. 1800
Mss letter from Richard White, [3] Merrion Square, Dublin, to [France Jane
White], [Macroom Castle], asking her advice on what needs to be purchased
“for convenience and comfort in a country house”. He wants it to “be as
possible, as I consider any thing shewy in a country place as improper as any
thing…”.
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2267 [9 Feb. 1800]
Mss letter from Richard White, Merrion Square, Dublin. The letter gives the
impression that he had a falling out with the person he is writing to, accepting
a dinner invitation “that it will silence any report of disagreements which may
be propagated, for no one reason but to divide us…” He took a house in
Merrion Square for only 4 months and is on a shopping expedition.
2268 19 Feb. [1800/1808]
Mss letter from Richard White. He is away from home on affairs of the state “I
am on horseback every day – we are quiet & I understand every account thro’
out the Kingdom states nearly the same, this measure has many
advocates…but it will I believe pass at last...I hope sincerely what ever they
do may be for the benefit of both Kingdoms.” He reflects on his attitude
towards home “The only objection I Ever had to home was that untill [sic]
now I never had any means of being able to do any good amongst my own
tenants.”
2269 [c.1800]
Mss extracts taken from “A Journal of the transactions of the French Fleet in
Bantry Bay”. Lord Carleton is mentioned by the transcriber, [H. D. White]. It
portrays Richard White’s contribution in positive light, praising him for his
organisation of information, “Untouched by ambition (except that of being
Great as he is Good)…to the happiness of a numerous and respectable tenantry
who look up to him as their protector and their Friend.” Includes typed copy.
2270 24 – 25 Oct. 1803
518
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Mss letters from [W. H. Jervis], on board the “Magnificent”, off [Minterbarra]
and Bantry Bay, to Richard White, asking if he has any information of the
French landing at Sligo. He also asks if Richard could recommend “a Pilot
who is acquainted with Killala Bay…” He thanks Richard for “your
communication and [inform] the report was unfounded…” He sends on
compliments from Lord [Anelius Beanclerk], [son of the Duke of St. Albans
and later an admiral – according to Geoffrey Shelswell White].
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2271 [16 Feb. 1811]
see also
2263, 2272, 2273
Mss copy of a letter from Richard White to [Lord Castlereagh] relating to the
result of a General Court Martial that took place at Cork in 1798 that found B.
O’Connor guilty. A statement in the papers by Mr. Finnerty on the case has
necessitated a reply from White on his involvement. Includes a copy of
extracts from the General orders by Sir Charles Ross on the case.
2272 20 – [21] July 1812
see also
2263, 2271, 2273
Mss letter from Emanuel Hutchins, Ballylickey, to [Richard White], asking
him to clarify his involvement in the deportation of an individual, Dr.
O’Connor, accused of theft. Lord Bantry by letter accused the man to Lord
Castlereagh. White has written at the end of the letter that he replied to
Hutchins.
2273 29 [July] 1812
see also
2263, 2271, 2272
Mss letter from Lord Castlereagh, St. James’ Square, [London], to Richard
White on the 1798 General Court Martial case involving B. O’Connor’s
conviction. Castlereagh supports White’s version of events.
2274 20 March 1814
519
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Mss copy of a letter from [Lord] Shannon, [Castlemarter], acknowledging
Lord Bantry’s recommendations “to the vacant Side Surveyors Place at
Bantry.”
2275 16 Sept. – 23 Nov. [1814]
Mss letters from Lord Maynard, [Easton] Lodge, Essex, to Richard White (1 st
Earl of Bantry), congratulating him on his title. They discuss various options
for Richard’s progress in politics – “how have you been received at the
Castle…” and Maynard has approached the Lord of Bedford on White’s
behalf.
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2276 13 March 1821
Mss letter from [Rope] to Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), stating that
whomever White chooses will become Port Master of Bantry. Written on the
back of the document by White is “Letters from Gen. Dalrymple Coote –
relative to the French here in [ ] 1796…”
2277 13 Jan. – 6 Feb. 1822
Correspondence between Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), Bantry House,
and Henry Goulburn, Dublin Castle, on a skirmish in the Glen of Barrow
(Inchegeelagh), relating to the activities of the White boys. Includes a list of
and the defence of the men captured by White, with the help of O’Sullivan and
Major Carthew. Also a statement given by Garnet Ryan, [Draumanarig] on his
association and knowledge of the local Whiteboy movement which has been
passed on to White by Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and typed copies
of all the documents.
2278 22 Feb. 1826
520
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Mss letter from [Cathart], Woodthorpe House, Wakefield, to Richard White
(1 st Earl of Bantry), informing him that White’s Memorial to “His Royal
Highness the Commander in Chief” was passed on. [Cathart] recognises
White’s former service to the Crown “as well as by the information you
honored [sic] me with during my Command in Ireland and particularly while
under your [Respectable] Roof”.
2279 4 July [nd]
Mss letter from [ ] Lawrance, Cork, to Richard White (Lord Bantry), asking
him to write to Lord Castlereagh objecting in the manner of sentencing
Dermot O’Connor and Florence McCarthy have received from Sir James
Stewart.
6.3 Letters on the marriage of his son, Richard White, Viscount
Berehaven
2280 June 1836
Mss letter from Lord Thomond, Belgrave Square, London, to Richard White
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(1 st Earl of Bantry), Bantry, relating to arrangements of the marriage between
Viscount Berehaven and Lady Mary O’Brien. Inside the letter, White has
written copies of two letters he sent to Thomond on further arrangements for
securing Berehaven’s income.
2281 4 July 1836
see also
2896
Mss letter from Lord Thomond, Tunbridge Wells, to Richard White (1 st Earl
of Bantry), Bantry, on further arrangements for the impending marriage of
Viscount Berehaven. His Agent, Cornelius O’Brien (MP), Dublin, will
communicate with Bantry’s appointee. Includes the cover sheet/envelope
addressed to Bantry, with stamped and damaged seal “TUNBRIDGE WELLS
– FREE 5 JY 1836”.
2282 2 Aug. 1836
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Mss letter from Robert Reeves ([Solicitor]), Dublin, to Richard White (1 st Earl
of Bantry), Bantry, on the financial arrangements to be made on the intended
marriage of Viscount Berehaven and Lady Mary O’Bryen [sic].
2283 16 Aug. 1836
see also
2284, 2313
Mss letter from [W. Saurin], Flood [Hall], to Lord Thomond, finalising
arrangements on the impending marriage between Richard Lord Viscount
Berehaven and Lady Mary O’Brien (daughter to Lord Thomond). He
discusses the legalities of Robert Hedges Eyre’s devising part of his estate to
Berehaven.
2284 21 Aug. 1836
see also
2283, 2313
Letter from the [Marquis of Thomond], Dover, England, to [Richard White (1 st
Earl of Bantry)], acknowledging receipt from Mr. [Saurin] of arrangements for
the up-coming marriage between Berehaven and Lady Mary O’Brien.
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6.4 Letters to his Nephew, William White Hedges
2285 1 Nov. 1847 – 12 July 1848
see also
373, 2289, 2318
Mss copies of extracts from letters from [Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry)]
to William [White Hedges] in which he discusses what is due out of the Estate
for him and Robert, stating “you can see Mr. Payne’s a/c – and should he have
received the rents, wh – we think he has, we consider it hard to be in the state
we have been in for long”. Richard expresses his regret – “My time must be
short I know & I feel I have lived too long it cannot be helped, & I care not
how soon it is over”.
2286 [1847]
Mss letters from Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), Bantry, to William White
Hedges, [Macroom]. He is looking forward to William’s visit, and hopes that
he may solve his troubles, “Poor Robert is the same as a Prisoner at Adrigole
& myself near the same here, not one shilling of the year 184[six] paid [to]
any one…” Richard is owed money by Mr. Puxley.
2287 26 [Jan.] 1848
2288 [nd]
522
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Mss letter from Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), to William White Hedges,
Macroom, on his hard financial times. He needs money from Mr. Puxley, on
back rents, and an advance of money from Mr. Payne. It seems that Berehaven
is in the same position. Includes typed copy.
2 items
Mss letter from Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), to [William White
Hedges], asking that William allows the wood to be cut from the Castle,
making “everything pleasant & may be the greatest service to us all”. Richard
was under the impression that Benett had applied for the injunction. William
and family are invited to stay for May.
2289 [nd]
see also
373, 2285, 2318
Mss letter from Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), to William White Hedges,
in which he regrets that he will be of no help as he “shall be obliged to give up
my annuity on the Estate to pay Creditors.” Written inside by [White Hedges]
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in pencil is a list of liabilities of Viscount Berehaven on Richard’s death,
which include a mortgage of £60,000, and a note that [William] may be liable
to pay for a certain amount. An elderly Richard wrote this letter, as his
handwriting is poor.
6.5 General Correspondence
2290 6 Nov. 1803
Mss letter from Richard White, Seafield Park, Bantry, to [Robert] Hedges,
Macroom, expressing concern from his mother’s health. His fiscal problems
prevent him from visiting her but hopes that “you were all here, as little
Richard would amuse my mother & this as safe a place as any in Ireland from
French or disturbance”.
2291 17 Dec. 1803 – 18 March [1819]
Photocopied letters from the British Library written by Richard White, Bantry.
The letters are principally letters of recommendation for various individuals –
Mr. Collins as Surveyor of Clonakilty; Eugene Sullivan and Timothy
Harrington as boatsmen for Berehaven; and Mr. McCarthy as [ ] Surveyor
at Bantry.
2292 13 Dec. 1820
523
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Typed copy of a letter from Sir Jervis White Jervis, Waldins, Nr. Wimbourne,
Dorset, England, to Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), on the White family
tree, and possible ancestors.
2293 29 June 1824
Mss letter from Lord Listowel, London, to Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry,
his son-in-law), Bantry, counselling him on what course of action to take
regarding debts owed to Vizard and Townsend “I think that is will be highly
advantageous to you… to [laye] the burden laid on the receiver & to disburden
yourself of any trouble & solicitation from the Tenants who have behaved so
ill & ungratefully to you.” He speaks of Bantry’s sons Simon, William, and
Robert. The latter he will be responsible for as “it is very natural to so young a
boy to melt it (money) away on trifles”.
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2294 [10] Aug. [nd]
Mss letter from Richard White to [Richard Longfield, his uncle]. In it he
denies any allegations of his drinking and gambling on horses. He does
explain how he lost out in a deal to purchase a horse “and not being
sufficiently experienced I was taken in By a Dealer for near £20”.
2295 5 Nov. [nd]
2296 [nd]
2297 [nd]
Mss letter from Richard White, London, to [Richard Longfield]. White thanks
him for managing his affairs for him “nothing can stronger evince, your
friendship for the family, more than the action and friendly part you have
taken in raising my lands, & [preventing] Mrs. W being imposed on”. He
criticises his lifestyle in England “that by the ill advised step of my first
coming to England that I must Ever Expect to be in a state of indigence and
perplexity”. White is self-critical “…my several attempts to raise money, I
acknowledge, it is distructive and when in want of it their [sic] is not a more
miserable Creature living…”
Mss note by [Richard White 1 st Earl of Bantry] on his physical state “…I am
so weak & [timid] I am scarcely able to support myself on the chair”. He
writes of “poor Mr. Gordon”. His opinion of Hutchins is not positive
“Disgrace & Ruin Hutchins the Costs will be alone one Thousand Pounds
independent of his own Costs, which must be very heavy…”
Envelope sheet addressed to Lord Bantry, Seafield Park, Bantry, with a partial
seal [of a peer].
6.6 Awards
2298 5 Jan. [1801]
Hand-painted parchment Georgian Memorial conferring the title of Viscount
Bantry of Bantry on Richard Lord Bantry and his male heirs. It is decorated
with the coloured arms of [White] “THE NOBLEST MOTIVE IS THE
2298 contd..
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PUBLICK [sic] GOOD” and another “VIRTUS VINCIT INVIDIAM”. There
is a coloured side profile of George III. Along the top of the document are
three coloured illustrations – an Irish harp within a crowned frame; the royal
crest; and a thistle, [rose] and shamrock. All along the top and right side are
decorative flourishes. Attached to the end of the document is a large seal,
cracked in half, on one side is a woman on top of a horse and on the other is a
group of men and women in [Greek/Roman] clothing. The Latin on either side
is indistinguishable apart from “GEORGIVS III DG”.
2299 19 Dec. 1815
525
75cm x 73.6cm
Mss letter of notification from Mr. Gregory, Dublin Castle, to Lord Bantry
“granting His Lordship the Dignities of Viscount Berehaven and Earl of
Bantry in the County of Cork” under Letters Patent. It has been granted by His
Lordship the Prince Regent.
6.7 Accounts
2300 March 1825 – Sept. 1835
Mss current account held by Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), Bantry House,
with Robert Reeves & Sons. Includes Debit and Credit information, with
payments to Messrs Vizard and Leman, and Somers Payne.
2301 1848 – 1850
John Litton’s mss accounts for 1848, 1849, and 1850 with Richard White (1 st
Earl of Bantry). It details the account on foot of Royalty received from Mr.
J.L. Puxley from Feb.-Dec. 1849. Includes the account the Earl and his
Creditors have in account with Litton on foot of Royalty of the Allihies Mines.
6.8 Personal Memorabilia
2302 1778
Leather hardback BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, and administration of the
SACRAMENTS, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to
the Use of The Church of Ireland: Together with the PSALTER or PSALMS
of DAVID, belonging to Richard White, Bantry. It is printed by the Executors
2302 contd..
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of David Hay, assignee of the late Boulter Grierson (Printer to the King’s
Most Excellent Majesty), Dublin. It is inscribed with “Richd W” on the inside
front page, and the front cover has “RICHARD WHITE ESQ” embossed onto
it. Throughout the book “our gracious Queen CHARLOTTE” has been
crossed out by ink. Includes a TABLE of KINDRED and AFFINITY, of those
forbidden by law and scripture to marry together.
7. Simon White
7.1 Letter to his mother Frances Jane White
2303 12 March 1799
526
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Mss letter from Simon White, Bantry, to Frances Jane White, Cork. It seems
that he is taking care of family affairs while Richard White is away, “I wish
sincerely he was come, Carthy tells me the Oysters are taken, what shall be
done with them”, but in general “everything here still remains Quiet, and
going on properly.” He mentions Col. [Hale Roycraft].
8. Edward Eyre White
8.1 Letters to Family
2304 5 May 1790
2305 [1790]
Mss letter from Edward White, on board the ‘Action’, to Frances Jane White
(his mother), Cork. He writes of his duty on board ship “we are obliged to take
the Watch every Four Hours”.
Mss letter from [Capt.] Edward Eyre White, [Royal Jamaica], to Hellen White
(his sister), Cork. He relates news of the regiment “we are at present in the
utmost confusion having received orders to March to Spanish Town…”. He is
looking forward to seeing everyone again. He speaks of his brother Richard “I
am affrayed that he is taken up with his improvements I suppose [care] now he
has made it a delightful place I long with impatience to see it…”
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8.2 Letters relating to the circumstances of his Death
2306 19 Jan. [1877]
see also
2189
Mss letter from Ellen [Hutchins], Marwood, to [Manual], on a duel between
Edward White and Heaphy. She writes of Hamilton White (brother to the 1 st
Earl of Bantry) and Licinda Heaphy (his wife), and the Heaphy family. There
may be a page missing.
2307 10 Feb. 1877
Mss letter from Thomas Tuckey, 48 South Mall, Cork, on Edward Eyre
[White] (brother of the 1 st Earl of Bantry) and the family in general. He also
mentions a lease between Mr. Hedges and O’Sullivan.
2308 14 Feb. 1877
527
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Mss letter from Michael Caulfield, Royal Cork Institution, on the death of
Edward Eyre White in 1790, as a result of a duel with a Dr. Heaphy.
9. Martha Goold Adams (née White)
9.1 Letter to her mother Frances Jane White
2309 [nd]
Mss letter from [Martha Goold Adams, Jamesbrook, Co. Cork, to Frances Jane
White]. She mentions the various landed gentry that they both know – Lady
Harriett Osburn, Mrs. St. Lawrence, Mrs. Eyre, Mr. Pope [Agent to White],
the Duke of Bedford, Sir Thomas, Lord Ennismore who has taken Convamore
from Lord Ryversdale. Adds Lady Bantry is enjoying Mallow races, Martha’s
sons had Swine Pox, and she received a letter from her aunt saying Lord
Longueville has not been well. Duke [Malshy] is discontented at having made
so great a sacrifice for his party.
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10. Richard White, 2 nd Earl of Bantry
10.1 Letters to Family
2310 18 May 1831
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), Kingston House, to
Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, Macroom. Berehaven asks his uncle to
influence Mr. Payne in increasing his allowance. He is in the continent
somewhere. He mentions Lord [Bandon] and Lord [Bernard].
2311 21 June 1836
see also
2312
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), Kingston House, to
Robert Hedges Eyre (his Uncle), Macroom Castle, informing him of his
engagement to Lady Mary O’Brien – “when the more I have seen the more I
have liked”. Lord Thomond received him “very kindly”, and his grandfather
and Lady Listowel “approve of my sentiments”. Berehaven is anxious that the
Estate should provide for him adequately as “my happiness must always
entirely depend on the domestic society of those I esteem.”
2312 31 June 1836
see also
2311
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), Kingston House, to
[Robert Hedges Eyre] (his Uncle), Macroom Castle, which conveys his
happiness in his decision to marry Lady Mary O’Bryen – “I have the fairest
prospect with a person I have so long known & esteemed”. He asks that his
uncle help with expediency the provisions of the Deed of Mortgage from 1825
as “the property has greatly increased both from the falling in of old leases &
my Mother’s allowance”. He transcribes a copy of a letter he sent last year to
his father and his father’s reply, and also an extract of Mr. [Wagget’s]
(Solicitor) letter.
2313 2 Aug. [1836]
see also
2283, 2284
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), London, to his uncle
[Robert Hedges Eyre]. He is in London and Tumbridge Well with Lord
Thomond and his family. They are making arrangements with Mr. Saurin and
Robert Reeves about the [marriage] settlement. He thanks Robert in
supporting his request to live in the family home (Bantry House), “we desire
nothing more than is just, that the provisions in the deed of mortgage should
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2314 [1839]
be…acted on…I have requested my father at once to determine on the
arrangements he thinks [but] now rather than after our marriage.”
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), to William Henry Hare
White, Macroom Castle, expressing his grief at the news of Robert Hedges
Eyre’s death and plans for attendance at the funeral. He writes that he has
informed the Whites of Inchiclough and Drumbro. Noted at the end of the
letter is information by Ina Countess Ferrers.
2315 8 June 1840
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), [Cork], to William
White Hedges, [Macroom], acknowledging receipt of his letter that he has sent
on to “Robert and my father”.
2316 23 Feb. – [10] March 1847
Mss letters from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), Belgrave Square,
London, to William White Hedges, on news of an appeal lodged by Mr.
Bonham, and his enquiries with Lord [Shaftesbury] and Mr. Corry. It seems
that William is Respondent in the case. Messrs. Payne, Litton, and Stephens
are also involved in the case, as is Berehaven. He writes of events at Bantry –
“dreadful accounts…Mr. Payne writes 40 deaths daily…”, and in another
letter - “the distress in Bantry is awful 70 deaths a day besides hundreds…in
the Poorhouse”. He writes that Robert Hedges Eyre White, Glengarriff Caslte,
“will not protect the Tipperary Estate…” Lady Thomond and Mary are still
unwell. Both men are suffering from lack of finance – “we are sorry to hear
you are as badly off as to receiving money as we are”, as “not a shilling of rent
is paid to meet the overwhelming lawsuits & incumbrances on the property”.
2317 26 [Jan. 1848]
529
4pp
2pp
1p
5 items
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), to [William White
Hedges] which accompanied a delivery of fowl and fish from Berehaven. He
writes of his lot at home “I cannot buy an Egg for breakfast I wish Mr. Payne
was to know hous I am…his son will not give me one shilling & [Mr.] Puxley
has not yet paid…” His health is generally well.
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2318 11 Sept. 1848
see also
373, 2285
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven) to William White
Hedges congratulating him on the birth of Emily. Berehaven writes that the
“state of this country” has prevented “our promised visit”. They are “now
packing up as we purpose leaving home next [month] for the Winter” as there
are “heavy incumbrances on thes unfortunate [Properties]. ” Written on the
back of the letter is a copy of the reply sent by William Hedges White, which
he discusses the debts owed to Mr. Payne. Ina Ferrers has written inside the
letter the relationship of the two characters.
2319 12 March [post 1852]
Mss letter from Richard White (2 nd Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, to William
White Hedges, Biarritz, France, in which he conveys the state of politics in the
country – “now the leniency of the Government only disgusts the Loyal &
encourages the Rebellion.” Richard suggests American influence in the
Rebellion.
2320 28 Sept. [post 1854]
Mss letter from Richard White (2 nd Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, to William
White Hedges, Pau, France, with news of the civil unrest in the country. He
writes of various navy and army men having been to the House. An individual
known to both men, [Brennan], is involved in the Fenian Movement, under
police surveillance for a number of years, though he denies it – “Now he is so
watched, that I do hope he is not further implicated. Knowing it would be his
ruin. Many have left the country for the same dreadful cause, so I hope he has
given it up.”
10.2 General Correspondence
2321 27 Sept. [1830s]
Mss letter from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), [Taplin] House,
[London], to Mr. [Somers] Payne, Bantry, on arrangements for the arrival of
material from the continent - “the Neopolitan ones”. The Earl and his party are
to return to Bantry via Bristol on the 7 th October. Local developments include
the election of Dr. Tisdall to the Dispensary.
530
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2322 21 Nov. 1835
Mss letter from Edmond Henry Bayle, [Cork], to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven, High Sheriff of Cork), [Bantry House], asking to be considered for
the position of Governor of the House of Correction, the position being vacant
with the resignation of Mr. Lloyd. Written on the back of the letter are notes
made by Berehaven calculating the profits from Glengarriff Woods offset
against debts owed by the Estate. He is also calculating the cost of an
additional loan of £1,500, on top of all the other debts.
2323 5 March – 21 Aug. 1843
Mss letters from Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), on his European Tour,
to A. W. Payne, Bantry. He has been on tour in Genoa, Paris and England. The
letters mention his collection of cases with furniture, silk, tiles, vases, and
plants for Bantry House. He wishes to hear more on the Poor Law
Proceedings; the appointment of a new doctor to the Dispensary; and the
Berehaven lands. He mentions that he and Lady Mary have not been well
during their travels, and have stayed a month with Lord and Lady Thomond.
Includes a cover note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2324 30 Aug. 1844
531
2pp
5 items
Mss letter from the Duke of [Devonshire], [Bilton] Abbey, to Richard White
(Viscount Berehaven), [Bantry House], on plans sent by Berehaven to the
Duke on possible [house improvements]. The Duke compliments Berehaven
on developing Bantry House.
2325 24 Feb. 1849
Mss letter from [William White Hedges/Richard White Viscount Berehaven],
Glengarriff, to Litton (Solicitor), Dublin, in which he discusses the
appointment of new trustees to the Deed of 1825 in place of those dead,
controlling the residue of £15,000 left to younger children under a marriage
settlement. He suggests Edward Dunne and Richard Goold Adams (nephews
to Richard White,1 st Earl of Bantry) as possible trustees. Patrick O’Sullivan
has informed William that the true amount of the £15,000 residue is £6,000.
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10.3 Personal Accounts
2326 Aug. 1865 – Aug. 1866
Mss accounts of Richard White 2 nd Earl of Bantry. Includes details of John
Warren Payne’s account with the Earl; Sundry Receipts of the Bantry and
Berehaven Estates; Interests and Annuities; Rent Charges; Legal Costs;
Insurances; Rents; Drainage Instalments; Quit Rents; and Sundry Payments.
Also payments to Mr. [Brennan], Mr. [Jackson], John Murphy, and for
Glengarriff Lodge; Sundry Payments; and Poor Rates and Income Tax Paid
and Allowed.
10.4 Journal
2327 1820 – 1822
532
23pp
Hardback mss [journal] belonging to Richard White, Viscount Berehaven, into
which he has written poetry and lyrics to folksongs, copy letters, sketches, and
dried leaves. Includes four b/w prints of a nautical nature – “Attack on
Gibraltar in 1781, by the Spanish Floating Batteries”; “Gibraltar, taken from
the Westward” (1 st Dec. 1800); “New Mole Gibraltar” (31 st July 1807); and
“Entrance to Cork Harbour” (31 st May 1809). Also two pencil sketches, one of
Bantry House with the inscription on the back –“To you all with best wishes
from [Gie]”. The other is a scene from a hill looking down onto the sea.
2328 1828 – 1843
9 items
Photocopied mss notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on the various
travels around Europe by [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven]. Includes his
sketch of the crest of the Earl of Bantry [taken from the Library at Bantry
House].
10.5 Personal Memoribilia
2329 1821
Miniature book belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven) entitled
QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS published in London in [1820].
Berehaven’s name is inscribed with a Latin quote and a paper crest and motto
“The Noblest Motive is the Public Good”, with a “B” in the middle, is glued
onto the front board.
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2330 18 Oct. 1828 – 22 May 1933
533
1 item
Passport book and sheets belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven),
showing visas stamped for England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy,
Switzerland, Russia and Poland. Descriptions of Berehaven are given – age,
height, colour of eyes, hair and facial details (oval face, and a clear
complexion). Mss notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White are attached to the
various passports.
2331 [1840s]
2332 [1861]
12 items
Large hardback scrapbook belonging to [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven]
containing images of fashion and architectural design gathered by him during
his travels in Europe. Some images have been replicated in the decoration and
design of Bantry House and gardens. Embossed on the front cover is
“MÈLANGE”.
36pp
Hardcover book containing the text of a fictional dialogue between Sir
Thomas White, “who lived in 1561, a Citizen of London of 1861 and the Head
boy of Merchant Tailor’s School (translated from the Latin) as spoken on the
[Election] day, 1861 before The Master & Warden of the Company and the
President & certain Fellows of St. John’s College Oxford.” Includes mss copy
extract from the dialogue and typed copy transcript
11. Mary White (née O’Brien), 2 nd Countess of Bantry
11.1 Letter to [Mr. White]
2333 June 1840
2 items
Mss letter from Mary White (Lady Berehaven), to [Mr.] White. The tone
suggests Richard White (Viscount Berehaven) and this Mr. White have fallen
out. Mary writes that he may collect his belongings when he wishes, and that
he has “entirely mistaken Richards feelings & [acts] & that your
conduct…were most uncalled for & unmerited by him…” However, she asks
that the past be forgotten.
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11.2 Journal/Diary
2334 20 Jan. 1820 – 2 March 1830
Mss journal belonging Lady Mary O’Brien in which contains her own poetry
and that of others, in English, French and Italian, drawings in pencil and
watercolours, and dried leaves and flowers.
2335 29 Aug. 1842 – 18 Aug. 1843
534
25pp & 2 enclosures
Mss diary kept by [Lady Mary Berehaven] during her travels with her husband
Richard Viscount Berehaven through France, Germany, [Austria], and Italy.
She mentions visits to her family at Taplow. During their time in Rome (15 th
Dec.1842-10 th Jan.1843), they “drove to the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to
see the Pope & the High Mass. What a shocking sight of Idolatry in Gods
House worshipping & doing homage to a human being instead of God!” While
in Rome, they visited “Hogan” for sittings, [perhaps getting their portraits
done]. She and Richard were ill at various times, visiting Ems, Germany, for
the Waters and baths. Richard suffered from rheumatic gout while they were
in Paris in April 1843. Includes typed transcripts.
12. William White Hedges, 3 rd Earl of Bantry
12.1 Letters between Family
2336 12 Jan. 1824
33pp
Mss letter from Lord Listowel, London, to William White Hedges (his
grandson), asking him to consider his career options – “I know that it would
much oblige your Uncle Hedges that you would enter the Temple here at the
same time saying that he would not desire you to make the law a
[profession].” He suggests that William not go against his uncle’s wishes, as it
may be “the only probability…of settling yourself everafter handsomely in the
world which I know is your Uncle’s intention to do”. He writes of Richard
White (1 st Earl of Bantry) and his debts, and how it may alleviated – “every
effort to save him from ruin will be in vain…” There are sketches of men in
uniform on the back of the letter, and a note from [Lady Listowel]
admonishing William for not replying to a letter.
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2337 14 Dec. 1824
Mss letter from the Earl of Listowel, Knightsbridge, London, to William
White Hedges, Bantry, informing him on a new business venture in which he
wants William to get involved in – the establishment of a Chartered Bank in
Ireland with capital of two million. He urges him to send a letter to the
Committee of the Irish Provincial Banking Company asking for 25 shares, a
copy of which he has provided within the letter. Listowel mentions the
negative searches carried out in Dublin costing £300, which “neither
[Newland] or Vizard are to blame – yr father would do well to pay them some
civility when at Bantry”.
2338 [8] May 1825
Mss letter from the Earl of Listowel, London, to William White Hedges,
urging William to make peace with his brother [Richard]. He also gives some
advice on the course of action Lord Bantry should take relating to the
repayment of a mortgage. He looks forward to a visit from William – “come
over as soon as you can yr bed is aired & ready to receive you & I hope you
both will have settled every thing amicably & come over together – bringing
Simmy [Simon] w’ you”.
2339 [20 June 1840]
2340 [1845]
Mss letter from [William White Hedges], [Wexford], to Mary White (Lady
Berehaven, his sister-in-law), asking if he may call on her at Bantry House to
collect a [trophy] on which he has set a value. He speaks of the strained
relationship with his brother of which he has “anxious desire to be on [much]
terms of…affection as ought to exist between brothers…” Ina Ferrers and
Geoffrey Shelswell-White have made notes on the letter relating to its content.
Mss copy of a letter from William White Hedges to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven), Bantry, thanking him for his letter of congratulation on news of
William’s engagement to Jane Herbert. Ina Countess Ferrers has made notes
on the letter.
2341 7 – 15 May 1874
535
3pp
2pp
1p
3pp
Mss correspondence between Col. Egerton Leigh (Egerton’s father), Eaton
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Square, London, and William and Jane White (3 rd Earl and Countess of
Bantry), the Castle, Macroom. They discuss the marriage jointures that are
settled on Egerton Leigh and Elizabeth White. They are all pleased with the
forthcoming marriage. Macroom Castle headed notepaper is used by Lord
Bantry.
2342 9 – 11 May 1874
536
4 items
Mss letters (one of which is a mss copy by Ina Ferrers) from William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle, Macroom, to Egerton Leigh, on his acceptance
of Elizabeth’s engagement to Leigh (written on Cork County Club notepaper),
and terms of the marriage settlement. He welcomes him to the family – “I
have great pleasure in saying that my family are all highly gratified in the
prospect of our alliance.”
2343 29 March [nd]
2344 [nd]
2 items
Mss letter from Lord Listowel to William [Henry Hare White] advising him
on his intention to take over the rental accounts of his father.
Mss letter from [Col. William White Hedges] to [Litton] (Solicitor), on the
amount that should be settled on Robert White under Lord Bantry’s marriage
settlement - £15,000, and an additional amount now available – [£8,000].
12.2 Letters on Political Matters
2345 [25 Dec. 1866]
Mss letter from [Nicholas Calwell], to [Col. William White Hedges] on the
Fenian movement in his local – “Fenianism is a petrifying system and blood
and Pillage would have been its [motives].”
2346 31 Dec. 1866
3pp
4pp
4pp
Mss letter from Commodore W. B. Crooke, Kinsale, Co. Cork, to Gov.
William White Hedges. In it Crooke writes of the political unrest in the
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country “…the measures taken by the Government have [scared] away those
Yankee Fenians & given us the chance of living a little longer”. He writes of
local gentry, Sir George Colhurst, and Edward Sullivan. He thanks White
Hedges for his letter to Sir John Parkingon on behalf of Crooke’s son.
2347 10 March [1867]
Mss letter from [Richard Longfield], Longueville, Mallow, to [William White
Hedges], writing of his preparedness for any civil unrest. He mentions the
Killarney failure and accordingly “Labourers are in my opinion all more or
less Fenians…I wish that they could be sent to ‘the Barbadoes’ as in
Cromwells time”. He writes of his family – Gus in the army, Dick getting
better, and Kathleen recovering from a cold.
2348 11 March – [14] May 1867
Mss letters written by [Rev. Godfrey Smith], St. Olan’s Rectory, [Coachford],
to Col. William White Hedges, on the civil unrest from Fenians in the
Macroom area – Donoughmore. He reports that the Warrens of Warren Court
are safe in the Imperial Hotel, Cork. Lord Bantry is well guarded by the 13 th
Light Infantry and a Man of War. The Bandons are away and “Bandon looks
deserted”. He also mentions the weather conditions.
537
3pp
4pp
5 items
2349 11 March – 25 Dec. 1867
see also
1883, 1946, 1967
Tss copies of a letters sent to Colonel William White Hedges, Pau, France, by
Dr. Warren Crooke, Macroom, Rev. Godfrey Smith, St. Olan’s Rectory, Co.
Cork, and Rev. Nicholas C. Dunscombe (Rector of Macroom), Macroom.
They relate news of Fenian uprising in Macroom and its surrounding
countryside. Dr. Crooke describes the Fenians as “foolish shop boys and
labourers with a sprinkling of farmers’ sons…banded together to regenerate
Ireland, but, unarmed, undisciplined, with the great bulk of the population
loyal what could they have done?…no man possessing a pig was a Fenian.”
He sends news of Lord Bantry and other gentry from Macroom, as well as
describing the general economic and political state of Macroom and the
terrible weather they have experienced over the winter.
2350 13 March – 14 May 1867
13 items
Mss letters from [Dr. Warren Crooke], Sunnyside, Macroom, to Col. William
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White Hedges, on the civil unrest from Fenians in the Macroom area. He
writes of the weather conditions, the health of the workhouse inmates, the
number of troops stationed at the Castle and their deployment in the areas of
Ballingeary and Ballyvourney. He has heard that Lord Bantry “has grown fat
and seems to suffer a good deal from his leg.” In a letter dated April, he
discusses the politics of Ireland – the election locally of Smith-Barry.
2351 6 July 1867
538
7 items
Mss letter from Capt. [ ] (Adj. West Cork Artillery Militia), Macroom, to Col.
William White Hedges, informing him of the situation in the Macroom area
after quelling a Fenian rebellion – “We have cleared everything and all the
Rebels out of the Castle and placed the Old Guns in their platform in front of
the Castle”.
2352 15 July [1867]
Mss letter from Capt. [ ] [Adj. Of the West Cork Artillery Militia], Macroom,
Co. Cork, to Col. William White Hedges reporting on army life at Macroom.
He praises the men in his regiment, and is anxious to establish its band. Of the
recent unrest in the area, he writes “every thing appear to be settling down as
well as can be expected…the papist wish to turn it to Account and make it
[one] of the Instruments for the destruction of the Established Church. Our
Old Guns are in Position, if necessary next winter we can remove them.”
2353 16 – 19 Feb. 1869
Mss letter from Lord [Hawarden], [House of Lords], London, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), advising him to approach to the Lord Chancellor
with proof of the right to vote [for/as] a Representative Peer. Includes a copy
of William’s reply in which he confirms that he has arranged a meeting with
the Chancellor through his [Agent, Mr. Smith].
2354 7 [July] 1869
Mss letter from [Ralph Creach], Crown and Hanaper Office, Four Courts,
Dublin, to Willian White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), informing him of his election to
the House of Lords. He suggests that “Lord [Hawadan] can manage everything
for you. It is perhaps advisable for you also to call at the office of Sir John
[Lefevre] the Clerk of the Parliament in the House of Lords…”
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2355 8 May – 12 July 1871
see also
2357, 2387
Mss letter from The English Bank, Rue Latapie, Paris, to William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), asking if payment had been made for champagne ordered in
July 1869. He discusses the politics of Paris ”As things stand in Paris at the
present I fear they must get worse before they get better…” William has made
a note at the bottom of the page stating that he has checked into the payment.
Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2356 May – June 1871
Mss letters from Clay, the English Bank, Pau, France, to William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), London, relating the ongoing troubles in France “Poor little
Thiers House which has been pillaged and pulled down contained documents
and antiques that can never be replaced”. Includes copy of Lord Bantry’s reply
which shows concern for Clay’s safety, with an assurance of payment of debts.
2357 12 June 1871
see also
2355, 2387
Mss letter from the English Bank, Pau, France, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), 38 [Loundes] Square, [London], thanking him for a cheque, balancing
the account. The letter-writer informs the Earl of the situation in Pau after the
Communist rising. He has criticisms of the French for their handling of the
situation. Includes a mss note verifying the cost of champagne for Col. White
Hedges.
2358 29 June 1871
539
2pp
3pp
2 items
Mss letter from [Musgrave] Clay, Pau, France, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), [London], asking for support in his running for the position of Vice
Consul in Pau. The present incumbant, Mr. Church, has designs on the post in
Nice. Clay gives a summary of his qualifications.
2359 6 July 1871
Mss letter from [Musgrave] Clay, the English Bank, Pau, France, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), [London], thanking him for his letter supporting
him in the position in the Consulate. William has spoken to Mr. Hammond,
the Foreign Office, on Clay’s behalf.
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2360 [6] July [1871]
Mss note from [William] Hammond, Foreign Office, London, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), acknowledging Lord Bantry’s cause on behalf of
Mr. Clay, for a position in the Consulate in Pau.
2361 9 July 1871
Mss letter from Clay, Pau, France, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry),
informing him of Foreign Office politics, and the appointment to a position in
the Consulate. Clay has copied a letter he received (6 th July) from John
Stewart on the matter. He met with Spencer and Fisher, and “gratified them
with the hope that you might make Pau your Winter quarter.”
2362 11 July 1871
Mss draft proposal made by E. Hammond on behalf of William White (3 rd Earl
of Bantry) on behalf of Mr. [Musgrave] Clay for a position in the Consulate,
following the death of Mr. Church. Includes mss copy.
2363 15 – 18 July 1871
540
1p
1p
3pp
2 items
Mss letters from Clay, Pau, France, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), and
Mrs. Henry Alexander, concerning an appointment to the Consulate at Nice.
Includes a mss copy of a letter sent to Mrs. Alexander on Church’s death.
12.3 General Correspondence
2364 2 [Dec.] 1840
2 items
Mss copy letter from William Henry White Hedges, Macroom, to [Samuel]
Penrose, on his intention to lend his hounds to Penrose. He also wishes to send
him horses. It is noted at the end of the letter that Mr. Rye and Mr. Penrose
wish to enter the hounds into a club and take management of them.
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2365 April 1853
Mss letter from Daniel Kenneally, Shrone, Glengarriff, to William White
Hedges, Macroom Castle, informing him on the sale proceedings in
Glengarriff of White Hedges’ property. Kenneally states that he lost a vote by
one to Mr. O’Connel “the entire Interest of Bantry rests with the Mr.
O’Connels at present for want of a lively active man as Bantry had been
accoustomed to”. Other locals are mentioned, Mr. Richard O’Donovan, Mr.
Payne, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. George Bird.
2366 7 July 1854
Mss letter from [Katherine Steward], to William White Hedges, Macroom
Castle, congratulating him and Jane on the birth of their son William (later 4 th
Earl of Bantry). She passes on the best wishes of Lady Fuller (her neighbour).
Includes a mss note by [Ina Ferrers] about the baby.
2367 9 – 11 Sept. 1860
Telegrams sent by [Lord] Frederick Kerr, [Tieplitz], to Col. William, and
Lady White Hedges, Konig von Danemark, Carlsbad. He asks after the family
and offers help. The reply by Col. White Hedges is written in pencil “hope to
leave for Hof. [Saturday] – depends on child…” Includes the envelopes, with
partial seals. This is soon after the death of Emily. Also two [receipts] for
payment of telegrams sent from [Carlsbad] to Cork and Macroom.
2368 4 – 11 Aug. 1864
541
3pp
3pp
6 items
Mss letters from P. H. Philips (Tutor), Biarritz, France, to Col. William White
Hedges, in which arrangements have been made for Philips to continue as
Willie’s tutor. He informs Col. White Hedges of Willie’s progress – “He is
still going on with Mr. Hattesley, but not doing so much as might be done with
a little more attention and diligence. However I hope that we shall all see the
time when he will value learning and work for the sake of doing his duty, and
I trust he will one day answer all your expectations.”
2369 4 Sept. 1866
2 items
Mss instructions given by [William White Hedges] to [John Sullivan] on the
killing of deer and their distribution to surrounding neighbours – Rev. Godfrey
Smith, St. Olans Rectory, Coachford, and Mrs. Crooke, Sunnyside, Macroom,
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to name a few. He also wants changes within the household – “See Cherry
about removing the closet in the Cooks Bedroom I think she is of opinion that
it is of no use.”
2370 5 Oct. 1866
Mss letter from P. H. Philips (Tutor), St. Leonards-on-Sea, to Col. William
White Hedges, informing him of his travelling arrangements to [Paris]. He
enquiries after the health of the family, and that “Willie has braved the last
few weeks of temptuous weather”.
2371 5 – 6 Oct. 1866
Empty envelope addressed to Col. William White Hedges, Gaen, Normandie,
France. Four pence stamp is intact. Postal stamps are Hastings, London, Paris
a Cherbourg, and Amb. [Calais].
2372 6 Feb. 1867
542
2pp
3pp
1 item
Mss letter from [Ben] Barter, [Estate Carpenter], Macroom, to Col. William
White Hedges, informing him that his house and all his possessions have been
burnt in a fire, and asks that the Colonel rebuild the house with haste – “I will
suffer much by loss of business from a delay. I will agree to any terms that
you and your kind intelligent Agent will consider fair.” He asks after Mrs.
White, the young ladies, and Master Willie, who is certain if he “knew his old
instructor was in such a peredicament [sic] he would intercede for him.”
2373 24 – 25 June 1867
Mss letters from P. H. Philips, Boulogne, France, to Col. William White
Hedges, informing him that Willie has been suffering badly from asthma and
possibly bronchitis, but he is been medically treated. His appetite is not good.
Ina and Olivia are with them, as well as Mrs. Nicholls (Maid) and [Edmund].
Col. Hedges, his wife and Lizzie are away together. Willie has written a note
to his father within one of the letters – “you can quite fancy how dreadful it
was last night, Nicholls (who is on the next floor) said she heard me breathing
quite plain”.
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2374 10 April – 18 May 1869
Mss letters from Robert Brennan ([Agent]), Bantry House, Bantry, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry). He reports on the business of the Estate, the cutting
of timber, and the sale of livestock at Bandon. He mentions an unusual animal
“the Buffalo which I suppose will be kept for the use of the House when you
come here.” He asks after the health of the Earl’s family as he heard that “your
Lordship and some of the young Ladies were not well…” He mentions the
Earl’s first cousin Colonel Adams. Includes a mss Workmen’s Account from
8 th -14 th May 1869, giving details under headings of – No. of Men; Workmen’s
Names; How Employed from Saturday to Friday; No. of Days worked; Wages
per day; Amount of Week’s Work; Observations. It lists Receipts and
Payments from the Estate for that week. Note written by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White at the bottom of the Accounts.
2375 29 Dec. 1869
543
3 items
Mss letter with enclosed resolution from William [Lannin] (Clerk), Bantry
Workhouse, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Bantry House. He is
notifying William of a decision adopted by the Board of Gurardians of the
Bantry Union to formally thank, together with the inmates of the Workhouse,
the Earl and his family for their “several articles of Comfort which they
distributed among the aged and infirm, and the presents given to the children.”
Includes copy of the Resolution, signed by George Bird [VC] (Presiding
Chairman) and [Lannin].
2376 23 Sept. 1870
2 items
Mss letter from William Murphy (Builder and Timber Merchant) to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), informing him of the work that he will do on the
Steward’s House for the agreed price of £114.
2377 July 1871
Empty envelopes addressed to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Lowndes
Square, London. They may be written by [Musgrave] Clay, Pau, France. The
four stamps are intact, except for one 20c.
2378 2 April 1872
2pp
2 items
Mss drafts of letters from William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Macroom
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Castle, to Mr. Payne (Agent), relating to arrangements of additional ground for
the burial place near or on the Bantry Estate. He does not want any road or
alteration to the “Old Abbey Garden”. He also mentions an injury caused “by
a Bull sent to Bantry for me here…Brennans letter is quiet at variance with the
statement of our man in charge of the Beast, who is a most trustworthy &
careful fellow”.
2379 1 April 1875
544
3 items
Mss draft of a letter from William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), 18 Leeson
Street, Dublin, to Mr. Payne (Agent), Bantry Estate, in which he states his
wish not to interfere in the purchase and management of the Hotel Glengarriff.
2380 11 – 12 April 1875
Mss letters from [William White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry], 18 Leeson Street,
Dublin, to Mr. Payne (Estate Manager), [Bantry], and Mrs. White, discussing
his possible purchase of a Hotel at Glengarriff. His attitude is positive to
Payne – “the inducements to become a purchaser strike us all as very
considerable”, but off-putting to Mrs. White – “it does not appear to me a
desireable [sic] investment for me to go into; the less, as it appears to be in a
very delapidated condition.”
2381 16 [June] 1875
4pp
2 items
Mss letter from Louisa [Compene], [Churton], to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), Lowndes Square, London, congratulating him on the birth of a
grandchild, and Lizzie’s safety. Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2382 29 June 1876
Copy mss letter from William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), [the] Lodge,
Glengarriff, to [Mr. Barrett], in which the price of timber is discussed. He is
going to East Ferry “for fitting out my ship for his Excellancy, the Duke of
[Alecerra].
2383 19 Sept. – 12 Oct. 1878
Mss letters from William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), [Cork], to John Sullivan,
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2384 [nd]
2385 [nd]
2386 [nd]
asking him to carry out an inventory on his vessel, which is to be sold to Capt.
Herbert (his nephew). He wants the guns to be removed and returned to
Macroom Castle, as they were a gift of Lord Listowel (his grandfather).
545
2 items
Mss letter from [R. A. Answorthe], Carlsbad, to [Col. William White Hedges],
on all the news of the area. He writes of the deaths of his brother-in-law, Sir
Arthur [Toners] and sister in recent weeks. He knows the Whites from the
time in 1860 they were in Carlsbad with Elizabeth.
Mss letter from [William White Hedges] to [Kyle], agreeing “with your
suggestion of a Piece of Plate to our dear and most valued friend Charles
Bernard…and proposing that the Laity may join the Clergy & thus present a
handsome offering than either could do separately.” Includes copy of letter in
a different hand and wording.
4pp
2 items
Envelope with the name of the “Earl of Bantry, 25 Berkeley Square” written
on the outside containing various types of seals or crests on notepaper used by
members of society.
12.4 Personal Accounts
12 items
2387 [30 Nov. 1861]
see also
2355, 2357
Receipt of a payment of £15,030 by Col. W. White Hedges to the English
Bank, 19 Rue Latapie.
2388 [19 June] – 19 Aug. 1867
1 item
Invoices and advertisement pamhlets from London and French businesses in
the account of Col. William White Hedges. Includes interesting medical
treatments – a booklet entitled EAU, TABLETTE ET POUDRE MYRRHINE
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DENTIFRICES DE J.B. GEORGE, DENTISTE, PARIS.
2389 25 Nov. 1878
2390 [nd]
546
12 items
Mss letter from William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, to [Mr.
Cooper], on the transfer of money in his accounts. Written on the inside of the
letters are financial figures and calculations.
Mss note on travel costs from Pau to Tours, and Tours a Vitre, for [rail],
overnight and food. This may relate to travels undertaken by William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry).
12.5 Prescriptions
2391 2 July 1871
Prescriptions for William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry).
2392 5 March [nd]
2393 [nd]
4pp
1p
3 items
Mss list of ingredients and instructions of a [prescription] written by [a Mr.
Baker] to be taken by Col. [William] White Hedges, Geneva.
Mss list of ingredients with measures - “1oz of Cloves, ½oz of Cinnamon”.
12.6 Personal Memorabilia
2394 [nd]
Mss note relating to a watch which was owned by the writer’s great
grandfather, Richard Hedges Eyre, and was passed to Richard White (1 st Earl
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of Bantry), and then to the writer’s brother, Richard White (2 nd Earl of
Bantry). The watch is now in the hands of the writer – [William White, 3 rd
Earl of Bantry].
1p
13. Jane White (née Herbert), 3 rd Countess of Bantry
13.1 Letters to her husband William White Hedges, 3 rd Earl of Bantry
2395 12 – 14 May 1874
Mss correspondence between Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), Lowndes
Square, London, and William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle, Macroom,
on their daughter Elizabeth’s engagement to Egerton Leigh. Countess Bantry
writes that “he is so tender with and about her, and [quite] sees what a delicate
plant she is, & what care & repose she requires a very rare quality in a man…”
William has written a letter to Elizabeth endorsing her choice. They discuss
what wedding gift they should give her.
2396 9 Aug. 1876
547
3 items
Mss letter from [Jane White 3 rd Countess of Bantry], Lowndes Square,
London, to William White 3 rd Earl of Bantry, Macroom, on her plans to visit
Lizzie and Egerton at Kermincham Lodge, a few days later than planned,
which she is anxious to get to “he says her head is very weak”. Ina is already
there, but is to leave before she can get there. Includes envelope with stamp
attached.
2397 17 Aug. 1876
4pp
Mss letter from [Jane White 3 rd Countess of Bantry], Kermincham Lodge,
Congleton, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Macroom, on Lizzie’s
progress “very weak but I hope going a little ahead – I don’t liik to much
improvement till she can be carried down stairs”. Includes envelope with
stamp intact.
2398 [19] Aug. 1876
3pp
Mss letter from Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), Kermincham Lodge,
Congleton, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Macroom, on Lizzie’s
progress “Lizzie went into my room this afternoon for several hours & we
hope the change will have done her good.” She writes of a terrible
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thunderstorm that killed 5 cows at neighbouring farms. Includes envelope with
stamp intact.
2399 23 Aug. 1876
2400 1876
Mss letter from [Jane White 3 rd Countess of Bantry], Maple’s Hotel, Dublin,
to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Macroom, relating her safe journey to
Dublin, with “Lizzie’s precious little [baby]”. Includes envelope with stamp
intact.
Mss letters from Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), Lowndes Square,
London, and Kermincham, Cheshire, to WilliamWhite (3 rd Earl of Bantry), on
the birth of Elizabeth and Egerton’s son, Edward Egerton Leigh, and
Elizabeth’s recovery after the pregnancy. She will be unable to leave London
due to Elizabeth’s and the baby’s poor health.
13.2 General Correspondence
2401 7 – 19 Sept. 1860
2402 [1860]
548
4pp
3pp
9 items
Mss letters from Emmeline Esdaile, Macroom Castle, Mrs. [Jemina Lucy]
Longfield, Longueville, John [ ], Macroom (a neighbour), and [Ina
Maude] to William White Hedges and Jane White (his wife) on the death of
Emily Anne White. Mentions Mr. & Mrs. Longfield, and Mr. E. Newenham,
Henry McClintock, and various doctors.
7 items
Empty envelope addressed to Mrs. White Hedges, Konig von Danemark.
2403 29 Aug. 1861
1 item
Mss letter from Emmeline Esdaile, Macroom Castle, to Jane White, Langen
Schwalbach, Nassau, Germany, informing her of life in Macroom, and visits
by Dr. Crooke, the Woodleys, and Mrs. [Mannion] with her children. Lizzie is
recovering in the continent with her mother. Esdaile speaks of [Muckross] and
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Lord Castlerosse. Includes envelope without stamp.
2404 8 – 30 May 1880
Mss letters from Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), Bantry, to Richard
Longfield, in which she raises the question of assigning the East Muskerry
Estate, the Abbey Lands and the charge of £8,300 on Macroom to the Trustees
of the Bantry Estates. The purchase monies would go towards paying off debts
owed by Lord Berehaven. She speaks of her husband’s view –“…who was so
keenly anxious for the interests of B & his inheritance”.
2405 17 July [1880]
549
4pp
3 items
Mss letter from Lady Egerton Leigh (Egerton’s mother), [Sigmon Street,
Portman Square], to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), delighted at her
grandson Edward’s development at Macroom with the Countess. She makes a
reference to Elizabeth recovering from rheumatics.
2406 12 Nov. [1880]
Mss letter from L E Leigh, Biggin, Oundle, Northampton, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), thanking her for the letter she received with the news that
Edward Egerton Leigh (Elizabeth’s son) was made a member of “Christ’s
Church”. She is staying with her sister, Mary Watts Russell. She writes of
meeting various people in the area, Lord and Lady Londsdale, Mr. and Mrs.
Simpson “they held a farm for many years in Ireland under Lord Lucan and
Lord Ardilaun”, Lady Tobin, and the Lady Bernards.
2407 [pre – 1868]
2408 [nd]
6pp
28pp
Mss cover note from [ ] to Mrs. Jane White Hedges, stating she is sending
mustard to her.
Mss letter from [Rev. H Walsh Manning], to Mrs. Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), accepting an invitation to tea and officiate as honorary Chaplain. Her
son William is referred to, “I am very glad to here from Miss Esdaile that dear
little Willie is much stronger.”
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13.3 Letters on the Death of her daughter, Elizabeth Leigh
2409 2 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Arthur, Baron Ardilaun, Ashford, Cong, Co. Galway, to Jane
White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), on the death of Elizabeth Leigh (his sister-inlaw)
– “I cannot tell you all as well as for myself for I loved her as my own
sister.” Olive did not take the news well - “No words can express Olives state
of Greif [sic] & wretchedness I really thought she wd go mad…” They will go
to Dublin, where he will meet Berehaven, and go on from there to the funeral.
Headed notepaper is used.
2410 2 – 5 Oct. 1880
Mss letters from Maude Leigh ([sister] of Egerton Leigh), West Hall, High
Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), on Elizabeth’s death, and how
the family are coping with it – “…we have covered her whole robe with the
flowers she would have loved from Bantry & Macroom – she looks so calm
and angelic now in her last resting place…”
2411 5 Oct. 1880
550
2pp
6pp
4 items
Mss letter from Edward E. Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), soon after the death of Elizabeth. He expresses his shock at her death
as “We were both so pleased with the change in her appearance when we came
here & thought how much better she was in walking & spirits…” He writes
that some tenants of the estate came and paid their respects to her “…they only
just looked in except one of our oldest tenants who just touched her hand as in
remembrance I have no doubt.”
2412 5 Oct. – 8 Nov. 1880
Mss letters from [Doty] Bandon, Laxton Hall, Wansford, Harriet Newenham,
Monkstown, C. B. Turner, [ ] Doneraile, Doneraile Castle, K. M. Barrett,
[Carrigness], the [Bishop of Cork],The Palace, Cork, George Sheehan,
Adelaide Terrace, Cork, Grace [St.] Albans, Bestwood, M. H. Kerr,
Monteviot, Jedburgh, Matilda S Bernard, Coolmain, Elizabeth E. Gore,
Brighton, [Emmeline Esdaile], [Sunnyside], Henry [Russell], Gresham Hotel,
Sackville Street, Dublin, Elizabeth [Barry], [Ballygibbine], and Elizabeth de
[Tabley], Tabley House, Knutsford, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry),
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expressing their sympathy at Elizabeth’s death. Barrett’s letter also mentions a
death in the White family, Glengarriff Castle, of a young man.
2413 6 Oct. 1880
551
17 items
Mss letter from Arthur, Baron Ardilaun, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), relating all details of Elizabeth’s death “the Dr. Says she
must have taken from 150 to 180 grains which wd cause almost immediate
death and the Drs think she was not conscious after She fell – there was no
painful expression in the face and the hands were not clenched.” He attended
her funeral with Viscount Berehaven.
2414 6 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from [L. E.] Leigh, (Egerton’s [mother]) to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), expressing deep sorrow at the death of Elizabeth.
2415 11 Oct. 1880
12pp
Mss letter from Mary [J.] W. Egerton, Alnwick Castle, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), expressing her sympathy to the family on the death of
Elizabeth.
2416 12 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Eleanor Cunliffe, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), expressing sorrow at the death of Elizabeth. She relates the news at
the West Hall, and how Egerton and Margaret are coping with the loss – “M
looks so sweet in her black. – it is pathetic to see her sitting [with Egie] at
luncheon he cutting up her food.”
2417 15 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Lady Plunkett (wife of the Bishop of Dublin, and sister to
[Lord] Ardilaun), 12 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry). She sympathises with her on Elizabeth’s death.
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2418 18 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from [Lady Egerton] Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), reporting on the atmosphere at High Leigh these three
weeks since Elizabeth’s death. Egerton is still missing her greatly, but is
helped by Margaret.
2419 [30] Oct. 1880
Mss letter from [Lady Egerton] Leigh (Egerton’s mother), High Leigh, to Jane
White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), on the situation at High Leigh, and their
coping with the grief of Elizabeth’s death, “- his frequent visits to the dear
one’s room! assist in causing such heavy depression.” She wishes to know
what should be done with Elizabeth’s clothing and other items – “…my poor
Son on these matters he was [perfectly] overwhelmed! it was piteous to see
him…”. Her son Neville is to leave Leeds shortly, but she does not want
Egerton to be on his own at this time.
2420 Oct. 1880
Mss list of mourners at Elizabeth Leigh’s funeral.
2421 Oct. 1880
Mss cover note for letters written by Ardilaun and the Leigh’s on Elizabeth’s
death. It may be Jane White’s (3 rd Countess of Bantry) handwriting.
2422 [Oct.1880]
Mss letter written by [S. Chack] (Elizabeth’s Personal Maid), West Hall, to
Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), recounting events leading up to Lady
Elizabeth Leigh’s death. She relates the emotion felt by Captain Egerton
Leigh, who is “most cut up he cannot stay out of Her ladyship’s room…”An
inquest has been called, but all doctors agree on the cause of death.
2423 [Oct.] 1880
Mss letter from Sarah [Chack] (Elizabeth’s personal maid), West Hall, High
Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), thanking her for her letter. She
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expresses her grief at the death of Elizabeth “I feel I am left alone, Oh the pass
[sic] week has almost been to much for me and can scarcely believe poor Dear
Lady Elizabeth is gone from me for ever…” She writes of Egerton’s state, and
of Margaret.
2424 [Oct.] 1880
Mss letter from Maude Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), keeping her informed on events at the West Hall after Elizabeth’s
burial. She will send on some of the flowers around the grave to Ireland.
2425 15 Nov. 1880
Mss letter from Mary J. [William] Egerton, Rostherne Manor, Knutsford, to
Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), thanking her for a wedding present for
her daughter, Gertrude. Egerton writes of how she misses the company of
Elizabeth, and offers to lay flowers from Bantry, if sent, on Elizabeth’s grave.
2426 7 Dec. [1880]
2427 1880
2428 1880
Mss letter from Henry [Spillett], [ Rectory], to Jane White (3 rd Countess
of Bantry), thanking her for sending on photographs of [Elizabeth] “before
suffering had drawn in any of its dark lines”. He writes that she should be
brave and trust her faith.
Mss letter from Maude Leigh, Broadwell Manor House, Moreton-in-Marsh, to
Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), thanking her for her gift that belonged to
Elizabeth Leigh. She hopes that the Countess is coping with her loss.
Mss letter from Sarah [Chack] (Elizabeth’s Personal Maid), the West Hall,
High Leigh, Knutsford, to Mrs. Nicholls, relating the mood of the house at the
time of Elizabeth Leigh’s death, and of Egerton Leigh – “Captain Leigh [bore]
it very quietly to day, since returning he has sent from Miss M for the first
time since her Ladyship’s death…”
553
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2429 April 1881
2430 [nd]
Mss extracts of letters written on the 19 th Oct. and the 21 st Oct. 1880 from
Neville Egerton Leigh on the death of Elizabeth Leigh. They were copied out
by Jane White for her mother.
Mss copy of an [inscription] in Cork Cathedral, “An offering to Almighty God
from the Countess of Bantry, praying that He will bless with restored health
her much loved daughter The Lady Elizabeth Egerton Leigh.” There are also
copies of three proverbs, 31.11, 31.29, 31.30.
13.4 Personal Accounts
2431 28 May 1861
Payment demand for the legacy duty under the Will of the late Anne Frances
Middleton for the gift of £11,100 by the death of the daughter Louisa Ann to
her two younger children, sent to Mrs. White Hedges by the Inland Revenue
Office, London.
13.5 Personal Memorabilia
2432 1 Jan. 1885
2433 [nd]
554
4pp
1p
1 item
Printed colour card of flowers sent by Edward Leigh to “Gaga” [Jane White,
3 rd Countess of Bantry], wishing her a happy Christmas.
1 item
Newspaper article on the use of the first time of the memorial pulpit presented
to Castletown Berehaven Church by Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry).
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14. Elizabeth Leigh (née White)
14.1 Letters to Family
2434 1856 – 1858
Mss letters from [Elizabeth] White, to her father and mother. She relates her
days spent at lessons, and walks. She mentions Willie, Ina, and Thomas. She
writes from [Magourney] and Macroom Castle. Includes a note with “April
Fool” written on it, and its envelope addressed “For dear Pappy”.
2435 25 June [1860]
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7 items
Mss letter from Elizabeth White, France, to Col. William White Hedges,
[Vichez], [Allier], recounting her time with ‘Lily’. They are on holiday by the
sea. She writes of “Nicholls” fall downstairs, and the injuries sustained.
Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2436 13 May 1868
Mss letter from Lizzie (Elizabeth) White, Milton Cresent, London, to Lieut.
Col. William White Hedges, the Castle, Macroom, on her being presented to
the English Court, along with her sisters, Olive (Olivia) and (Ina) Maude. She
mentions other families that attended, the Charles Bernards, Carberys,
[Sidmouths], Towers, Dunravens, [Laws], Lady Anna Stirling, the Charles
[Clintons]. She mentions that Olive attended the Smith-Barry’s Ball,
chaperoned by Harry and his wife. She has heard that “Willie gets on so well
at Eton”. She writes of the Herberts quarrels. Includes envelope with stamp
attached.
2437 19 – 20 Oct. 1871
Mss letter from Lizzie (Elizabeth) White, Hotel Galway, to William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), Bantry, telling of her visit to Ashford with her mother, her
sister Olivia and brother-in-law Arthur (Baron Ardilaun). They stayed for a
party with the Lanes, the Colthursts, Lord Clonbrack and his daughters. She is
going onto St. Annes with Olive and Arthur, and her mother will stay with
Lady Ormonde in Kilkenny. Includes envelope with one-penny stamp intact.
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2438 8 May 1874
Mss letter from Elizabeth White, Lowndes Square, London, to William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle, Macroom, on her engagement to Egerton
Leigh “ I have known him for more than a year so have tested him & he is
utterly devoted to me, & I am very happy – thank God for it.” She met his
parents and it went well. She reassures her father of their continuing closeness
– “I don’t ever think that all the husbands in Christendom would ever really
come between us”. Includes the envelope, with a one-penny stamp attached.
2439 15 [June] 1874
Mss letter from Lottie [Elizabeth] White, Lowdes Square, London, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry). She writes of her fiance, Egerton Leigh, and her
new life. She wishes that this will not change how she and her father feel for
each other – “the thought of leaving you, only makes me feel as if I loved you
more than ever I did before, if that is possible!”. Includes the envelope, with a
one-penny stamp intact. Notes on the top of the letter by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White.
2440 7 Aug. 1874
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, Eastfield Lodge, [Bilterne], near
Southampton, to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Lowndes Square,
London, thanking him for a gift. She describes the time she is having. Includes
envelope with a penny stamp intact.
2441 3 Sept. 1874
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, [Meyringeu], [Switzerland], to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), on her travels during her honeymoon with Egerton
Leigh.
2442 16 Sept. 1874
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, Villeneuve, [Switzerland] to William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry), Paris. She writes of their continuing travels while on
honeymoon. Egerton Leigh has met with an old friend from the regiment, Col.
Turnbull. Includes the envelope, no stamps.
556
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2443 [Oct/Nov.] 1874
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, Florence, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), during her honeymoon. She writes of their accommodation and
financial management.
2444 17 Nov. 1874
Empty envelope addressed to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle,
Macroom, by his daughter Elizabeth Leigh, [on her travels during her
honeymoon].
2445 11 Dec. 1874
2446 [1874]
557
8pp
1 item
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, Florence, Italy, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), the Castle, Macroom, relating her travels during her honeymoon.
They have decided to go on to Genoa and Cannes, avoiding Rome and Naples,
as there is talk of fever there. Includes the envelope, with stamp intact.
4pp
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry),
during her honeymoon.
2447 [29 April 1876]
Mss letter from Lady Elizabeth Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry),
thanking her for the tea set she sent over. She reminisces about the family’s
last visit.
2448 22 May [1876]
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, Kermincham Lodge, Congleton, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Glengarriff Lodge. She writes of her life at
Kermincham Lodge, taking things easy, as her health is not good –“I cannot
expect to get less suffering till the next business is over next month…I
certainly between the two, have had a dreary long time of it…” She is looking
forward to seeing her father if he should have business in [London]. Her
mother and Olive visited. Her own family is well – “the Baby is most
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flourishing…Egie has been as busy as a bee…laying out a garden, cutting and
improving…” She criticises “that ‘blackguard’ [Robert] White”.
2449 [24] May [1876]
2450 [1876]
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh to William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry),
Glengarriff Lodge, thanking him for a cheque he sent her. She has moved
from London to Congleton for the end of her pregnancy. Includes envelope
with stamp intact.
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, to Jane Countess of Bantry, debating whether
Egerton should accept a placement without her.
2451 31 [Jan. 1877]
2452 [nd]
2453 [nd]
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, the West Hall, High Leigh, to William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry), thanking him for a birthday present. She gives good
accounts of Edward (her son), Egerton, and Viscount Berehaven. She has not
been well and regrets not visiting home in some time.
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), in
which she writes of her holiday with Margaret. Her rheumatics are better in
the warm weather.
Mss letter from Elizabeth Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), of her
concerns on the ill health of someone at home, it may be her father.
558
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14.2 General Correspondence
2454 27 June 1861
see also
2479
Mss letter from [Emmeline Esdaile], Macroom Castle, to Lizzie (Elizabeth)
White, Dover. She thanks her for her gift. Elizabeth visited [Streatham], it may
be Esdaile’s home. Esdaile speaks of the children. Includes envelope with
partial seal.
2455 25 Jan. [nd]
2456 [nd]
Mss note by [Jimmy] to Elizabeth [White], [Macroom] enclosing a copy of the
Irish Jaunting Car magazine (not included). He mentions that he went riding
with “Mamey & Jimmy & Bobby & Percy”
559
4pp
3pp
Mss letter from Elizabeth White to [Emmeline Esdaile] asking her to send
over a [pretty minuette] which she forgot.
14.3 Journal/Diary
2457 9 July 1860 – 19 Aug. 1861
Journal belonging to Lady Elizabeth White with intermittent entries detailing
her journeys with her parents from Macroom to Carlsbad. She was ill at the
beginning of September 1860. Includes lists of addresses of various
individuals in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe. They spent some time
in London visiting family, friends and sites before going onto the Continent.
At the back of the journal are entries in German.
2458 16 July 1868 – 16 April 1870
4pp
81pp
Diary belonging to Lady Elizabeth White, Macroom Castle and Bantry House,
containing intermittent entries. Refers to the death of Richard White, 2 nd Earl
of Bantry. She writes of their surprise at hearing of his death and her father’s
inheritance of the title. Their move to Bantry House is described – “on arriving
we chose our rooms then wandered throu’ the house & sat a few moments in
the Drawingroom…dinner went off well but very wearisome. Papa so
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wretchedly depressed & low – just going to bed, all feeling so strange (17 th
Sept.1868)”. The Longfields, the Herberts, the Carberys and the Aldworths
visited them at various times. They visited Castle Freke and Longueville
House and Ballyvourney with Dick Longfield. Written in the centre of the
diary are entries of time spent with [Jane White, 3 rd Countess of Bantry] on
her birthday and her “Silver Wedding Day” by one of her children in 1870.
There is an interesting watermark in the paper – “Couper 1866”. Lady Olive
Ardilaun, gave the diary to Edward Leigh-White in 1910. Includes dried
flowers stored within the diary. Also tss and mss transcript of part of the
journal and some family history.
14.4 Personal Memorabilia
2459 3 May 1862
560
20pp & 2 items
Mss lists of books – religious, literature, poetry and nature studies. It is noted
on one list “Elizabeth White later Egerton Leigh”. Includes envelope.
2460 17 Oct. 1870
3 items
Mss music notebook belonging to Lady Elizabeth White, with the inscription
on the inside front page “given to her son, Edward Leigh White by her sister,
Lady Ardilaun. 1908”. The music may be songs [for piano], including Three
Fishers written by [Robert Kinglsey], and Il Bacio Cantato, music by L.
Ardite. Some pieces have been inserted, and others have been torn out.
2461 25 May 1874
2462 [nd]
1 item
Printed open letter on the collection of money in the Macroom area for a
suitable gift for Elizabeth White on the occasion of her marriage to Capt.
Egerton Leigh. The money will be received by Major Warren, Codrum House,
Warren Crooke (MD), and George Fuller (Treasurer & Secretary).
Mss cover note on headed notepaper of St. Anne’s, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, for
something given to [Elizabeth Leigh] by her mother, in Dublin, when told of
Emily White’s death (her sister). She was told a month after it had occurred, as
she was too ill at the time in Carlsbad.
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2463 [nd]
Envelope containing a velvet ribbon “Lizzie wore this […] the last night
before her marriage”, and hair wrapped in tissue paper. Envelope has an
unusual moniker on its flap, [F. A. W.], with “Jean” written across it.
561
3 items
15. Egerton Leigh, husband of Elizabeth Leigh (née White)
15.1 Letters to the White Family, Bantry
2464 7 May 1874
2465 [1874]
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, Eaton Square, London, to Lady Bantry, on the
arrangement of the marriage settlement between Egerton (his son) and
Elizabeth White.
Mss letters from Egerton Leigh, 43, Eaton Square, London, to William White
(3 rd Earl of Bantry), and Ina Maude White. The letter to the Earl thanks him
for allowing his engagement with Elizabeth. He realises that Lord Bantry may
“feel her loss terribly”, but Leigh hopes that he will “have gained a son & not
lost a daughter.” In his letter to Ina, he wishes that she might be happy for
Elizabeth and he. He is not sure of her feelings on the engagement.
2466 16 Jan. 1877
3pp
2 items
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, [Knutsford], to Jane Countess Bantry, Bantry,
on his son, Edward Egerton’s illness. The letter is incomplete. Includes
envelope with stamp and seal intact.
2467 16 Jan. – 1 Feb. 1877
Mss letter from Egerton leigh, West Hall, High Leigh, England, to Jane White
(3 rd Countess of Bantry) on the ill health of his son, Edward. Lord Bantry may
also have been ill, but is now recovering. Includes an envelope, postmarked 31
Jan. 1877 to the Earl of Bantry, Bantry, with stamp intact.
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2468 18 Sept. 1880
2469 [nd]
Mss letters from Egerton Leigh, the West Hall, High Leigh, Knutsford, to Jane
White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), in which he discusses what books and other
items he will send on to Ireland that belong to his wife, Elizabeth (daughter of
Jane White). He looks forward to a visit by Countess Bantry so that they can
talk over matters.
562
4 items
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, West Hall, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), informing of his travels in [England], and delighted to hear that his
children are getting on well in [Macroom].
15.2 Letters on the Death of his wife, Elizabeth Leigh
2470 2 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, West Hall, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), relating the death of Elizabeth Leigh – “they found her
lying on the floor by her bed. I went to instantly & lifted her into bed & we
tried all remedies but she was quite cold…evidently had been dead some
time.” His grief is evident – “Everything here reminds me so much of her that
I can do nothing but sit & cry & wish I were with her.”
2471 3 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), on his thoughts and feelings soon after Elizabeth’s death. He writes of
his guilt – “when I wished her good night that last night I half snubbed her for
sitting up so late…”
2472 22 Oct. 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), asking about the family. He is busy writing replies to letters he has
received on Elizabeth’s death. He has heard from Capt. Hare who “says things
are very bad about [them]…”
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2473 [Oct.] 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), soon after the death of Elizabeth. He writes of his grief – “I hope to
get to the state of thinking ‘Thy will be done’ some day, but it is very hard at
first”. He finds comfort in letters from the Countess “Your letters comfort me
much, as you seem to have the knack of writing as if you were talking”. His
sister is staying with him, taking care of Margaret.
2474 [Oct.] 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), on his ideas on what marking should be put over Elizabeth’s grave.
He and Margaret went to [Rostherne] with his mother and sister, and they
discussed it. He has received letters from Mrs. Bereford-[Pensic] and Mrs.
Herbert (Eaton Place).
2475 6 Dec. 1880
Mss letter from Egerton Leigh, West Hall, High Leigh, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), thanking her for her offer to take care of Margaret if he
should go abroad with Henry in the near future. He writes of his feelings on
his return from Acton “I feel sometimes as if she were in town or with you &
that I am expecting her back every day - & then it all comes over me…” He
agrees with some changes in Glengarriff “How nice your idea sounds of what
you are going to put up at Glengarriff…”
15.3 Personal Memorabilia
2476 15 Feb. 1953
2477 [nd]
Mss copy of a poem written about Egerton Leigh [Great-grandfather of
Clodagh Shelswell-White], Major and Lieutenant Colonel, 1 st Cheshire
Militia, born in 1815. It is on his exploits in [Swastopol] against the Czar’s
armies. There is a note written on the top right of the page by [Geoffrey
Shelswell-White].
563
4pp
4pp
4pp
Mss poem with Egerton Leigh in its content “Young Egerton Leigh held a
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feast in [highall] Fair Geraldine sat by his side…” It is written on notepaper
from Harbury Hall, Northwich, Cheshire. Written on it is family history, and
that this was given to Clodagh Shelswell-White by the Honourable Dorothy
Bell, 14 th Feb. 1953.
15.4 Newspaper Obiturary
2478 31 July 1928
Newspaper obituary for Egerton Leigh, 20 Cadogan Place, London. This is
stuck on the reverse of an income tax certificate from the Bantry Estate for
Miss Puxley, Hants., from rent on Berehaven Hotel, Castletown, Cork (13 th
Jan. 1925).
16. Olivia Guinness, Lady Ardilaun (née White)
16.1 General Correspondence
564
3pp
1 item
2479 27 June 1861
see also
2454
Mss letter from Lilie (Olivia) White to Lizzie (Elizabeth ) White, Macroom
Castle. She is staying with Miss Esdaile (Nanny), with “Gunny” and
“Ronney”. They gave Esdaile a locket, but Lizzie’s letter nearly told her
before she received it.
2480 11 Aug. 1914
Tss copy of a letter from Henry L. Tivy, “The Cork Constitution” newspaper,
Marlboro’ St. Cork, to Lady Olivia Ardilaun, on the military preparations
being made in Cork for a possible sea invasion by the Germans “to establish
Ireland as a general food base”. He writes that ships using the harbour are
being checked and that “A coal vessel from Youghal had to go back…having
no sufficient credentials.” The feelings in the city are considerably anti-
German as he comments “German residents in Cork, even I fear naturalised
ones, must be in some danger and subject to insult.”
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2481 10 Nov. 1914
Mss letter from Lady Olivia Ardilaun, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, to Mrs. “Pussy”
Morris Langton, Dorset, England, in which she relates a story she had heard
about Morris Langton’s father’s visit to Paris to his aunt Madam [Verelist].
Includes envelope with one penny stamp intact.
2482 [30 April 1921]
Mss letter from [Lady Olivia Ardilaun], Kent, to Ernest Ellis (Agent, Bantry
Estate), [Dublin], in which she gives her opinion on allowing the use of the
tennis courts at Bantry House to individuals from Bantry. She believes that
Arethusa Leigh-White should be given as much information on the state of the
Estate if she is to make decisions on its management.
2483 12 Sept. 1923
see also
2683
Mss letter from Charles Barrington, [Glenstal], Limerick, to Lady Olivia
Ardilaun, informing her of details of his research into [his family history].
2484 11 Jan. – 29 July 1924
see also
2683
Mss letters from [N. J. D.] White, Kenilworth Square, Dublin, to Lady Olivia
Ardilaun, in which he helps with her research into the White family Arms. He
also discusses the possible origins of a Samuel White from the early 1700s.
Includes an attached note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
565
4pp
3pp
2p
3 items
2485 [nd]
see also
2683
Mss copy letter from Lady Olivia Ardilaun, 42 Stephen’s Green, Dublin, to
Bishop White, (Bishop of Limerick), thanking him for sending on an
impression of John White’s seal.
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16.2 Newspaper Articles
2486 Feb. 1871
Newspaper article on the presentation of gifts and speeches by the tenants of
the Earl of Bantry in Berehaven, and in East and West Muskerry, on the
marriage of Lady Olivia White to Sir Arthur Guinness, Bart.
2487 [Dec. 1925]
2488 [1925]
566
1 item
Newspaper article announcing the death of Lady Olivia Ardilaun, giving a
short biography.
1 item
Newspaper cuttings on the death of Lady Olivia Ardilaun, one reporting on the
funeral entitled “FUNERAL OF LADY ARDILAUN, A REPRESENTATIVE
ATTENDANCE”, and the other cutting is an obituary.
2 items
17. Ina [Shirley], 10 th Countess Ferrers (née White)
17.1 Letters to Family
2489 26 June – 27 July 1876
Mss letter from Ina Maude White, Lowndes Square, London, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle, Macroom, assuring him of her mother’s
recovery to good health, which may have been to “the anxiety of Lizzie’s
illness & since then the serious state of the poor little Baby…” She misses
Macroom – “there is no place like it in Summer!” She is to meet Gummy
(William) within the week, who has suffered “a kind of inflammation of the
eyes & has not been allowed to read or write much.” Includes envelope with
stamp intact.
2490 8 Aug. 1876
Mss letter from Ina Maude White, Kermincham Lodge, Congleton, to William
White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), the Castle, Macroom. She writes of Lizzie, and the
birth of Edward Egerton, “Lizzie still very weak & not able to stand or do
much for herself the Baby is going on all right at present, though the smallest
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thinnest specimen I ever saw so different in every way to Margaret the
Dowager Baby!” She informs him about other members of the family
“Gummy (William) very flourishing at Shepperton. he is working well &
seems really anxious to keep straight & avoids places & scenes of
temptation…” Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2491 16 May 1877
Mss letter from Ina Maude White, Macroom, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry, Bantry House), Bantry, relating the travels of her mother, who wrote
to her from Biarritz. She writes of Viscount Berehaven, who is stationed at
Regent’s Park Barracks, London. She enquires after her father’s health.
Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2492 24 Oct. 1878
Mss letter from Ina Maude White, [Macroom Castle], to William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, Bantry, informing him that she will delay her
departure until her cold is better. Includes envelope with stamp intact.
2493 26 – 30 Oct. 1878
Mss letters from Ina Maude White, Macroom Castle, to William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, Bantry, on her mother and Jane’s recovery
from illness –“she is able now to take nourishment…” She has decided to go
on to Bantry via Cork on the train, and arranges to be picked up at
Drimoleague. Includes envelopes with stamps intact. Written on one envelope
is a note written by one of the Earl’s family on locating the letter.
2494 19 May 1905
567
4pp
3pp
1p
4 items
Mss letter by Ina Ferrers, Staunton Harold, Ashby-De-La-Zouch to Arethusa
Leigh-White. She writes of her joy at the birth of Clodagh Leigh-White, and at
being asked to be her Godmother. Incloses her gift of a brooch (not included
in the Collection), She states that “this is a very bad day with me”, and her
wish to see the family again if she could live so long. Includes a card from her
that accompanied papers (not present) she sent onto Edward Leigh-White,
given to her by her mother.
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2495 [nd]
Mss letter from Ina White, Macroom Castle, to William White (3 rd Earl of
Bantry), Bantry House, stating that she intends to drive to Bantry directly
instead of going to Cork, and that the brass cannons have returned and she has
placed them in the hall.
17.2 Personal Memorabilia
2496 5 Sept. 1860
2497 [nd]
2498 [nd]
Envelope addressed to Countess Ferrers, Saunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch,
England, containing a lock of hair from Emily White, who died on 5 th Sept.
1860. Written on the envelope in [Ferrers’] handwriting is “My Sister Emily’s
hair, the bit cut for my father”, and inside the envelope is a note “Cut off my
sister Emily’s head the day of her death her 12 th Birthday.”
568
3pp
3 items
Empty envelope with writing on the outside “Ina to have all that this Packet
contains In case of my Death Ina to do what she pleases with enclosed.
1 item
Mss note addressed to Countess Ferrers, stating “For my nephew Edward
Leigh-White if he cares to have them”.
17.3 Newspaper Obituary
2499 June 1907
Newspaper announcements on the death of Ina, Countess Ferrers, her funeral
at Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and a memorial service held for her
in Bantry Parish Church.
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18. William White, 4 th Earl of Bantry
18.1 Letter to his father William White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry
2500 16 Nov. 1878
Mss letter from William White (Viscount Berehaven), Rugby, England, to
William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), Bantry House, Bantry, relating news of his
sister Jane’s recovery from illness – “Poor little Janie is certainly a little better,
but its very slow – it is such a great comfort to her having mother.” He is in
Rugby for the hunting. Includes envelope with stamp intact.
18.2 Letters to Col. Hawker
2501 [nd]
Two items assembled by Geoffrey Shelswell-White relating to [William White
4 th Earl of Bantry]. Includes part of a letter addressed to Lieutenant Colonel
Hawker, 14 th Light Dragoons Barracks, Rumford, Essex (Cumberland), with a
seal attached, and part of [letter] to Hawker, signed by [William 4 th Earl of
Bantry].
18.3 Legal Documents
569
8pp
3 items
2502 9 July 1875 – 8 March 1878
see also
2503, 2504
Mss copy of a Settlement made between William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry),
William White (Viscount Berehaven), Henry Lavallin Puxley, Dunboy Castle,
Co. Cork and Rev. William Anthony Stewart, Muckross, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
The Earl grants to Puxley and Stewart the Bantry, Berehaven and Macroom
Estates for 500 years in trust for the use of Viscount Berehaven. He is to
receive an annuity of £1,200 from the Estates. Includes a tss copy of the cover
page of the settlement, with Fred Sutton & Co. written at the bottom of the
page. Also is an agreement that in consideration of £2,500 paid by Charles
Pemberton, Francis Ridout Ward and Henry Mason to William Henry Hare
White (Lord Viscount Berehaven), he agrees to pay to them within four
mouths of the death of William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), the sum of £5,437.
10. 0, at the rate of £6 per cent per annum. Berehaven conveys to them the
lands of the Macroom Estate in the barony of West Muskerry, lands in the
Baronies of Bantry and Bere, and lands in the Berehaven Estate (they are
listed in document). Also the royalties of mines and minerals, the tolls, etc. on
the estates that are subject to tail male included in the Disentailing Assurance
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of the 7 th July 1875 and the indenture of Resettlement of the 9 th July 1875.
They are to hold the lands for a term of 99 years from the decease of the 3 rd
Earl of Bantry. If the £5,437. 10. 0 should not be paid after the 4 months, they
can appoint a receiver to the Estates. Includes a letter to [Frank McGedy,
London] from A.C. Foott (Solicitor), 39 South Mall, Cork, relating to a search
on behalf of a client on Lord Berehaven’s Annuity as security for a mortgage
of £1,000.
570
4 items
2503 12 Oct. 1880
see also
2502, 2504
Reversionary Charge in consideration of £4,000, William Henry Hare White
(Lord Viscount Berehaven), assigns to Charles Pemberton, Francis Ridout
Ward and Henry Mason £9,000, his life interest estate on his surviving
William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry). He agrees to pay them the £9,000 within
four months of the Earl’s death. He is subject to a prior charge of £5,437. 10. 0
by indenture of 1876.
14pp
2504 24 July 1885
see also
2502, 2503
Release made by Charles Pemberton, Francis Ridout Ward and Henry Mason,
all of 126 Chancery Lane, London, to William Henry Hare White (4 th Earl of
Bantry), in consideration of £15, 821. 7. 2. The Earl of Bantry has paid this
amount in full discharge of all moneys, premiums and interest secured, made
by indentures of the [30 th ] Nov. 1876 and the 12 th Oct. 1880. Pemberton, Ward
and Mason convey the lands mortgaged in the Baronies of West Muskerry,
Bantry and Bere back to William White (4 th Earl of Bantry) (see schedule).
Includes a Life Insurance policy of £7,000 on the life of William White (3 rd
Earl of Bantry), taken out with the Eagle Insurance Company, which was used
as security of payment, on the 16 th Oct. 1880.
18.4 Life Assurance Policy
2505 16 Sept. 1880
2 items
Life Assurance policy (6006D) for £2,000 taken out by Charles Pemberton,
Francis Ridout Ward, and Henry Mason, all of 126 Chancery Lane,
Middlesex, on behalf of William Henry Hare (Viscount Berehaven), 38
Lowndes Square, London, with Equity and Law Life Assurance Society,
London.
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18.5 Personal Memorabilia
2506 3 April 1886
Reproduction of a sketch of William White (4 th Earl of Bantry) from The
Country Gentleman, the Sporting Gazette and Agricultural Journal. He is
seated showing his right profile.
571
38.7cm x 27.6cm
19. Rosamund Petre, Lady Trevor (wife of the 4 th Earl of
Bantry)
19.1 Newspaper Obituaries
2507 13 – 20 Feb. 1942
Newspaper articles from “The Universe” the Catholic Newspaper, on the
death of Rosamond, Lady Trevor (MBE and Widow of the 4 th Earl of Bantry
and Baron Trevor), Jarvis Brook, Sussex, at More Hall Convent, Stroud.
Includes information in the “Deaths” column under “Trevor” (13 th Feb. 1942,
p.11); information on her death (same date, p.4, col.3); and information on her
nephew, Major-General R L Petre’s heroism during the Battle for France (20 th
Feb. 1942, p.5, 2 nd col.).
20. Edward Leigh-White
20.1 Letters to Family
2508 [1883] – March 1884
2 items
Mss letters from Edward Leigh, Bantry House, to “Gaga” [Jane White, 3 rd
Countess of Bantry], sending his regards on her birthday. He asks after
“Toad”, and “Aunt Olive”. In another letter he asks after “Uncle Arthur”. The
letters are by Edward at two different ages, as demonstrated by his
handwriting.
2509 10 Nov. 1885 – 17 March [1888]
2 items
Mss letters from Edward Leigh, Twemlow Hall, Holmes Chapel, to Jane
White (3 rd Countess of Bantry), relating events happening to him at the Hall,
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climbing trees and we pretend to make houses in the tree which is great fun.”
In the last letter, he writes that he and his father are going to Chester to have
his clothes fitted for school in May.
2510 June 1890 – 27 July 1896
572
8 items
Mss letters from Edward Leigh, Eton College, Windsor, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), relating his life at the school. Includes a letter on his
holiday in Torquay with his sister Margaret. His first exams for Oxford elicit
“rather mixed feelings”, but he hopes to pass as “it would be so satisfactory to
do it besides pleasing all my relations.”(19 th May 1895). Also a letter
announcing his acceptance into Merton College, Oxford (2 nd June, 1895). The
Countess of Bantry is in Pau, Basses Pyrenees, France, for much of this time.
2511 5 Sept. – 3 Oct. 1895
15 items
Mss letters from Edward Leigh, Jodrell Hall, Holmes Chapel, to Jane White
(3 rd Countess of Bantry), Eastbourne and Ashly-de-la-Zouche. He is at Jodrell
Hall on summer holidays, waiting to sit a university examination to Oxford.
Includes a letter announcing his entrance to Oxford. Also envelopes with
stamps.
2512 [27] Dec. [1895]
4 items
Mss letter from Edward Leigh, Jodrell Hall, to Jane White (3 rd Countess of
Bantry), thanking her for her gift. He is going to Oxford in January. He
mentions an accident in Ringstown harbour.
2513 9 Feb. 1896 – 22 May 1897
Mss letters from Edward Leigh, Union Society, Oxford, to Jane White (3 rd
Countess of Bantry), Ashford, Cong, Co. Galway, on his settling at Oxford.
He has decided “now that moderations are over to take up the Honour School
of History for my obtaining a degree”. Includes a letter on his visit home with
Margaret. Also envelope with stamp attached.
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2514 19 June 1897
2515 [nd]
Mss letter from Villa Mirador, Pau, France, to Edward Egerton Leigh,
congratulating him on reaching his 21 st birthday. Leigh may be staying with
the Ardilauns. The end of the letter is missing.
Mss note from Edward Leigh as a young child to Lady Ina Maude White,
Bantry House. He hopes she liked the present he gave her for Christmas, and
that her foot is better. Includes envelope.
20.2 General Correspondence
2516 15 Sept. 1910
573
4pp
2 items
Tss letter from the Rev. William White [Hance], Palenville, New York, USA,
to “Lord Bantry, Glengarriff,” – Edward Egerton Leigh-White. He is inquiring
about his ancestry, as he is related to a Joseph White, Kinsale. He gives details
of his family, and asks for the White family crest.
2517 6 May [1911]
Mss letter from Edward Leigh-White, the Worcestershire Brine Baths Hotel,
Droitwich, to Ernest Ellis (Agent), [Bantry], confirming the decision to sell to
the Board. Writes that he will be in the Victoria Hotel, Killarney, regretting
that he will not be seeing Ellis at Bantry. He writes of various health problems
with Ardilaun and Ellis.
2518 6 – 21 Nov. 1919
see also
1858
Tss letters from Capt. [Campbell], Headquarters, 6 th Division, Victoria
Barracks, Cork, to Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House, relating to
compensation claims made by Leigh-White during the Military occupation of
part of Bantry House.
2pp
7pp
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2519 5 Dec. [nd]
Mss letter from Edward Leigh -White, Bantry House, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Dublin, giving details of various bottles of alcohol ordered.
20.3 Academic Reports
2520 28 June – 18 Dec. 1888
Mss letter by J. C. C. Pipon (Schoolmaster), Arnold House, Llanddulas, North
Wales, on Edward Leigh’s progress at school. Includes mss Examination
Report of Leigh by Leonard [Dobre], BA (Master of Class).
2521 Autumn 1892
574
2pp
2 items
Mathematical report for the Autumn term, giving Edward Leigh’s progress
and conduct, signed by H. W. Morley.
2522 Dec. 1892
2523 1892
Mss Michaelmas reports on Edward Leigh’s progress at Eton College,
Windsor. Includes mss letter from S. R. James, Eton College, to Egerton
Leigh, writing that Edward’s “conduct so far as I know has been blameless”.
Also mss individual Classical and French Studies reports, and his overall class
report.
1p
4 items
Mss report by H. Benson, Eton, on Edward Leigh during the Midsummer term
of 1892 – “He deserves a very good Report for diligence & attentiveness,
Conduct Blameless.”
20.4 Personal Accounts
2524 20 Jan. 1892
Mss letter from Potts, Potts & Gardner [Solicitors], Chester, to Egerton Leigh
2524 contd..
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(father of Edward Leigh), [High Leigh, Cheshire], informing him of the
financial situation regarding the Bantry and Berehaven Estates, which his son
has succeeded to. Written inside the letter in another hand is “Messrs Rooper
& Whately Copy of [ ] accounts of the Bantry estates January /92”.
2525/a 23 Oct. 1901 – 18 Sept. 1914
Mss memorandum of Various Sums expended by Edward Leigh-White. For
the most part it is for repairs to the House and estate buildings “9 Aug. 1909
Dan Sheehan painting done at Dairy & Garden Conservatory”.
2525/b 31 Jan. 1903
Mss declaration of a bond for £10,000 owed by John Gale, Hollymount,
William Johnson, Castlelyons, and Noble Bullen Johnson, Hermitage, to
Edward Egerton Leigh-White (High Sheriff), Bantry House. Leigh-White
appoints Gale as his Under Sheriff, under the terms of the Bond. When the
duties assigned to Gale or when the bond has been discharged, Leigh-White
will give up the Bond to Gale and the others.
2526 21 Jan. 1904 – 5 Jan. 1905
Tss costs of professional charges by Messrs. Potts, Potts & Gardner
[Solicitors] on Edward Egerton Leigh-White’s marriage settlement. It gives
the date, costs and type of work done in regard to the settlement. Stamp at end
of document is missing.
2527 27 Jan. 1904 – 10 July 1905
575
2pp
4ff
2pp
13pp
Mss expenses incurred by Messrs Garrard, James & Wolfe (Solicitors)
regarding the Settlement executed on the Marriage of Miss Arethusa Flora
Gartside Hawker to Edward Egerton Leigh-White. Details headings under
Date; Instrument; and Amount.
2528 6 July 1904
20pp
Tss notice given to Arthur Edward Baron Ardilaun and Frederick Turner
(Trustees of Indenture of Assignment, 26 th April 1904). The stocks and shares
assigned are now in the hands of Metcalfe Studholme Brownrigg (Brigadier
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General, His Majesty’s Army), London, and Richard Oliver Marton (Captain
in His Majesty’s Royal Artillery), Essex. This is in consideration of the
marriage between Edward Egerton Leigh-White and Arethusa Flora Gartside
Hawker.
2529 9 March 1912
576
1 item
Bill of Sale made between Henry Dudgeon, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, Adolphus
Barbazon Turner, Gorey, Co. Wexford, and Edward Egerton Leigh-White,
Bantry House, Bantry. Leigh-White agrees to buy 64 shares in the sailing ship
“Daffodil”, for £150.
2530 2 Nov. 1913 – 17 Nov. 1915
Bank account book held by Edward Leigh-White with the Munster & Leinster
Bank Limited, Bantry branch.
2531 16 Sept. 1919
1ff
73pp
Tss list of the Income of Edward E. Leigh-White for the payment of Super
Tax 1919/20.
20.5 Awards
2532 30 Oct. 1897
Award of Commission of the Peace to Edward Egerton Leigh-White, Bantry
House, Bantry. Signed by [Nugent Leutaigne] (Clerk of the Crown and
Hanaper and Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland). Includes
a seal of [Queen Victoria], slightly damaged.
2533 15 Jan. 1903
Warrant of Appointment of Edward Egerton Leigh-White as High Sheriff of
County Cork, by the Lords Justices-General and General Governors of Ireland.
Includes cover letter.
1p
1ff
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2534 30 Jan. – 8 Feb. 1905
Verification of the appointment of Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House, as
Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Cork, by Dublin Castle, to the Earl of
Bandon. Includes the Commission as Deputy Lieutenant to Edward Leigh-
White made by James, Earl of Bandon, Lieutenant for the County of Cork.
20.6 Art and Poetry
2535 1882
577
2 items
Embroidered flower and butterfly on cardboard made by Edward Leigh for
Ina, Countess Ferrers (his aunt).
2536 22 June 1888
1 item
Mss poem entitled “In Camp”, written by Lieutenant Edward L. White,
[Lenister] Regiment, Royal Canadians, The Heath Camp, Maryborough.
2537 27 April 1890
2538 [nd]
2539 [nd]
Mss copy of the prayers used in Saunton Harold Chapel by Ina, Countess
Ferrers, Edward Leigh and Margaret Leigh on the occasion of Edward Leigh’s
taking the pledge [of Confirmation].
3pp
4pp
Drawing of a cow by a young Edward Leigh, using ink and watercolours.
Written on top of it is “Family 5 The One (Bes)”.
Mss collection of poems written by [Edward Leigh-White].
1 item
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20.7 Personal Memorabilia
2540 10 Aug. 1903
Original Golden Edition of the Cork County Eagle & Munster Advertiser in
honour of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on their visit to Cork. On
the inside front page is a drawing of a number of dignitaries to meet the Royal
couple, one of which is Edward Egerton Leigh-White (High Sherriff of the
County). Also featured is the recently appointed Pope Pius the Tenth.
2541 27 April 1904
578
1 item
Bound leather [volume] of the address and list of subscribers to the
presentation to Edward Egerton Leigh-White, on his marriage – “We, the
undersigned members of the Church of Ireland, resident in Bantry and its
neighbourhood…hope you will accept the accompanying Silver Bowl as a
small token of our regard and esteem”. The illustration inside is by Gilbert,
Cork.
2542 18 Oct. 1915
2543 [nd]
2544 [nd]
1 item
Mss copy Deed of Settlement made by Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House,
Bantry, to Brigadier General Metcalfe Studholme Brownrigg, London, and
Major Richard Oliver Marton, Lancaster. Leigh-White assigns to Brownrigg
and Marton a large Diamond 24 point Star Brooch adaptable as pendant or
hair ornament, in trust, during his lifetime.
Mss Wedding Present list that may be on the occasion of the wedding of either
Edward Leigh-White, Margaret Leigh or Clodagh Leigh-White. The list gives
the names of individuals and the present given by them, eg “Mr & Mrs
Egerton Leigh Tea & Breakfast Service”.
4pp
8pp
Book plates of the family crest and motto of Edward Leigh-White, Bantry
House.
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20.8 Newspaper Obituary
2545 5 – 6 March 1920
Newspaper articles reporting on the death and funeral of Edward Leigh-White,
listing a number of mourners in attendance. They are taken from the “Cork
County Eagle” and the “Cork Constitution”. One article is stuck to the back of
a notice for a meeting of the Diocesan Glebe Committee of the United
Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (3 rd March 1959).
21. Arethusa Leigh-White (née Hawker)
21.1 General Correspondence
579
5 items
2546 10 [Jan.] 1909 – 11 Dec. [1919]
see also
3555
Mss letters written by naval officers whilst on duty or training off Bantry Bay
to Arethusa Leigh-White, Bantry House, in answer to dinner invitations.
[24] Sept. 1909 –14 Oct. 1915 [Louis Battenberg], HMS ‘King Edward
VII’ & ‘Prince of Wales’
10 [Jan.] – 13 July 1909 W. H. May, HMS ‘Dreadnought’
23 – 26 April [ ] George Callaghan HMS ‘Iron Duke’
25 Sept. 1910 – 27 Nov. [1912] [Admiral] S. C. Colville, HMS
‘Indomitable’, and HMS ‘Collingwood’
28 March 1911 –6 April 1913 [ ] Seymour, HMS ‘Argyll’ &
‘Invincible’
[27 Sept. 1910] Laurence R. [Oliphal], HMS ‘Africa’
6 May [ ] [Godfrey R.[ ], Naval and Military
Club, Mayfair
5 Sept. 1911 – 28 May [1918] [Jellicoe], HMS ‘Prince of Wales’
19 July 1911 J. B. Bird [ ], HMS ‘Neptune’
20 Aug. 1912 [Percy] Scott, the Admiralty
20 Aug. 1912 [Renlerise], HMS ‘Thunderer’
14 March 1913 [F. J.] Hamilton, HMS ‘Queen’
23 April 1913 A. [ ] Everett, HMS ‘Neptune’
24 April 1913 Sidney [ ] Lowe, HMS ‘Chatham’
24 – 29 April 1913 [D.] R. L. Nicholson, HMS “Conqueror”
13 May 1913 – 6 March 1914 [O. de B Bruck], HMS “Princess Royal”, 1 st
Cruiser Squadron, he comments on life at sea “After a fortnight of gales &
rain the Sun has at last come out; & what a difference it does make…to one’s
mental outlook; mine gets very depressed when the clouds come right down to
the shore & it rains incessantly.”
18 Sept. 1913 – 11 Dec. 1919 [ ], HMS ‘Hibernia’ & ‘Antrim’
1 Jan. 1916 [Howard Kelly], HMS ‘Gloucester’
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15 May – 7 June 1918 USS ‘AL-9’ & USS ‘Bushnell’
4 Oct. 1918 [W. L.] Friedell, USS ‘Bushnell’
16 March [ ] [Crudrey], HMS ‘London’
18 March [ ] – 29 May [ ] [F. C. D. Sturder], HMS ‘Shannon’
[nd] Harold M. [Bemis], [USS ‘Bushnell’]
580
57 items
2547 19 [Jan.] – 17 July 1915
see also
2554
Mss letters from R. [Feruise] (“Chief”), the Bantry Club, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, [Bantry House], Bantry, relating to organising a recruitment rally for
the Bantry area, enlisting the help of Lord Bandon and Frank Hutchins. He
mentions an Admiral at Queenstown a number of times. He expresses his view
on the appointment of Sir Lewis Bagley who “is a splendid solution of the
problem…unless he is well served in the Intelligence Department his work
will suffer and candidly I think I have a claim to a post on his staff for coastal
defence.”
2548 3 June – 7 July 1915
3 items
Mss letters from [Admiral] G. King Hall, Hove, Sussex, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, agreeing to help “some one entering Flying Corps” as much as he can.
Another letter regrets that he could not help Thomas [Bath] and his dealings
with the Director of Greenwich Hospital.
2549 25 June 1915
2 items
Mss letter from [H. G. C. ] Perry-[Ashcroft], [Roche’s Hotel, Glengarriff], to
Arethusa Leigh-White, thanking her for her hospitality, especially during her
busy time helping recruiting , which he believes “is so splendid, and before
this war is over the men of Gt. Britain and Ireland will have to come forward
& so their job.” He mentions that he is spending time at [Glengarriff] with
[Mr. and Mrs.] Sharpe. Notepaper has printed b/w photos of Roche’s Hotel,
Glengarriff.
2550 18 July 1915
Mss letter from [ ] on notepaper from The County Club, Cork, to
[Edward/Arethusa Leigh-White], on his being passed fit to return to France,
but will visit Ryescourt and Bantry before then.
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2551 19 Jan. 1916
see also
3157, 3158
Tss letter from John Bannon, House of Commons, London, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, assuring her on his discretion relating to a matter he is dealing with for
her.
2552 20 April 1916
Mss letter from Arethusa Leigh-White, St. James Place, [London], to Ernest
Ellis (Agent), asking him to consider and accept Edward Leigh-White’s offer
of trusteeship.
2553 10 – 14 May 1916
Mss letter from [Richard Cruise] (Head of the Royal Irish Constabulary),
Bantry, to Arethusa Leigh-White, recounting details of unrest in Bantry –
“…the little knot of O’Hourihanes friends were very anxious to do something
– probably shoot a policeman or two – but it did not come off.” He mentions
“the Casement Incident”. He encloses a letter received from his brother,
Ernest, who gives his version of events around the 1916 Rising – “the terror of
it all was very real.” He describes the destruction around Sackville Street and
along Eden Quay,and the tension that prevailed around the city – “Cases
actually happened where a Sinn Feiner not in any uniform simply walked up
to a sentry & when being questioned…just pulled out his automatic & let fly”.
Ernest [Cruise] gives his opinion on what caused the Rising and the course
now left to the country.
581
1p
2pp
10pp
2554 13 July 1916
see also
2547
Mss letter marked “Confidential” from “The Chief” ([R Furise, local RIC
officer]), Bantry, to Arethusa Leigh-White, retelling events of a public
meeting supporting the National Aid Society held in Bantry, chaired by Canon
Cohalan (PP), Messrs Cotter and Gilhooly (MP), Robert Kelly, and Father
O’Connell. He described it “as a ‘recruiting meeting’…for Sinn Feinism”.
Republican flags and streamers were all about Bantry on the morning of the
meeting. He writes of his unease at his control over the policing of the area –
“the younger generation are out to strike a blow for Ireland. The Sinn Feiners
are no longer to be laughed at as a small power & their numbers have so
grown that I scarcely know in my District where to put my hand on one who is
not imbued with their doctrines”. He wants “a stronger and better selected
force in Bantry”.
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2555 1 March – 25 June 1920
Letters of condolence to Arethusa Leigh-White on the death of her husband,
Edward Leigh-White. Includes newspaper cuttings on the death and his
obituary.
2556 [3] Jan. 1930
582
4pp
36 items
Mss letter from R. W. [Partridge], Rathgar, Co. Dublin, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, Glengarriff Lodge, asking if she may visit when she is next in Cork.
2557 19 Nov. 1944
Mss letter from Eileen Valentine, to Arethusa Leigh-White, London, of her
work in hospitals in camps in [Yugoslavia]. Includes the envelope.
2558 9 May [1944/1945]
Mss letter from Baroness Rosamond Trevor, More Hall, [Strond, Glouchester]
(‘Aunt’ by marriage), to Arethusa Leigh-White, thanking her for her letter.
Trevor writes that the Rest House has been vacated by the Military though she
still “can’t help feeling sad & strange to have no roof!” She mentions Arethusa
being in Rio with the Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
2559 18 Oct. 1949
2560 [nd]
Postcard sent by M. M. [Lanollader], Tunis, to Arethusa Leigh-White, Bantry
House, Bantry, regretting having not seen her. She writes of her travel plans.
2pp
2pp
4pp
1 item
Tss letter from [Alice Mary, Countess of Athlone], Kensington Palace,
London, to Arethusa Leigh-White, thanking her for her letter of sympathy.
1p

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2561 [nd]
Tss [essay] entitled “Longparish House, Hampshire & Colonel Peter Hawker”
by Capt. Cecil Banbury, Pippingford Park, Sussex, sent to Arethusa Leigh-
White. It gives extracts from Hawker’s book “Journal of a Regimental Officer
during the recent Campaign in Portugal and Spain under Lord Viscount
Wellington.” It also gives information on Hawker family history.
21.2 Diaries
2562 1 – 12 Jan. 1906
2563 1935
2564 1940
2565 1945
Diary belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White recounting everyday events in her
life at Bantry. She was visited by [Mrs.] Hutchins, Lily and others over New
Year’s day. Margaret and Oliver Marton stayed with them. She mentions work
done on the tapestries – “Jan. 4 th …took down a piece of tapestry in West Bow
Room & found the wall in a terrible state behind”. She recounts her visit to
Cork and meeting by mistake a Mrs. Bowlbie [sic] that is related by marriage
to Fanny Bowlby (née White). She attended the funeral of “poor little Susie”.
583
9pp
17pp
Diary belonging to [Arethusa Leigh-White] with entries relating to travel dates
from Cork to Dublin and England. Includes a loose page advertising next
year’s diary.
109pp
Pocket diary belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White. She travelled to Berne, Paris
and Brussels in mid-April. Many of the entries relate to her work with the Girl
Guides Association.
110pp
Diary belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White when she spent time in France,
Strasbourg, and Germany in her role as Director of World Bureau, World
Association of Girl Guides and Scouts. Entries include “Polish Emb: Paris:
[re] Social Welfare. also on Red X…”(22 Feb. 1945). She has written two
pages of notes in French for 25-31 March. The week 15-21 July is marked out
by a piece of paper.
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2566 1954
584
111pp & enclosure
“The Catholic Diary for 1954” belonging to [Arethusa Leigh-White]. There
are very few entries. Includes a black “Sainte Bernadette” rosary beads
without a crucifix.
21.3 Awards
2567 [post 1918]
16pp & 1 item
Certificate from the British Red Cross and The Order of St. John of Jerusalem
in England to Arethusa Leigh-White that they have notified the Secretary of
State for War for her services to the Red Cross during the Great War 1914-
1918.
2568 1 Jan. 1920
1 item
The award to Arethusa Leigh White of Officer of the Civil Division of the
Order of the British Empire, by King George V.
2569 16 Jan. 1920
1 item
Tss letter from G. G. Whiskard (Acting Secretary, Order of the British
Empire), Home Office, London, to Arethusa Leigh-White, [Bantry House],
notifying her that she has been proposed for the Order of the British Empire
for her services with the Red Cross during the Great War.
2570 30 Nov. 1920 – 28 Jan. 1921
Tss letters from Brigadier General [Dryfus] Dawson (Registrar and Secretary,
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood), London, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, [Bantry House], relating to her becoming an Officer of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire and arrangements on receiving the
honour.
1p
2 items

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2571 10 Jan. 1930
see also
2576
Tss letter from [W. G. K.] Green (Secretary of The Garter Chapel Fund),
London, to Arethusa Leigh White, Bantry House, informing her that her name
and OBE honour has been engraved properly and will be included in the
Temporary Roll in the Chapel.
21.4 Personal Accounts
2572 July 1920 – [May 1921]
Tss Executorial Account held by Arethusa Leigh-White on the Estate of E. E.
Leigh-White (deceased) with Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), 52 Dame Street,
Dublin.
2573 19 May 1926
Notice of Water Rate due on property at 15, Tedworth Square, London, sent to
Arethusa Leigh-White, by the Metropolitan Water Board, Accountant’s
Department, [London].
2574 25 Aug. 1926
585
1p
6pp
1 item
Tss letter from William Willett (Auctioneer, Estate & Valuation Offices),
London, to Mrs. Leigh-White, 15, Tedworth Square, Chelsea, London. He
writes confirming payment of £29. 13. 3 by cheque.
2575 4 April 1928 – [11 Feb. 1931]
[Receipts] for payments of premiums to the life policy (110301) taken out on
Arethusa Leigh-White, Glengarriff Lodge, with Royal Exchange Assurance.
Includes Notice of Bonus on the life policy increasing the payment to £4,320.
1p
5 items
2576 3 Jan. 1930
see also
2571
Receipt of £5 donated by Mrs. Edward Leigh-White, Bantry House, Bantry,
from the Garter Chapel Fund Committee.
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2577 22 March 1934
586
1 item
Receipt for the storage of Arethusa Leigh-White’s Royal Exchange Assurance
Life Policy (110301) for £4,000 (reduced to £1,000) dated 22 nd March 1927,
from the Bantry branch of the Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited. Includes an
envelope.
21.5 Passports
2578 4 July 1932 – 4 July 1937
2 items
British passport issued to Arethusa Leigh-White by the Foreign Office,
London, allowing travel throughout British Empire, Europe, USSR, Turkey,
Portuguese East Africa, Egypt, and French Sudan. It was renewed in 1937
until July 1942, allowing travel only to the British Empire. Includes 8 loose
stamps, and a b/w photograph.
2579 5 July 1940
1 item & 8 enclosures
British passport issued to Arethusa Leigh-White (Director of World Bureau,
World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts), by the Foreign Office, London.
It enables her to travel to the Americas – Canada, the United States of
America, Central America, and South America. Includes 14 stamps to various
countries.
2580 5 Feb. 1945
1 item
British passport issued to Arethusa Leigh-White (Director) by the Foreign
Office, London, allowing her to travel throughout the British Empire and
named countries in Europe. Includes b/w photograph and 5 stamps.
2581 3 Oct. 1945
1 item
British Passport issued to Arethusa Leigh-White by the Foreign Office,
London, allowing her to travel throughout the British Empire, all European
countries, the USSR, Turkey, and the United States of America. Includes b/w
photograph and nine stamps.
1 item

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2582 13 Nov. 1948
British passport issued to Arethusa Leigh-White (Relief Worker), by the
British Consul General, Dusseldorf, allowing her to travel throughout the
British Empire, all Countries in Europe, including the USSR and Turkey.
Includes b/w photograph and details on “Foreign Exchange for Travelling
Expenses” on the back page.
21.6 Personal Memorabilia
2583 8 – 17 March 1903
587
1 file
Copied mss answers to religious questions, e.g. “Why does our Church teach
us that Faith comes before Obedience?”. It seems that these are in preparation
to a Confirmation into the Church, answered by Arethusa Hawker, and have
been corrected by someone. At the end of nearly all the answers is a comment.
2584 16 May 1903
2 items
A copybook of mss essays written by Arethusa Gartside, Longparish, with
corrections in pencil in the margins.
2585 13 – 15 Oct. 1909
2586 1911
23pp & enclosure
Printed pamphlet showing the players, Arethusa Leigh-White amongst them,
of three plays put on in the Village Hall, Womersley, in aid of the Fund for the
District Nurse.
1 item
Unused notebook belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White for her use whilst in
[Florence], with a vellum cover and a leather tie, decorated with coloured
flowers, and its original pencil.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
2587 21 Aug. 1925 – 25 Oct. 1947
Booklet entitled My Book List belonging to [Arethusa Leigh-White] which
gives details under headings – Date; Title; Author; When read; Comments.
Includes single page with various [book titles] on it written in pencil.
2588 13 Oct. 1931
588
2 items
Membership card (no. 147) to the Estate Management and Supply Association
(E.M.S.A.), Ltd, for 1931 held by Arethusa Leigh-White, Bantry House, Bantry.
2589 4 May 1935 – 20 Aug. 1942
1 item
File relating to the administration of the Estate of the late Isabel Hawker
(mother of Arethusa Leigh-White), with tss letters from the firm of Gerrard,
Wolfe, Gaze & Clarke (Solicitors), St. James’s Place, London, to Arethusa
Leigh-White, and a copy of her Will, her account, and some personal effects.
Includes correspondence with the Bantry Estate Offices, Dublin, on Estate
Administration – tenancy agreements, various repairs, and the removal of the
stall of Miss Minnie O’Sullivan’s, Glengarriff. Also correspondence between
Arethusa Leigh-White and her family around the time of her mother’s death,
and afterwards, arrangements about her Real and Personal Estate.
2590 1935 – 1958
124 items
Album of postcards sent mainly by Arethusa Leigh-White, a “Record of
official visits and tours in different countries made on behalf of the World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts” to Clodagh, Oonagh and Egerton
Shelswell-White. In the front inside cover is an index of the countries, the
Events, Tours and Visits, and on which pages are the postcards. Includes a
postcard from Peter, [Northern Europe] to Arethusa Leigh-White, London
(25 th June 1917), and a postcard to Arethusa Leigh-White, Ballylicky (29 th
May 1950). Also photographs (pp. 40, 81, 82, 100).
2591 22 April 1941 – 1 June 1945
223 items
Booklet entitled CAROLS OF THE VIRGIN given to Arethusa Leigh-White
by [Verena] Clarendon for Christmas. Found within it are various religious
prayers and pamphlets. Includes a tss letter asking Leigh-White to become a
member of the Society of St. Augustine of Canterbury, and a b/w photograph
of a young child named “Cat”, standing upright dressed in a long white dress
2591 contd..

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2892 [nd]
and a frilly white hat, taken in June 1900. Also a Circular letter from
Alexander College, Dublin informing parents of an evacuation scheme for the
children.
Horoscope reading for Arethusa Hawker, giving her star chart and its
calculations.
21.7 Newspaper Obituaries
2593 27 Feb. 1959
589
15 items
1 item
Newspaper article from “The Cork Examiner” on Arethusa Leigh-White
following her death. Includes notes on her family pedigree.
2594 Feb. – April 1959
2595 [1959]
3 items
Newspaper cuttings of obituaries of Arethusa Leigh-White, Donemark House,
from The Cork Examiner, The Southern Star, The Irish Times, The [Irish]
Independent, and The London Times. Includes issue no. 118 of Trefoil News
of the Irish Girl Guides.
Mortuary cards for Arethusa Leigh-White.
22. Rachel Leigh-White
22.1 General Correspondence
2596 20 th April 1907
11 items
37 items
B/w picture postcard of Macroom Castle addressed to Rachel Leigh-White
from her parents on a visit there.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
2597 12 April [1939]
Postcard from Rachel Leigh-White, [Athens], Greece, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, Victoria Club, London, giving her travel details, as she has “heard from
Gerald at British Embassy in Rome that Italy will probably be all right”.
2598 18 Feb. 1959
590
1 item
Mss letter from Donal L. O’Sullivan (National Teacher), Adrigole National
School, to the Leigh-White family, Dunamark House, Bantry, expressing his
condolences on the death of Arethusa Leigh-White.
2599 14 April [nd]
see also
3159
Mss letter from Marjorie Stoppard, Courtown House, Gorey, to Rachel Leigh-
White, [Bantry House], relating to the rules for the local [Lone] Guides patrol
(Girl Guides), and the general contents for their newsletters.
22.2 Diary
2600 2 – 9 March 1928
Diary belonging to Rachel Leigh-White on events during the General Training
of the Foxlease Guides, listing the individuals involved and the training
programme. At the back of the notebook is a sketch in pencil of Lyndhurst
District, and mss music notation of folk songs – “The Wee Cooper o’ Fife”.
22.3 Personal Accounts
2601 9 Jan. 1930
1p
8pp
49pp
Tss letter from the Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, Income Tax Department,
Dublin, to Rachel Leigh-White, Bantry House, asking for payment of income
tax for 1928-29 and 1929-30.
1p

BL/EP/B/
2602 12 Sept. 1930
Notice from Isa Hughes (Secretary of [ ]) to Rachel Leigh-White that she
has been allotted 25 shares at £1 each of its company.
2603 4 Dec. 1930
Receipt from the Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited for the deposit of a Deed
of Covenant by Rachel Leigh-White, dated 30 November 1930. Stamped by
the Bantry Estate office, 5 th December, 1930. Includes the envelope that
contained the receipt.
22.4 Personal Memorabilia
2604 28 March 1922
2605 [nd]
2606 [nd]
591
1p
2 items
Red leather bound booklet entitled “In Green Pastures – Daily Readings for
Every Day of the Year”, inscribed “To Darling Ratch in memory of her
Confirmation March 28 1922”. Includes two enclosures – newspaper cuttings,
one on the birth of a son to W. F. O. and Norah Trench, Temoyetta, Molo, and
a death notice of John Richard Hedges Beecher, late Rector of Bantry.
3 items
Notebook belonging to Rachel Leigh-White in which she has written out the
draft directions for “Patrick Patron Saint of Eire” – a Mime with song
(adapted), including foreword, the various acts, and the cast list.
33pp
Scrapbook belonging to [Rachel Leigh-White] entitled “History of Florentine
Art”. It contains one postcard with Da Vinci’s “Virgin of the Rocks” (1093)
the National Gallery’s Official Series [No 20]. The rest of its contents are
magazine pictures of various different Royal Mail Steamers, including
‘Antonia’ and ‘Laconia’.
22 items

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23. Margaret Marton (née Leigh)
23.1 Newspaper Obituaries
2607 3 – 12 Dec. 1955
Newspaper obituaries of Margaret Elizabeth Marton (née Leigh). Includes a
tss letter from Douglas P. Sturton (Solicitor), Lancaster, to Arethusa Leigh-
White, Bantry, reporting on the care given to Margaret Marton when she took
ill. Includes mss notes on the pedigree of Margaret Marton from George
Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, c.1449, on through the Herberts of Muckross,
and Elizabeth White, daughter of William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry). Also mss
letter from Westbourne, Lancaster, to Arethusa Leigh-White, informing her of
items left to her daughter (either Clodagh or Rachel) by Margaret Marton.
24. Clodagh Shelswell-White (née Leigh-White)
24.1 General Correspondence
2608 24 Aug. [1924]
592
5 items
A postcard from Sydney, [Interlaken], Switzerland, to Clodagh Leigh-White,
Glengarriff Lodge, Bantry, letting her know of a safe arrival, and when [he]
will be returning home. Stamp attached.
2609 15 Jan. 1926
Tss letter from Fred Sutton & Co. (Solicitors), Dublin, to Clodagh Leigh-
White informing her of her inheritance of jewellery and possibly Bank of
England stocks from her grand Aunt Lady Olivia Ardilaun.
2610 Oct. 1930 – May 1938
Correspondence from the Pallas Publishing Company Ltd., London, publishers
of “The Ladies’Who’s Who” to Clodagh Shelswell-White, notifying her of her
entry in the publication. Includes receipt for payment of a subscription.
2611 13 Feb. 1934
1p
2pp
4 items
Mss letter from Clodagh Shelswell-White, London, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
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Dublin, in which she deals with Estate matters. She mentions Egerton’s
christening, and her small operation “I have really suffered very little pain,
chiefly discomfort.”
2612 2 July 1936 – 4 July 1937
593
4pp
Postcards sent to Clodagh Shelswell-White, the Lodge, Glengarriff, and
Zanzibar, from friends in Denmark and Adelboden, [Switzerland].
2613 30 June 1938
2 items
Mss letter from Madeline Lees, South Lytchet Manor, Nr. Poole, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, inclosing a prospectus for her school.
2614 22 Aug. 1940 – 30 Jan. 1941
2 items
Mss letters from Lily [Bradish], Clergy Daughter’s School, Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, on the possible entry of Delia Shelswell-
White to the school.
2615 27 Sept. 1940
6 items
Mss letter from [Fitzroy Pyle] (Secretary, Clergy Daughters’ School),
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, [Bantry House],
informing her of their acceptance of Delia Shelswell-White as a paying pupil.
2616 27 Dec. 1940
Telegram to the Shelswell-Whites, Glengarriff, from [Rod], Liverpool, stating
he has arrived but that his address is censored.
2617 3 March – 7 April 1941
1p
1 item
Correspondence between Simon White, Raffeen House, Monkstown, Co.
Cork, Eoin O’Mahony, Dunmahon, Co. Cork, and Clodagh Shelswell-White,
Bantry House, on the White family of Togher, near Dunmanway.
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2618 15 Aug. 1941 – 3 Dec. 1954
Correspondence between Eoin O’Mahony (member Cork Borough Council,
Hon. Registrar of Cork Freeman, Barrister-at-Law), and Clodagh and Geoffrey
Shelswell-White in which he confirms Egerton’s status as Freeman of Cork
City through Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry). O’Mahony offers papers
relating to the Hedges family of the Macroom Estate to the Shelswell-Whites.
He also enquires whether they could offer a wing of Bantry house to be used a
county library or museum.
594
13 items
2619 9 May – 28 July 1943
see also
2620
Correspondence between Dr. Marguerita Hayes-McCoy, Galway, and Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry, relating to the relationship between the Eyres of
Galway and the White Family. Includes information gathered by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White on the Eyres.
3 items
2620 23 June 1943 – 13 Sept. 1944
see also
2619
Letters from Dr. G. A. Hayes-McCoy, National Museum, Dublin, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, on travel arrangements to Dublin of the
French longboat, which has been donated to the National Museum.
2621 30 Sept. 1946
5 items
A postcard from [Arethusa Leigh-White], Bern, Switzerland, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, describing her activities with the Lausanne
Guides. Stamps attached.
2622 20 May 1953
Note written by the Aga Khan, Ballylickey House Hotel, Bantry, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, thanking her and Geoffrey for allowing his
party to visit Bantry House.
2623 18 April – 6 June 1966
Tss letter from E. Myers (Manager), Muckross House, Killarney, to Clodagh
2623 contd..
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Shelswell-White, Bantry House, thanking her for the loan of certain articles
for display at Muckross House. Includes certificates of articles lent to
Muckross by Shelswell-White.
2624 29 Sept. 1966
595
6 items
Tss letter from A. W. B. Vincent, San Francisco, USA, to Clodagh Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, enclosing a list of items from Bantry House that would
be of interest to the Trustees of Muckross House as show items.
2625 29 Aug. 1968
Tss and mss letter from John Guinness, Rougham Hall, King’s Lynn, Norfolk,
to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Bantry, informing that the person
featured in a full-length portrait hanging in the Dining Room of Bantry House,
previously thought to be Mary, Countess of Arundel, may in fact be Frances
Howard (1576-1639), wife of Ludovic Stuart, Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
2626 14 Sept. 1973
CLOSED
Tss letters from J. Travers Wolfe & Co. (Solicitors), Skibbereen, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, relating to a forthcoming court case.
2pp
1p
2 items
2627 [1973]
see also
2076
Tss letter from Phyllis Newell, Akaroa, New Zealand, to Clodagh Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, in which she writes of Akaroa. There is a mss note on
the back.
2628 2 June 1975
Tss letter from Kenneth P. West, Boston, USA, to Clodagh Shelswell-White,
Bantry House, Bantry, asking if she knows of the history of a medallion given
to his grandmother, Mary J. West (nee Cotter), by the Countess of Bantry.
Includes two b/w photographs of the medallion (17.7cm x 12.6cm).
1p
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2629 15 April – 13 Dec. 1977
Tss letters from Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, (Christie’s Auctioneers),
Limerick, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House, on the possible sale of
French bookcases. Mss answer by Shelswell-White written on the second
letter.
2630 31 Jan. – 23 Feb. [1978]
596
2 items
Postcards and a mss letter from Clodagh Shelswell-White during her world
cruise on ‘SS CANBERRA’, to Patrick Hadden, Bantry House.
2631 29 April [nd]
2632 [nd]
2633 [nd]
2634 [nd]
6 items
Mss letter from Baroness Rosamond Trevor, The Rest House, Sussex, to
Clodagh Shelswell-White, writing to tell Clodagh that she has decided to give
to “little” Delia “the locket & chain my little sunbeam wore & cared for
most”.
A Christmas card from Patrick, to Clodagh Shelswell-White.
2pp
1 item
Christmas card of the Zanzibar Protectorate sent by Clodagh Shelswell-White.
1 item
Original watercolour Christmas card by Oonagh Shelswell-White to her
mother. Written on the back is “To darling Mummy, Wishing you a very
happy christmas and a nice New Year From Oonie”.
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24.2 Diaries
2635 1922
2636 1923
2637 1924
2638 1931
2639 1932
Mss diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Tedworth Square, London.
Typical entries include descriptions of Battersea Girl Guides’ meetings, and
tea with the Bandons and the Somervilles. Includes names, addresses and
telephone numbers of individuals.
597
130pp
Girl Guides Pocket Diary belonging to Clodagh Leigh-White, Tedworth
Square, London. In it she describes her activities as a Girl Guide – 16 th Jan. –
“Received my Lieuts warrant, not acting!”, 3 rd Oct. – “Asked to go & inspect
Bantry Brownie & Scouts”. Each page contains an illustration and a word of
wisdom for Guides “Safety First”, or on nature “Hoverer Flies”. At the back of
the booklet is “MY FRIENDS” with Names, Addresses, and Company listed
in pencil, and a “Record of Tests Passed” by Clodagh.
78pp
Collins compact diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell, [Cadogan Place,
London]. She is with her mother, spending her time involved with the Girl
Guides Association – “ Company meeting. Walked down, bus strike. First
Aid: the schools” (27 th March). She visited Bantry from 11-29 April. She
attended Camp from 7-10 May.
79pp
Pocket diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry, and Zanzibar,
East Africa. Diary entries include a trip to Zanzibar in mid-May, and illness at
the end of June to the beginning of July.
113pp
Girl Guides Diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Chwakra,
[Zanzibar], giving general information on her day-to-day activities – “D’s
birthday. Picnic at [Mtoni.] Dined Sheringhams & cinema” (14 th March). She
visited Kenya in June. She has written in “Nursing Home” from 15-23
December.
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2640 1933
2641 1935
2642 1938
2643 1938
2644 1938
Girl Guides Diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
giving general information on her day to day activities. She arrived in London
and went on to Glengarriff and Bantry in early January. There seems to have
been a flood resulting in the moving of furniture at Bantry House on the 23 rd
& 24 th March. She travelled to London and Chelmsford a number of times
during the year.
598
98pp
“Johnnie Walker” diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Zanzibar and
the Lodge, Glengarriff, giving general information on her day to day activities.
She travelled from Zanzibar to London and on to Bantry in early May. She
travelled to England (London and Cowes) for a month in June, but returned to
the Bantry area in July. Includes separate loose pages for October-December.
5 items
Girl Guides Diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White. She notes
“operation” on 23 rd September and “Cross to Ireland” on 27 th October. There
are not many entries.
18pp
Pocket Diary that may belong to [Clodagh Shelswell-White]. It is unused
except for the back inside page, which has written in pencil days and times of
activities.
Walker’s Monthly Diary with entries written into various days by Clodagh
Shelswell-White. Includes a newspaper cutting on “Ground Rents –
Castletownbere Town Tenants”.
1p
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2645 Feb. – Dec. 1939
2646 1939
Walker’s Monthly diary with intermittant daily entries by Clodagh Shelswell-
White. She notes her journey from Bantry, across the Mediterranean to [Isreal]
in early February.
599
14pp
Girl Guides Diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White. Very few entries,
and some notes in the memoranda.
2647 Dec. 1941
Walker’s Diary for December only, with diary entries by Clodagh Shelswell-
White.
2648 1 Jan. 1949 – 26 Jan. 1952
Blythswood Ring Tablet Diary belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White for
1949. She writes of activities in Bantry and its surrounding area. Includes one
loose page of a diary dated 28 th May-3 rd June 1950, and loose pages from a
diary dated 30 th Dec. 1951-26 th Jan. 1952.
24.3 Personal Accounts
2649 23 Nov. 1926 – 1 Jan. 1927
6pp
1p
3 items
Envelope addressed to Clodagh Leigh-White, Bantry House, from the Post
Office Savings Bank (London), relating to her holding of 5% National War
Bonds (Second Series). Includes prospectus and application form on £4%
Consolidated Loan.
2650 11 July 1927 – 27 Jan. 1942
6 items
Bank a/c books belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White for the Westminster
Bank Limited, Cavendish Square, London, The London County Westminster
and Paris Bank Limited, Cavendish Square, London, and the Provincial Bank
of Ireland Ltd., Bantry.
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2651 31 Dec. 1931 – 31 Dec. 1932
600
3 items
Invoices and receipts addressed to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Zanzibar, East
Africa, from various shops in London. There are two invoices from Cork,
including Woodford Bourne & Co Ltd. (Tea, Coffee, Wine & Spirit
Merchants), and the Victoria Hospital.
2652 May – July 1933
51 items
Invoice and receipt of payment for the valuation of jewellery by Skinner &
Co. (Court Jewellers, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths), London.
2653 1 July [1936]
Invoice sent by Dr. Murray Leslie, Rutland Gate, London, to Clodagh
Shelswell-White.
2654 18 Dec. 1936
2655 1938
Receipt for a subscription to the Victoria Hospital, Cork, for Clodagh
Shelswell-White.
1 item
1 item
1 item
File containing invoices made out to Clodagh Shelswell-White from various
businesses and for medical services.
2656 27 Nov. 1940
77 items
Receipt from the School for Daughters of the Irish Clergy, Dublin, of payment
by Clodagh Shelswell-White for the account of Delia Shelswell-White.
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2657 1941 – 1946
Financial notes by Clodagh Shelswell White relating to Glengarriff, and the
payment of commissions to individuals (Nora, Con, and Mrs. Crowley) from
Glengarriff.
2658 9 April – 3 Sept. 1960
601
5 items
Chequebook (B 50026) and written cheques made out by Clodagh Shelswell-
White for herself as wages. Includes a mss list showing wages paid out
between 2 nd Feb. – 26 th March “from Private A/c”.
2659 1969 – 1979
25 items
File containing banking documents belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White.
Includes Clodagh’s birth certificate; two hand-painted Christmas cards by
Egerton Shelswell-White; and eleven slide photographs of her trip on the SS
“REINA DEL MAR”.
2660 5 Dec. 1977
Document signed by Clodagh E. M. Shelswell-White appointing Rachel
Veronica Rose Leigh-White, Reenacoppal, Durras, Co. Cork to be her
attorney.
24.4 Medical Records
2661 20 May 1930
129 items
Report on Radiograms carried out on Clodagh Shelswell-White by [Shanks],
Harley Street, London, showing her to be five months pregnant. She gave birth
to her daughter Oonagh Shelswell-White later that year in September.
2662 20 May 1930
X-ray films taken of Clodagh Shelswell-White during the middle stage of her
pregnancy in their original folder.
2pp
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2663 8 Dec. 1932 – 8 Dec. 1933
Dental records of Clodagh Shelswell-White, Belgravia Nursing Home,
Chelsea, London. Includes dental x-rays, and a dental report by David A.
[Imrie], London.
2664 14 – 16 Dec. 1932
602
11 items
Invoice from Dr. Stephen Coffin, 51 Harley Street, London, for attending to
the anaesthetic for Clodagh Shelswell-White.
2665 21 June 1933
1 item
Copy tss circular letter from the Department of Local Government and Public
Health on claiming for the National Maternity and Child Welfare Grant. The
claim form has been torn off.
2666 Oct. 1937
X-ray films of Clodagh Shelswell-White’s teeth. Includes the plastic backing
and envelope they were stored in.
24.5 Personal Memorabilia
2667 20 Oct. 1913 – 4 Oct. 1918
1p
13 items
Hardback interleaved Nature NoteBook belonging to Clodagh Leigh-White,
with mss notes and watercolour drawings of observations of nature around
Bantry and Glengarriff. An example of an entry is – “14 th . At Glengarriff on
‘Ellie’s Lookout’ we saw a woodcock; it is a brown bird with a long beak, and
speckled wings (underneath) and speckled breast, and people eat them.”
Across the page is a painting of a woodcock.
2668 [1921 – 1928]
112pp & enclosure
Work sheets of “How to Learn German” from the Pelman Languages Institute,
London, for Clodagh Leigh-White, 15 Tedworth Square, Chelsea.
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2669 31 Aug. 1926
Tss list of Subscribers on the Presentation to Clodagh Leigh-White of
[wedding presents].
2670 March 1928 – Feb. 1934
603
15 items
1 item
Catalogues relating to nursery clothing and furniture from Treasure Cot Co.
Ltd, London, belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White.
2671 1927 – 1928
5 items
Hardback book ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT GUIDE TO SWAHILI
EXAMINATIONS belonging to Clodagh Shelswell. Also cloth backed oneinch
map of Zanzibar Island. Roads and rivers are highlighted in colour.
Includes box for map.
2672 1 June 1944 – 11 Jan. 1947
3 items
General Ration Book belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
issued by the Department of Supplies, Dublin. Includes a Householder’s
Folder belonging to Miss Abby Teresa McCarthy, Bantry House, with a letter
attached related to it from the Department of Supplies.
2673 23 Aug. [nd]
3 items
Dinner invitation from His Highness the Sultan [of Zanzibar], [Kilireni]
Palace, to Clodagh Shelswell-White. At the top of the card is the crest of the
Sultan.
2674 [post 1920 – pre 1926]
1 item
Cutting from a magazine of a write-up and showing a photograph of Clodagh
Leigh-White “the Emerald Isle’s most beautiful maiden”, announcing her
presentation to Court later in the year. It is stuck onto paper with a logo “Shipp
Service” printed at the bottom left corner of the page.
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25. Geoffrey Shelswell-White
25.1 Family Letters
2675 4 March 1929 – 15 Sept. 1930
Letters from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Zanzibar, East Africa, Bantry House,
and Ingatestone, Essex, to Arethusa Leigh-White, concerning the family
settling into their new home at Zanzibar, and Bantry Estate matters. Includes
lists of what needs to be done to the Estate to save on costs, which is already
included in correspondence between Geoffrey and Ernest Ellis (Agent); and
mentions a visit with Aunt Rosamund (Baroness Trevor, late Countess of
Bantry) (15 th Sept. 1930).
2676 9 Oct. 1930
604
7 items
Postcard from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, [Panama Canal], to Oonagh
Shelswell-White. Oonagh was only about six weeks old. The front of the
postcard is a coloured drawing of the “SS Rimutaka” passing through the
Panama Canal.
2677 24 Dec. 1934 – 1 Jan. 1935
1 item
Mss letters to Geoffrey Shelswell-White from his mother and sister, Barbara,
on the death of his father. They reflect on his death and their loss is evident –
“Life at his age with only one leg would have been miserable…” “…he is
being saved much suffering, but after our nearly 39 happy years together I
don’t know how I am to live my life without him.” (24 th Dec. 1934).
2678 2 June 1947
3 items
A postcard from Barbara [Shelswell], Leissigen, Berne, Switzerland, to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Bantry, on her holiday in the area,
and having met with Oonagh [Shelswell-White] in Berne. Stamp attached.
2679 Sept. 1951 – Feb. 1952
1 item
Correspondence between Louise Hawker, Societe Generale, A. Jaccio, Cosse,
and Geoffrey Shelswell White, Bantry House, relating to money owed by
Shelswell-White to Hawker for treatment to Oonagh Shelswell-White.
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Includes letter from Dr. F. M. Braines, St. Helier, Jersey, with invoices, for
treatment to Oonagh.
2682 [1950s]
605
11 items
Envelope addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell-White that he used to store the
letters from Margaret Longfield to Frances Jane White. Irish stamps are
attached.
25.2 Letters relating to Family History
2 items
2683 22 Nov. 1922 – 13 April 1959
see also
2483, 2484, 2485
Correspondence and research file on family history of the Whites and the
Eyres belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House. Includes some
re-used documentation – bank statements, estate administration letters, and
insurance forms; notes on the ownership, tenants, residents, population for
Whiddy Island and surrounding lands, from 1565-1869; and a tss article
entitled “WHIDDY IN THE PAST” by Geoffrey. Also a note by Arethusa
Leigh-White alleging that Sean O’Faolain (Writer) was one of the Republicans
in 1922-23 who [protected] Bantry House and Demesne (21 st Sept. 1933); and
copies of letters from Lady Ardilaun to [Thomas] Sadleir ([Deputy Ulster
King of Arms) on her research into the family.
2684 22 March 1936 – 24 Sept. 1957
3 files
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and various individuals,
relating to his research into the history of the Shelswell family in England.
Includes various family trees, and copies of the Shelswell Family Arms/Crest.
2685 Sept. 1940
55 items
Rough draft of the pedigree of the Whites of Bantry made by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, based on Foster’s Peerage, 1880; Debrett’s Peerage, 1825,
and notes by Alicia Mary Hutchins, Gortnavalig, Bantry. Includes copy.
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2686 5 Jan. – 18 May 1941
Mss letters from Aubrey Kennedy Herbert, Tonbridge, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, relating to some family history of the Whites of Bantry.
Includes a letter to [Aubrey] from “your very loving Pop” on his recollections
of “Uncle Bob” White (Robert White, brother to the 2 nd and 3 rd Earls). This
letter mentions a bombing at Westminster related to World War II.
2687 12 April 1943
606
4 items
Tss letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, London, to Simon White, Raffeen
House, Co. Cork, enclosing a number of tss questions on family history for
White to clarify.
2688 2 Aug. 1943 – 11 Aug. 1954
see also
1798, 2697
Letters sent by members of the public to Mr. and Mrs. Shelswell-White
enquiring on family history and Bantry House. Includes an inquiry relating to
ties with the Eyres of Galway by Marguerita Hayes-McCoy; correspondence
from Father Browne related to photographs taken by him of Bantry House,
and a publication of an article on Bantry House in “Irish Tatler and Sketch”;
H. W. Parke’s request on possible ancient Greek vases and coins held at
Bantry House; an inquiry relating to the Marquis of Thomond by Donagh
O’Brien; Frank McDermott’s ([ex-Senator]) request on any information on the
O’Connor family; and a letter from John R. [Crack]-White on possible family
ties to the Earl of Bantry. Also a pamphlet on joining the London Library, St.
James’s Square, London.
2pp
18 items
2689 6 Aug. 1943
see also
2715, 2767
Mss letter from [Manaway], St. Marys, [Dunmanway], to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, in answer to a query on the Cox family, Bandon.
2690 30 Aug. 1943
Mss cover letter from [Thomas M. Sadler], Office of Arms, Dublin Castle, to
[Charles] Dunlop (Architect and Agent), informing him that an artist is at
work on the Shelswell-White patent.
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2691 28 Oct. [1943]
see also
3228
Mss letter from Daphne Du Maurier (Author), Cornwall, to Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, [Bantry House], in which she thanks him for his letter
concerning the Puxleys’ of [Glengarriff/Dunboy], featured in her novel
Hungry Hill. She elaborates on her sources for the book, and the possible
relation between the Puxleys and the Whites of Glengarriff and Bantry.
Includes a copy of Hungry Hill.
2692 25 – 28 April 1945
607
2 items
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, London, and Diarmuid
Coffey (Assistant Deputy Keeper), Public Records Office, Dublin, relating to
Geoffrey’s research into the history of the White family. Includes a list of
Wills of the White family from Sir William [Beltam’s] genealogical
notebooks.
2693 7 May 1946
3 items
Tss letter from Patricia Hutches, Dublin, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, in
which she gives details relating to the Whites and Hutchins of Ballylickey.
Includes copies of an article entitled The Whites of Bantry by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White.
2694 24 Nov. – 3 Dec. 1947
4 items
Tss correspondence between [Patricia], Dublin, and Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, in which they confer on historical details of the Whites
and Herberts for a book she is writing. On the back of one letter is a copy
letter written by Shelswell-White to The Commissioner, EA Dependencies
Office, relating to his book A Guide to Zanzibar.
2695 12 March 1951
3 items
Correspondence between Fr. Browne, Leix, Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, and Noel C. Hartnell (Editor of Irish Tatler & Sketch), Dublin,
discussing details of an article Shelswell-White is writing on the history of
Bantry House and the White Family. Includes drafts of the article.
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25.3 Letters relating to Tourism in the Bantry Area
2696 Nov. 1947 – May 1949
Newspaper cuttings from The Cork Examiner and The Southern Star on
meetings of the Cork Advisory Committee of the Irish Tourist Association,
Geoffrey Shelswell-White being a member. Issues raised include the neglect
of tourism in Cork, transport services, and the effect of oil and fuel shortages
on tourism. Two cuttings have been glued onto the back of Estate accounts –
receipts from the month ending 29 th February 1924, and the month ending 30 th
April 1941.
608
5 items
2697 8 Feb. 1949 – 7 June 1960
see also
1798, 2688
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Public
Relations Department (Córas Iompair Éireann), Bord Fáilte, and Shannon Free
Airport, Ireland, relating to the inclusion of Bantry House and Gardens, and
Glengarriff Lodge as tourist destinations. Includes a newspaper cutting
mentioning Bantry House, and an amended flyer for Bantry House, showing a
b/w picture, with a write-up. Shelswell-White has made notes on the times and
prices of entry to the house and grounds.
18 items
2698 9 May 1952 – 20 Feb. 1953
see also
2037
Correspondence file on summer lettings of various houses in the Bantry and
Glengarriff areas organised by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2699 7 Nov. 1952
66 items
Tss letter from R. McElheron (Assistant Public Relations Officer), Córas
Iompair Éireann, Dublin, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
acknowledging a letter received from Shelswell-White. He declines to change
the season’s tours to add Bantry House as a tourist attraction.
2700 23 March – 5 May 1954
see also
1658, 1885, 2701, 2721
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and others relating to his
research into producing a “Guide to Glengarriff”. Includes notes and source
2700 contd..
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references on the history of the area; data sheets giving the monthly and
annual average of rainfall from available stations for the period 1881-1915;
and an mss list of some of the names signed into the Visitors’ Book,
[Glengarriff Lodge], from 1843-1888.
609
37 items
2701 30 March – 14 July 1954
see also
2701
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and Ward
Lock & Co Limited (Publishers), London, related to his research for the
“Guide to Glengarriff”. Includes lists of expenses for the project.
25.4 General Correspondence
2702 10 May 1921
8 items
Tss letter from James A. [Breasted] (Office of Director, The Oriental
Institute), University of Chicago, to Capt. Geoffrey Shelswell, Essex, sending
him regards on his new position in Zanzibar. They seemed to have shared an
adventure in Anah – “I am glad to hear that after so strenuous and dangerous
an investment you were so fortunately rescued.” He mentions Lord Allenby
reporting to London on the matter.
2703 26 [Sept.] 1930
Telegram from Ernest Ellis (Agent), Arklow, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White,
Chelsea, sending his congratulations on the birth of Oonagh Shelswell-White.
2704 2 Jan. – 6 Feb. 1936
2pp
1 item
Correspondence relating to the meaning and origin of the word “Pemba”.
Includes a letter from [E. H. Salland], Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia, to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2705 28 Sept. – 3 Oct. 1937
3 items
Mss letters to Geoffrey Shelswell-White thanking him for his valued work as
Acting Colonial Secretary in the [Consulate] of Gibraltar, from [H. P. Curry],
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Fortress Headquarters, Gibraltar, and C. H. Harrington, Government House,
Gibraltar.
2706 4 Feb. 1938
610
2 items
Mss letter from [James Connick], General Post Office, Gibraltar, to Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, in which he gives his opinion on a lecture given by Geoffrey
entitled “THE SPANISH SITUATION”. Includes a tss draft copy of the
lecture. It deals with Franco, the political situation and its repercussions on
Gibraltar.
2707 13 Nov. 1939 – 6 March 1940
2 items
Correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Ministry of Finance,
Amman, Transjordan, “Home Movies and Home Talkies”, London, and
“Cinex Limited”, London. Includes mss notes made by Shelswell-White on
different types of film stock and their merits, possible film scenarios, and
running orders. Also an instruction book for Weston Model 819 Cine
Exposure Meter.
55 items
2708 23 Dec. 1940 – 3 Oct. 1953
CLOSED
Correspondence file belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, relating to
Egerton Shelswell-White’s education. Includes correspondence between
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, H. E. G. Tyndale and W. Robin P. Ridgway,
Kingsgate House, Winchester College, and D. S. Pringle, Castle Park School,
Dalkey, Dublin; reports on Egerton’s progression at school – “Being Irish,
doesn’t know about English History!”; and one of Egerton’s earliest letters
from Winchester in which he writes “I am settling down quite well here,
although naturally I am finding it all rather strange” (3 rd May 1947). Also
information on the Entry of Naval Cadets in the Executive, Engineering, and
Supply and Secretariat Branches; correspondence on Egerton’s possible entry
to Trinity College, Oxford, the Foreign Office, and his qualification for
National Service. Includes copy letters relating to Estate Administration
during the period 6 th Aug.-31 st Oct. 1935 on the back of a tss copy letter from
Geoffrey Shelswell-White (17 th Sept. 1953).
2709 16 Feb. – 17 March 1943
146 items
Tss letter from Elizabeth [Newman] (Secretary), Ministry of Information,
London, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Postal & Telegraph Censorship Dept.,
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London, enclosing three separate North African newspapers lent by Shelswell-
White to Major Hamilton, who has been stationed to North Africa. The
newspapers are “Les Dernieres Nouvelles”, “La Depeche Algerienne”, and
“L’ECHO D’ALGER”, dated 16 th February 1943.
2710 13 Dec. 1944
611
4 items
Tss letter from Neville M. Fabricius, Caesar’s Camp, Dorset, England, to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, suggesting in his opinion that Delia Shelswell-
White would be better treated elsewhere, but he could offer her six months of
“an undisturbed atmosphere of quiet” if required.
2711 7 Sept. 1946 – 18 March 1950
Tss letters from E. H. Stuart Jones (Author), Somerset, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, in which Stuart Jones raises aspects of the failed French
invasion of 1796. He is writing a book “An Invasion that Failed”, and has seen
the papers at Bantry House on the subject. Includes drafts of two chapters –
“Two Failures” and an extract from “Bantry Bay”. Also a mss letter from R. F.
Hipwell (Rector), Berehaven, to Shelswell-White, on his own study of the
facts surrounding the French fleet.
2712 12 Sept. 1946 – 10 Aug. 1960
1p
13 items
Folder entitled “IRISH CENTRAL LIBRARY” containing correspondence
between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, the Central Library for Students, Upper
Mount Street, Dublin, and the Landsman’s Library, Augustine Road, London.
Includes lists of books requested and books returned.
2713 23 Oct. 1946 – 19 Nov. 1962
52 items
File entitled “Market for Holly and Rhododendrom” comprising of
correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and various businesses in
Ireland and England, including the Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research (England) and the Department of Industry and Commerce (Ireland).
Includes a tss list of names of which appeals were sent to the Glengarriff
Sustentation [sic] Fund on the reverse of a tss letter from the Central Statistics
Office relating to a Horticultural Survey (July 1962). The papers were held in
a Bantry rental folio. Details under headings of – Fol. No.; Denominations;
Tenants’ Names; Arrears on 30 th June 1946; One Year’s Rent; Total Rent due;
Received; Arrears on 30 th June 1947; Income Tax; Allowances;
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OBSERVATIONS.
2714 March 1947 – June 1953
612
23 items
Correspondence file in which Geoffrey Shelswell-White is appointed Agent at
Bantry for The Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance, Dublin (19 th
March 1947), and The London and Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd, Cork
(April 1947). Includes insurance policies and claims from clients in the Bantry
area and commission payments.
465 items
2715 3 Jan. 1949
see also
2689, 2767
Mss letter from [Manaway], St. Marys, Dunmanway, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, Bantry, thanking him for agreeing to come and give a talk to a [group].
2716 31 Jan. 1951
Mss letter from the Duke of St. Albans, Newtown Anner, Clonmel, to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White, asking for the address of a Mr. Carroll, who sent
him prawns.
2717 30 April 1951
Mss love letter from Clodagh Shelswell-White to Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
Includes envelope.
2718 25 – 27 March 1952
Tss letters from Pigott & Co. Ltd (Pianoforte & Music Warehouses), Dublin &
Cork, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, answering his query on a Clavioline.
1p
3pp
1p
2 items
2719 20 [Oct. 1956]
CLOSED
Mss letter from Marguerite Roberts, Co. Westmeath, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, [Bantry House], informing him of the state of health of Delia
Shelswell-White who was staying with Roberts for a time, and suggests on
Doctor’s advice she should be sent to Dublin.
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2720 10 – 24 Nov. 1956
Documents on the date of the opening of a tunnel called Turner’s Rock on the
Glengarriff Kenmare road. Includes articles from “The Southern Star”, a tss
letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White to the newspaper, and an incomplete
anonymous mss letter on the subject.
613
1p
4 items
2721 [nd]
see also
2700
Copy tss letter from Geoffrey Shelswell-White, [Bantry], to [Mr. O’Brien],
apologising for not attending a meeting due to a prior engagement. Part of the
letter is missing. Written on the reverse are notes by Shelswell-White relating
to his research on local history.
2722 [nd]
Christmas card from Mr & Mrs [Meherjue R. D. Diushau], [Bombay], India,
to Mr. & Mrs. Shelswell-White. The front of the card shows a picture of an
archway, entitled “Gateway of India, Bombay”, with a red ribbon binding the
card.
25.5 Career Records
2723 30 Aug. 1916
1p
1 item
Published list from “The London Gazette” from the War Office of the Special
Reserve of Officers who have been promoted to 2 nd Lieutenants (on
probation), mentioning Geoffrey Henry Shelswell among the officers of the
Royal Field Artillery.
2724 14 Nov. 1920
1 item
Tss copy of the notes made by Capt. Geoffrey Shelswell (Assistant Political
Officer), Samawah (Euphrates), on the Disturbances in Samawah and
Rumaithah Districts during the summer of 1920 – “…the party in the train was
eventually overpowered…all either killed in the fighting or murdered
afterwards and their bodies subsequently slashed...”.
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2725 25 Feb. 1921 – 18 Nov. 1929
Letters to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, encouraging him in his application to the
Colonial Office for a position in Zanzibar. Includes a reference from Major C.
K. Daly (HM Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain Islands), Persian Gulf, which
states that Geoffrey “…on more than one occasion shewed [sic] great physical
courage & ‘Sang froid’ under difficult & dangerous circumstances…”.
Geoffrey had close correspondence with Arnold Wilson, who wrote from
Mohammerah, Persian Gulf. One letter gives an good indication of the
political troubles in Iraq in 1922 “they dropped them (bombs) at night and
were thus able to bag the maximum number of women and children as well as
men and cattle. Even the R.A.F. are fed up at such tactics…” Also a letter of
thanks from [B. Johnstone], Zanzibar, for all the work done by Geoffrey for
the district.
2726 4 Jan. 1922 – 29 July 1925
614
5pp
7 items
Certificates on attaining acceptable levels in the Swahili language at the
Lower Standard and Higher Standard Examinations by Capt. Geoffrey
Shelswell, U.F.S., The District Commissioner, Pemba, Zanzibar.
2727 18 Nov. 1924 – 10 Nov. 1939
2 items
File containing correspondence relating to applications to positions in the
Colonial Office by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes service records.
2728 1926 – 1931
55 items
Booklet entitled List of European and Leading Residents in Zanzibar and
Pemba. Includes tss copy of the TABLE OF PRECEDENCE for use in
Zanzibar, with His Highness, the Sultan at the top, and the Administer-General
at the bottom. Notes written on both items by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2729 23 Sept. 1927
1 item & enclosure
Tss letter of thanks from the Arabs of Mkoani and Chake-Chake, Zanzibar, to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White (Assistant District Commissioner) for his
arrangements for the Baraza on the occasion of the visit of His Highness the
Sultan.
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2730 4 Aug. 1931
Tss copy of a letter/report from [Geoffrey Shelswell-White], Zanzibar, East
Africa, to Mr. Rankine, on his work to date for His Highness, the Sultan, in
Zanzibar. It details accounts and reserves of the Palace. He makes some
suggestions in reducing costs in the Palace. Geoffrey mentions that he has
taken upon himself to give political education to Seyyid Abdulla [the Crown
Prince].
2731 Aug. 1934
Mss list of individuals attending a [meeting] related to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White’s work at the Secretariat, Zanzibar.
2732 20 Feb. 1936
2733 1937
Page taken from “EAST AFRICA” featuring a profile on Geoffrey Shelswell-
White. On the reverse he is also mentioned in the ‘PERSONALIA’.
Two memos in Arabic with the official stamp of the Transjordan Government.
2734 [29 Dec. 1942] – 19 Feb. 1943
615
1p
6pp
1p
2pp
2 items
Mss diary/journal by Geoffrey Shelswell-White of his “MISSION TO
ALGIERS” recounting his journey to and work in Algiers, and his “Journey
Home Return to UK”. His work related to British censorship, based at the
Allied Force [Headquarters], Algiers. Some the interesting entries are – “Wed.
6 th …Rations scanty – generally steak + kidney pudding (tinned), tinned
biscuits (or bread), butter, cheese. No other meat. Algerian [wine].” He reports
on “Monday 11 th Relatively little activity much rain + mud; Germans attack
‘Jeeps’ on roads with machine guns form air…passengers alight + take refuge;
shortage of manpower (many Colonels!)”. He self-inoculated himself against
typhoid, small pox, and typhus. He was sick during the middle of January as a
result of reacting to the inoculations. Includes an account of his lunch at the
house of de Richemont, at Baba Ali; his opinion on fashion, transport, and
interaction between the troops and locals; an invoice from The Rock Hotel,
Gibraltar, and a list at the back of the notebook of letters sent by Geoffrey to
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various individuals, Clodagh Shelswell-White, and Arethusa Leigh-White,
whilst in Algiers.
25.6 Awards
616
47pp
2735 30 Dec. 1935 – 5 March 1936
see also
2737
Award of the High Order of the Brilliant Star of the Fourth Class by the Sultan
of Zanzibar, Khalifa Bin Harub to Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes
confirmation of the award from the Chancellery of the Order of the Brilliant
Star of Zanzibar; and confirmation of a Royal Licence to wear the award
granted to Shelswell-White.
2736 12 May 1936
4 items
Tss notification to Geoffrey Shelswell-White (Chief Assistant Secretary)
Gibraltar, on his appointment by His Highness, the Sultan, to the Order of the
Brilliant Star of Zanzibar.
2737 [nd]
see also
2735
Decorative ribbons, including the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, belonging to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
25.7 Invitations
2738 20 Aug. 1921
1p
8 items
Dinner invitation from The Acting British Resident and Mrs. Crofton, The
Residency, Zanzibar, to Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White. At the top of
the card is the crest of the [British Resident].
1 item

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2739 3 June 1929
Invitation from the British Resident and Lady Hollis, the Residency, Zanzibar,
to Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White, to celebrate the birthday of King
George V.
617
1 item
2740 25 Aug. 1929
see also
3546
Invitation to the Annual Police Sports, Ziwani, to Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White from the Commandant & Offices of the Zanzibar Police.
Includes programme of events.
2741 22 Aug. 1931 – 8 July 1932
2 items
Printed Table Plans for luncheon on board the HMS “Effingham”, Zanzibar.
Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White are included, as well as His Highness
The Sultan of Zanzibar.
2742 22 Aug. 1931 – 26 Jan. 1935
2 items
Hardback album entitled “Dinners at Palace” containing seating arrangements
and dinner cards from the Palace, Zanzibar and on board the HMS
“Effingham” and “Hawkins”, Zanzibar, collected by Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White. Geoffrey has noted the names of certain individuals who
attended the dinners, e.g. “His Excellency the Naval Commander-in-Chief =
Adm. Fullerton”.
2743 24 May 1932
26 items
Printed Menu card for the Empire Day meal held at The Residency, Zanzibar.
Dishes include Indian Soup, Tanganyika Beef, British Peas, and South African
Wines. On the reverse is the programme of music for the evening.
2744 22 Aug. [nd]
1 item
Luncheon invitation sent by Vice Admiral Fullerton, HMS “Effingham” to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White (The Private Secretary to H. H. The Sultan), and
Clodagh Shelswell-White.
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25.8 Accounts
2745 13 Aug. 1923 – 12 Nov. 1962
618
1 item
Correspondence file relating to financial investments in stocks and shares
made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2746 12 Oct. 1932 – [23] Dec. 1933
228 items
Invoices from businesses in Bantry, Cork, Dublin and London to Arethusa
Leigh-White, and Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White. Rough accounts for
Jan.-June 1933.
2747 13 Dec. 1940 – 9 Jan. [1972]
320 items (7 files)
Correspondence file between Geoffrey Shelswell-White, and later Clodagh
Shelswell-White, with various English government departments relating to his
retirement and the payment of a [civil service] pension for his work with the
Colonial Service. Details of his career are present. Includes letters from
Christie’s Auctioneers, London, to Clodagh Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
advising on a price for drawings.
50 items
2748 7 Dec. 1944 – 26 March 1966
File containing documents relating to pension rights and claims of Geoffrey
Shelswell-White, from his work in the Colonial Service. Includes
correspondence between Shelswell-White and the Colonial Office, London, on
his possible posting after the war.
2749 1947 – 1962
93 items
Receipts of insurance policies held by Geoffrey Shelswell-White with the Life
Association of Scotland, Edinburgh.
2750 [20 May 1953]
16 items
Mss notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on account books belonging to
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Richard White (Grandfather of the 1 st Earl) and the account book of receipts
from the Bantry Estate by Simon White as Agent for Lord Longueville
(Uncle-in-Law to the 1 st Earl).
2751 [8] July 1958 – 26 Jan. 1959
File relating to Geoffrey Shelswell-White’s enquiry into attaining a pension
under the Pensions and National Insurance legislation in Britain. Includes
copy letter from H. W. Cooke (Steward) to Ernest Ellis (Agent) re-small plot
purchase by Canon Murphy for a Roman Catholic Chapel, Bantry (17 th July
1926), tss on the back of a copy letter relating to the file.
619
3pp
10 items
2752 23 Nov. 1962 – 4 July 1979
see also
113
Documents relating to the clarification of assets of the personal estates of
Geoffrey Shelswell-White and Clodagh Shelswell-White on their respective
deaths. Includes death certificates and a copy of the Will of Clodagh
Shelswell-White.
2753 1962 – 1963
Tss lists of income tax Schedule D. Liability for Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell-White.
25.9 Personal Memorabilia
2754 5 Aug. 1916 – 31 Oct. 1958
1117 items
Album belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White relating mainly to his time in
Zanzibar and Gibraltar. Includes newspaper cuttings relating to Bantry House
– an auction held there in 1933; an invitation to Court at Buckingham Palace
to Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White on 13 th May 1933; a newspaper
cutting on the Free State Girl Guides and the role of Arethusa Leigh-White
(July 1933); and newspaper cuttings on the birth of Egerton Shelswell-White
(9 th Dec. 1933). Also letters from Delia Shelswell-White to Geoffrey whilst in
Zanzibar; letters and newspaper articles on a riot in Zanzibar on 8 th March
1936; and letters from Baden-Powell asking Geoffrey to take over the Scouts
Association in Gibraltar.
2pp
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2755 28 Jan. 1921
Copy of the birth certificate of Geoffrey Henry Shelswell, born 11 Feb. 1897.
2756 1921 – 1959
620
1 item
Notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White detailing significant events in his
and his family’s lives – “19 June 1921: appt’d Col Service”, and “3 Dec 1933:
ERG born”.
2757 [1921 – 1935]
Programme of the production of “PIRATES OF PEMBA”, a musical comedy,
by the Shangani Players. Its musical director is Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
Includes revised sheet music for “I’M SIR WILBERFORCE WHIM”.
2758 8 March – 12 May 1927
8pp
2 items
Documents relating to the change of name from Geoffrey Shelswell to
Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Notices in “The London Gazette” and “The Times”
of the change. Includes mss cover letter from Dawes & Sons (Solicitors),
London, to the Estate Office, Dublin, with an office copy of the Deed Poll
Change of Name.
2759 [23 Oct. 1926]
2760 1929
6 items
Blank invitation to the wedding of Clodagh Leigh-White and Geoffrey H.
Shelswell at the Cathedral, Zanzibar, on 23 rd October 1926.
Tss copy of the National Monuments Bill, 1929 (United Kingdom).
2761 [1920s]
1 item
Examples of various monograms of “G. S. W”, drawn in dark ink and pencil,
2761 contd..
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on tracing and ordinary paper. One type is to be returned to Geoffrey at 15
Tedworth Square, London. Two are drawn in pencil on cards from The White
House, Linen Specialists Ltd, New Bond Street, London.
2762 1930 – 1959
2763 1936
621
12 items
Miscellaneous writings by Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, on
various subjects that interested him. Includes notes on graphology, “a
computer for the game of Nim”; cooking; "Readers Digest” articles; a
guarantee for an electrolux refrigerator; and correspondence between Geoffrey
and Sean Hyde (Veterinary Surgeon), Cork, on the health of a cat. Also copy
letter from the Estate Office on income tax payable on the town of Castletown
Bere (19 th June 1930).
34 items
Booklet commemorating the Silver Jubilee of H. H. the Sultan of Zanzibar,
showing pictures of events attended by the Sultan. Includes a printed
Christmas greeting from the Sultan.
2764 26 May – 3 June 1938
Mss itinerary of a tour to Morroco by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2765 29 Aug. 1940
2 items
Tss report by Geoffrey Shelswell-White entitled “Note on Longboat at Bantry
House”.
2766 2 [Feb.] – 30 Nov. 1946
General Ration book belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
issued by the Department of Supplies, Dublin.
1p
3pp
1 item

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2767 15 Oct. [1948] – 24 Feb. 1949
see also
2689, 2715
Mss lecture notes on the “THE PRODUCTION of a CINEMA FILM” given
Geoffrey Shelswell-White to St. Mary’s [School], Dunmanway. Includes a
letter from [Manaway], St. Mary’s, Dunmanway, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White, asking him to give a talk in February; and notes made by Geoffrey on
various topics of interest “British Colonial Administration” and “The English
Language: its Growth & Characteristics”.
2768 28 Sept. 1950 – 14 Sept. 1956
622
15pp
Folder containing notes taken by Geoffrey Shelswell-White during the
planning of the Bantry Agricultural Show (BAS). Includes the speeches he
wrote for the shows; statement of accounts for 1950–56 for the BAS
Committee, with notes by Geoffrey; and newspaper articles from the Cork
Examiner and the Southern Star on Bantry shows. Also a copy of the
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Bandon Agricultural and Show
Society Limited, with correspondence between members of the Bantry and
Bandon Agricultural Show Committees. The Show was held at Bantry House
and its grounds in the early 1950s.
2769 17 Oct. 1951
38 items
Envelope addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, containing “B” crested
paper, envelopes, and bookplates. The envelope is embossed with a stamp of
the Diocesan Offices of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, at 52 South Mall, Cork, and a
1½ penny stamp is intact.
2770 11 Nov. 1952
42 items
Mss draft of a talk to be given by Geoffrey Shelswell-White at a Red Cross
Meeting, [Bantry] Courthouse. The notes have been written on the back of
various letters from the Estate Office relating to payments of income tax and
for Ordinance Survey maps (1932-1933).
2771 28 May 1954
British passport issued to Geoffrey Shelswell-White by the Foreign Office,
London, allowing him to travel throughout the British Commonwealth, the
United States of America and all countries in Europe.
2771 contd..
4pp

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2772 June 1954
623
1 item
Mss notes on the itinerary of Geoffrey Shelswell-White’s visit to Austria, with
[MJS].
2773 2 March 1961 – 28 Feb. 1963
2774 [nd]
2775 [nd]
2776 [nd]
2777 [nd]
Licences held by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes dog licence, wireless
(receiving) licence, and Limited Certificate for Shotgun.
6pp
5 items
Wooden box containing index cards that are laid out from January to
December with certain dates in the months highlighted as reminders to do
something on that date annually – 5 th May = “Revaluation and Revision (Rates
and Inc Tax) Send applicn to Rates Dept. Cork before mid-May”.
1 item
Mss draft notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on the shots he will use in a film
provisionally entitled “Deep Valleys and Ravines” in Trans-Jordan. Some
notes are written on the back of copy [budget] report for Trans-Jordan.
Tss drafts of the storyline for DEATH IN THE RUINS by [G. W. L.] Harding,
a [film] planned with Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Mss corrections have been
made.
9pp
11pp
Tss draft of a manuscript entitled [THE VAGARIES OF PETER] with some
hand written corrections by [Geoffrey Shelswell-White]. First page is missing.
Includes complete chapters four and six.
195pp

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2778 [nd]
2779 [nd]
2780 [nd]
2781 [nd]
2782 [nd]
2783 [nd]
Hymn Sheet “to be sung in the marriage service” at the Cathedral Church of
Christ, Zanzibar.
624
1 item
Mss notebook with drafts of [original] plays and short stories by [Geoffrey
Shelswell-White]. Some are untitled, but there are a few titled – “Strangest
Adventure” and “The Patio”
Mss notebook containing a draft of a play entitled “Good Service” by
[Geoffrey Shelswell-White].
88pp
146pp
Mss notebook of draft short stories written in pencil by [Geoffrey Shelswell-
White].
110pp
Mss notebook containing a draft of a story entitled “[Efforts of a Ne’er do
Well]”, written in pencil by [Geoffrey Shelswell-White]. There is a large
amount of writing on the inside back cover.
234pp
Copy of a caricature of Geoffrey Shelswell-White standing wearing a suit,
holding a cigarette in one hand with his other hand in his jacket pocket.
37.7cm x 26.3cm

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25.10 Publications
2784 1931 – 1937
Various publications held by Geoffrey Shelswell-White relating to his work
with the Colonial Office. Includes a “Report on Clove Cultivation in the
Zanzibar Protectorate” by R. S. Troup; “Unexplored Regions of the
Hadhramaut” by W. H. Ingrams, OBE; and “A Report on the Social,
Economic and Political Condition of the Hadhramaut” by W. H. Ingrams,
OBE (First Polictical Officer), Aden Protectorate.
2785 2 Jan. – 15 Oct. 1932
625
3 items & 2 enclosures
A hardback copy of the Supplement to the Official Gazette Zanzibar, vol.XLI,
no.2096 – 2142, edited by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2786 Oct. 1932 – June 1933
280pp
Reviews of the 1 st edition of A Guide to Zanzibar, by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White. Includes reviews from the “East African Weekly Times”, “The Crown
Colonist”, and “Cooks’ Traveller’s Gazette”.
2787 12 Oct. 1933
9 items
Tss letter from Edward Rodwell (Manager), Mombasa Times Limited,
Mombasa, Kenya, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, the Secretariat, Zanzibar,
acknowledging receipt of copies of the Guide of Zanzibar. There are mss
historic notes on the family’s accounts on the reverse.
2788 1933 – 1934
2789 1934
Newspaper reviews and notices on the Guide to Zanzibar (2 nd Ed.) by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes a letter from “A Friend” to Geoffrey
criticising him in omitting to mention the “Comorians” who reside in
Zanzibar.
1p
9 items
A GUIDE TO ZANZIBAR (Second Edition) by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
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2790 1935
(Administrative Officer and Private Secretary to His Highness the Sultan).
626
77pp
Copy of the report by Geoffrey Shelswell-White entitled “NOTES ON THE
HADHRAMI AND SHIHIRI COMMUNITY IN ZANZIBAR”.
2791 15 Feb. 1936
13pp
Tss report written by Geoffrey Shelswell-White entitled “NOTES ON
TOURISM IN PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA, THE RHODESIAS and THE
UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA”.
2792 24 June [1936]
2793 1947
A copy of a handbook entitled SECRETARIAT OFFICE ORDERS from the
Zanzibar Government. Enclosed is a mss note by Geoffrey Shelswell-White,
[Gibraltar], to “Hon. CS” suggesting use of the orders as “they would fit our
system which is much the same as that in Zibar”. Includes notes by Shelswell-
White elaborating points within the booklet.
4pp
42pp & 4 enclosures
Booklet belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White entitled HOW TO IDENTIFY
TREES & SHRUBS FROM LEAVES OR TWIGS in Summer or Winter by
C. T. Prime, MA, FIS, and R. J. Deacock, BSc, FZS, published by W. Heffer
& Sons Ltd, Cambridge.
25.11 Newspaper Obituary
2794 23 Nov. 1962
1 item
Obituary for Geoffrey Shelswell-White from The Irish Times newspaper.
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26. Delia Shelswell-White
26.1 Family Letters
2795 1934 – 1940
Postcards sent to Miss Shelswell-White by family and friends in Ireland,
England, Gibraltar and Zanzibar. One from Geoffrey Shelswell-White (her
father) shows the building in which his office is located.
627
7 items
2796 24 July – 5 Oct. 1938
see also
2820, 2821
Mss letters from Delia Shelswell-White, Ballylickey Harbour View Hotel, the
Lodge, Glengarriff, and the Rectory, Bantry, to Clodagh Shelswell-White (her
mother). She writes of the children’s time in Ballylickey and Glengarriff,
lessons, walks and their play.
2797 8 Jan. 1939 – 18 July 1940
3 items
Postcards sent to Delia Shelswell-White from family and friends in Ireland
and England. Some interesting cards of Dublin and Glengarriff at that time.
2798 1 June 1941 – 22 Nov. 1942
2799 [nd]
6 items
Mss letters from Delia Shelswell-White, Clergy Daughters’ School, Dublin, to
Clodagh Shelswell-White (her mother), Bantry House. She mentions writing
to her father – “I can’t think of much news to tell him, but I will do the best I
can to make the letter interesting for him to read, he told me he didn’t like
going over to England at first, but now as he has settled down, I think he is
alright” (27 th Sept.). Includes a Christmas card made by Delia for her mother,
and a grammar test sat by Delia from June 1941.
17 items
Christmas card from Delia Shelswell-White to Egeton Shelswell-White (her
brother).
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26.2 Diaries
2800 1938
2801 1939
Diary belonging to Delia Shelswell-White. Daily entries describe activities,
such as “Elizabeth came to tea with us and Oonie Daddy and Elizabeth made a
big real fire” (3 rd March);“played on the tennis court with Mimi” (7 th June).
628
364pp
Diary belonging to Delia Shelswell-White, the Lodge, Glengarriff. Daily
entries describe how she travelled with her mother and sister, Oonagh, to
Marseilles, Malta and Gibraltar to join her father in February. She writes of
her time in Gibraltar – playing games with other children, visits they made and
French lessons. She mentions the activities of her parents at work and play.
They visited Italy in mid-July but returned to Gibraltar. They returned to Cork
in early August.
26.3 Educational Records
2802 [3] March – 2 May 1939
Mss copybook of French lessons belonging to Delia Shelswell-White.
2803 3 May – 12 June 1939
116pp
1 item
School copybook of French lessons belonging to Delia Shelswell-White.
2804 25 Nov. 1940 – 15 Jan. 1942
1 item
Invoices and receipts relating to the cost of schooling for Delia Shelswell-
White at Alexandra School, Dublin.
2805 19 Dec. 1940 – 12 Dec. 1941
8 items
Reports from Alexandra School, Dublin on Delia Shelswell-White’s progress.
Includes a certificate in which Delia “passed with Credit in Pianoforte in
Grade III (Transitional)” and a report on her performance in pianoforte Grade
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IV.
2806 Dec. 1940 – Dec. 1941
2807 1941
629
9 items
House reports from the Clergy Daughters’ School, Dublin, on the progress of
Delia Shelswell-White.
English and Irish test papers belonging to Delia Shelswell-White.
2 items
3 items
2808 2 June 1943 – 4 May [1945]
CLOSED
see also
2809, 2811
Correspondence file on the care and education of Delia Shelswell-White.
108 items
2809 14 June 1943 – 30 June 1952
CLOSED
see also
2808, 2811
Files entitled “Mrs Fabricius” relating to the care and education of Delia
Shelswell-White at Caesar’s Camp, Broadstone, Dorset, England, managed by
Neville Margaret Fabricius.
2810 [nd]
2 files
Completed Clothes List for attendance at the Clergy Daughters’ School for
Delia Shelswell-White for one year. It is divided up into – No. Reqd.; House,
Alexandra School Uniform, Guide Uniform; and 1 st Term, 2 nd Term, 3 rd Term.
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26.4 Medical Reports
2811 23 Aug. 1943 – 23 May 1963
CLOSED
see also
2808, 2809
Medical file belonging to Delia Shelswell-White. It contains receipts from St.
Patrick’s Hospital, James Street, Dublin, and Lindville, Blackrock Road, Cork.
Includes correspondence between Geoffrey Shelswell-White and Dr. Moore,
St. Patrick’s Hospital, on her condition and treatment. Also her passport (for
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) covering travel
between 1946-1951, a copy of her birth certificate, and a £5 Irish prize-bond
(1958).
2812 16 April 1959 – 11 Nov. 1973
CLOSED
Invoices for Delia Shelswell-White’s stay at Lindville Private Hospital,
Blackrock Road, Dublin.
26.5 Personal Memorabilia
2813 14 March 1928
630
149 items
50 items
A copy of The Little One’s Log: Baby’s Record by Eva Erleigh with details
relating to Delia Shelswell-White.
2814 14 March 1928
1 item
Newspaper article on the announcement on the birth of a daughter (Delia) to
Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes an envelope.
2815 3 June 1931
2 items
Novelty enrollment “as a legal subject of HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY
NEPTUNE REX” of Delia Shelswell-White on board RMS Matiana. Coloured
[architrave] on top of two columns, with sea and Britannia imagery. Neptune
is seated on a rock with a trident in his right hand.
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2816 1940
2817 [1940]
2818 [nd]
A cutting of hair from Delia Shelswell-White when she was 12½ years old,
and before she left for school [in the Clergy Daughters’ School, Dublin]. It is
held in an envelope.
“INICTA” sketch book belonging to Delia Shelswell-White
631
1 item
14pp
Cream coloured [plastic] rectangle-shaped wall plate with the initials “D.R.C.
S-W” (Delia Shelswell-White).
27. Oonagh Yarrow (née Shelswell-White)
27.1 Family Letters
2819 11 April 1934 – 23 Dec. 1939
1 item
Postcards sent to Oonagh Shelswell-White from family and friends in Ireland,
England, and the USA. The card from the USA has been stamped “PASSED
BY CENSOR (111)” on it (19 th Oct. 1939).
11 items
2820 24 July 1938
see also
2796
Mss letters from Oonagh Shelswell-White, Ballylickey Harbour View Hotel,
to Geoffrey Shelswell-White (her father), telling him of her pursuits at home
with her mother, Egerton and Delia. Includes one undated incomplete letter.
2 items
2821 24 Sept. 1938
see also
2796
Mss letter from Oonagh Shelswell-White, Ballylickey Habour View Hotel and
the Lodge, Glengarriff, to Clodagh Shelswell-White (her mother). She
describes her birthday party celebrated at the Lodge with Egerton, Delia,
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Nona, and Nurse.
2822 23 Sept. – 6 Dec. 1942
Mss letters from Oonagh Shelswell-White, Hillcourt School, Glenageary, Co.
Dublin, to Clodagh Shelswell-White (her mother), Bantry House. She writes
of her life at school, playing games, and staging shows. Includes a hand-made
Christmas card from Oonagh.
496
1p
12 items
2823 15 Jan. [nd]
CLOSED
Mss letter from Oonagh Yarrow, Ballylickey, to Egerton and Jill Shelswell-
White, discussing family news.
27.2 Personal Memorabilia
2824 24 Aug. 1954
List of alcohol provided at Oonagh Shelswell-White’s wedding for 200/250
guests. It is written on the back of a page of a 1952 calendar – November 9 th -
15 th , with activities noted.
28. Egerton Shelswell-White
28.1 Family Letters
2825 9 Aug. 1934 – 4 Jan. 1949
Postcards sent to Egerton Shelswell-White by family and friends in Ireland,
Britain, Europe, Africa, the Transjordan, the USA and Canada. Stamps are
missing from only a few of the postcards. There are interesting cards of
Ireland, especially one of the Grand Parade, Cork (4 th Oct. 1938). One card
from Transjordan shows where the Shelswell-Whites were staying (7 th May
1939).
4pp
1p
75 items

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2826 8 Aug. 1938 – [1940]
Mss letters from Egerton Shelswell-White, the Lodge Glengarriff to Geoffrey
and Clodagh Shelswell-White (his parents). Includes Egerton’s first report
from Norvic House School, London; and two cards made by Egerton.
2827 20 Sept. – 13 Dec. 1942
633
7 items
Mss letters from Egerton Shelswell-White, Castlepark, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, to
Clodagh Shelswell-White (his mother) describing his time at school.
2828 [8 May 1947]
10 items
Mss letter from Egerton Shelswell-White, Kingsgate House, Winchester,
England, to Geoffrey Shelswell-White (his father), on his settling down at
Winchester School “All the men here are very nice, but naturally I get nagged
quite a lot. But I just let them do it and take no notice, so they will soon stop.”
There is a note at the top of the page that this was the first letter received from
Egerton in Winchester.
2829 11 May 1947 – 2 July 1951
Mss letters from Egerton Shelswell-White, Kingsgate House, Winchester, to
his parents, Bantry House. He mentions life at school, school-work, games,
visits to his Aunt Rachel in London, the theatre, cinema, and museums.
Includes letters from San Sebastian, Spain, August 1950, with itinerary notes
of his travel there. Egerton mentions relatives at Dunnemark – Aunt Helen and
Uncle John. Also a letter about his stay with his Aunt Barbara (Geoffrey’s
sister), Whaley Bridge, and Grandmother, [Mabel] Shelswell (14 th Jan.1951).
The first letter from 1948 is accidentally dated 1947.
2830 Oct. 1947 – Dec. 1951
2pp
69 items
Letters from Robin and Anne Ridgway, Kingsgate House, Winchester, and
class reports from Winchester College on the progress of Egerton Shelswell-
White during his education. Includes a mss letter from Ridgway giving a good
report on Egerton’s character in the army during his National Service (Dec.
1951).
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2831 1948
Christmas cards and a birthday card sent to Egerton Shelswell-White from
family and friends.
634
8 items
2832 7 Nov. 1979 – [26 Nov. 1985]
CLOSED
Postcards sent to the Egerton Shelswell-White family at Bantry House from
family and friends.
2833 4 March 1980 – 3 April 1986
CLOSED
Postcards sent to Egerton Shelswell-White from family and friends.
10 items
14 items
2834 19 Oct. 1981
CLOSED
Mss letter from Lynette Yarrow (Egerton’s Niece), Geneva, Switzerland, to
Egerton, Brigette and Sophie Shelswell-White, Bantry House, writing of her
time in Geneva, skiing and taking French lessons.
2835 6 Jan. – 2 Feb. 1982
CLOSED
Tss letters from Jill [ ], to Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry House,
informing him of the family’s activities at Christmas, and their general well
being.
2pp
2 items
2836 23 Jan. 1982
CLOSED
Mss letter from [Barbara], North Banbury, [Oxon], England, to Egerton
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, of plans for a visit she intends making to
Bantry.
2837 13 July 1985 – 3 Jan. 1986
CLOSED
Tss letters from Jill [ ], Birmingham, Alabama, to Egerton Shelswell-
White, Bantry House, describing the family’s activities.
4pp
2 items

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2838 [nd]
CLOSED
Christmas, birthday and valentine cards sent to Egerton Shelswell-White.
28.2 General Correspondence
2839 13 Feb. [1950]
635
14 items
Mss postcards from [the Rev. J. D’E. E. Firth, Winchester] to Egerton
Shelswell-White, Winchester, written in Spanish. Includes two-penny stamp.
2840 28 Sept. – 20 Dec. 1961
2 items
Correspondence and legal documents relating to the lease of 24 Gloucester
Place Mews, London, by Egerton Shelswell-White from Mrs. P. H. Werner.
Includes a survey report by Frank Swain (Chartered Surveyor), London, for
Messrs Clifford Turner and Company, London, and a plan of the premises.
2841 6 Sept. 1980
29 items
Tss letter from Sarah (Comer Debney) Scott, Richmond, Virginia, to Egerton
Shelswell-White, Bantry House, writing to thank him for showing her Bantry
House.
2842 16 Sept. 1980 – 23 May 1986
CLOSED
Letters sent to Egerton Shelswell-White relating to the administration of the
Estate and personal affairs. Includes mss letter from Mick Holloway, London,
thanking Shelswell-White for the hospitality shown towards a troop of boy
scouts. Also a tss letter from Caroline Lucas (Phaidon Press Ltd.) Oxford,
asking for b/w photographs of Bantry House.
2843 30 Sept. 1980
1p
5 items
Mss letter from Mrs. R.S. Coco Lovelace, Camberley, Surrey, to Egerton
Shelswell-White, asking if she may have photographs of the staircase of
Bantry House before it is renovated. She congratulates him in his on-going
struggle to preserve the building.
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2844 23 Oct. 1980
Mss letter from Madame M. van Hoorn, Belgium, inquiring after a Miss
Sheila and a Miss Rachel who were in Bantry House in 1918 when van Hoorn
was a Belgian refugee staying in Bantry. Includes envelope.
2845 31 Oct. 1980
Mss letter from Maurice W. Freeman, California, to Egerton Shelswell-White,
Bantry House, enclosing negatives of photographs taken by Freeman of
Bantry House while on vacation in Ireland. Includes envelope.
2846 10 Nov. 1980
636
4pp
1p
5 items
Mss letter from Theo Boyd, Keel, Achill, to Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, wishing him well on his marriage.
2847 14 Nov. – 18 Dec. 1995
CLOSED
Correspondence between Sean Ryan (MA student, UCC), Glounthaune, and
Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry House. Ryan is researching a thesis on the
history of the Killarney Deer Forests and wishes to see the journals of Jane
Herbert (later Jane White, 3 rd Countess of Bantry). Includes a letter of
introduction by K. W. Nicholls (Department of History, UCC); and
information from the Rev. Canon Brian Loughead, St. Mary’s Rectory,
Killarney, on the subject.
28.3 Diary
2848 1945
1p
6 items
Pocket diary belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry House, and Castle
Park, Dalkey, Co. Dublin. He fills it well from January to March describing
his time at home with his sisters and Aunt Rachel, and events at school (not
much detail). From then on it is only the occasional entry, ie a birthday. He
lists 100 trees found [near a river at Bantry House].
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28.4 Winchester College Memorabilia
2849 Sept. 1947 – Nov. 1951
Invoices for expenses during Egerton Shelswell-White’s education at
Winchester College.
2850 23 June 1949
637
86 items
A copy of “THE WYKEHAMIST” (no. 950), the magazine of Winchester
College.
2851 10 July 1949
Tss sheet of “Evensong in Cathedral” in [Winchester].
2852 1949 – 1951
1 item
Documents collected by Egerton Shelswell-White during his time in
Winchester College. Includes programmes for plays and concerts, his
membership card to the Film Society; and letters relating to his Spanish
Holiday Course. Also a Leave or Duty Ration Card stamped with “’B’
Company Eaton [Hall] Officer, Cadet School” and a list of “items of clothing
and necessaries to be handed in by Officer Cadets on Commissioning”.
2853 11 July 1950
Empty “THOS. COOK & SON, LTD.” envelope addressed to Egerton
Shelswell-White, Kingsgate House, Winchester. Stamp attached.
2854 July 1950
1p
12 items
1 item
Printed menu for the Beloe’s Prefects Dinner attended by Egerton Shelswell-
White. It is autographed on the back by those attending the meal.
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2855 13 Nov. 1950
Empty envelope addressed to Egerton Shelswell-White, Kingsgate House,
Winchester, from The President, Trinity College, Oxford. Written on it is
“ANSWERED”.
2856 3 March 1951
638
1 item
Programme for the HEAD OF THE RIVER RACE FOR SCHOOLS from the
St. Paul’s Boathouse, and finishing at the Westminster School Boathouse.
There are two categories – Best Boat Division, and Clinker Division.
Winchester are in the former.
2857 22 March 1951
1 item
Tss Quarantine warning relating to measles, mumps and whooping cough
cases within The College, Winchester from Walter Oakeshott (Headmaster)
sent to the Shelswell-Whites. Hand-written in pencil on the back is a routine
for a slow foxtrot.
2858 30 July 1951
2859 1951
2860 [nd]
1 item
Printed invitation from The Warden and Fellows of Winchester College to
Egerton Shelswell-White to join them in the Warden’s Garden after Medal
Speaking on Domum Day.
1 item
Tss question sheet for the Spanish Prize in Winchester College, sat by
[Egerton Shelswell-White]. There are notes in pencil. Includes mss list in
Spanish of utensils – “El Cubo = bucket”.
2 items
Notebook belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White in which he noted events at
Winchester School in alphabetical order – “W = I came to Winchester on May
2 nd 1947. L = The Lantern is a fortnightly magazine form the ‘Searchers’
Club’. F = I learn fencing at Winchester (1 st Half).” Stored in an envelope
addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell-White (his father), with 2½ penny Irish
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stamp.
2861 [nd]
639
25pp
Mss and tss phrases in Spanish by Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes a mss
note in Spanish from “Ricardo” Shelswell-White, Kingsgate House,
Winchester, to Rev. J. D’E. Firth, [Winchester].
28.5 Personal Memorabilia
2862 1945
Member’s card for The Irish Schools Scripture Union held by Egerton
Shelswell-White at Castle Park School, Dublin.
2863 3 May 1948
Optician’s prescription for Egerton Shelswell-White from Leightons
Dispensing-Opticians Ltd., Winchester. Includes envelope.
2864 Dec. 1948
4 items
1 item
2 items
Printed Christmas card greeting from W. P. [Toone] and Mrs. Toone. They
may be related to Winchester School, attended by Egerton Shelswell-White at
this time.
2865 [23 Aug. 1950]
1 item
Original programme for the play The Little Hut by Andre Roussin, adapted by
Nancy Mitford, at the Lyric Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, London.
2866 Nov. 1952
1 item
A Copy of “Faugh-a-Ballagh”, The Regimental Gazette of THE ROYAL
IRISH FUSILIERS. Egerton Shelswell-White has written an article on “ ‘A’
Company” (pp.252-253), in which he holds the rank of No.3 Pl. of 2 nd
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Lieutenant.
2867 [1950s]
640
1 item
Empty SKILL AT ARMS RECORD BOOK belonging to [Egerton Shelswell-
White], giving his army number and rank.
2868 7 Jan. – 11 Feb. 1963
2870 [nd]
2871 [nd]
2872 [nd]
2873 [nd]
1 item
Copybook with mss notes by Egerton Shelswell-White on the Greek language.
Includes tss lesson sheets of phrases of the Greek language.
5 items
Unused Whist Drive card belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White, Bantry
House, printed by Guy & Co. Cork.
1 item
Mss notebook of short stories belonging to either Geoffrey or Egerton
Shelswell-White. Written at the front is a table of key words in English,
French, Italian, and Spanish. At the back in pencil are columns and drawings,
similar to markings for a game. Includes tss instructions for “Game for Simple
Chances”
94pp & 2 enclosures
Life-long horoscope reading for Richard Egerton Shelswell-White.
12pp
Miscellaneous documents belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White. Includes the
personal cards of individuals who may have visited Bantry House; and
Russian money.
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2874 [nd]
Copy of The Searcher’s Club magazine entitled “The Lantern”. The club was
founded at Rockport, and its principal activity was work with microscopes.
The magazine was edited by Egerton Shelswell-White, and he also contributed
to the magazine, a poem “Ecce Lux” (p.4) and a short story “All through a
sprained ankle” (p.12).
641
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D. RECORDS OF ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS
1. The Eyres/Hedges-Eyres of Galway and Macroom
1.1 Richard Eyre, [Galway]
2875 [12 Aug. 1660]
Judgements found against Elizabeth Colly, James Punch, Richard Eyre, Lovett
Ashe and Michael McCarthy in the Court of Chancery. Samuel Windis put
forward a Bill of Complaint against the leases agreed among the above on
lands in the Barony of Muskerry. The Honourable John Lord Baron Bowes
decreed that Windis should receive full benefit from the leases on these lands,
“as the first real Protestant Discoverer…within the acts of Parliament to
prevent the further growth of Popery in this Kingdom…”. It is further decreed
that the Defendants deliver to Windis all leases and agreements on the lands.
1.2 Edward Eyre, [Galway]
2876 22 Dec. 1713
642
3 skins
Lease made between the Right Honourable Arthur Lord Barron [sic] of
Altham, and Edward Eyre, Galway. For the sum of £275, Altham grants to
Eyre the town and lands of [Shallon], in the Barony of [Dulee], County Meath,
for a term of the natural life of Altham, at a yearly rent of £50, payable halfyearly
on the “feast days”. The lands were already in the possession of Eyre.
Also Altham leases to Eyre the town and lands of New Ross, County
Wexford, for one year only, as an entitlement of the Will of the late Arthur,
Earl of Anglesey, at a yearly rent of [£40, payable half yearly as above].
2877 March 1736 – March 1738
1 skin
List of Quit Rents received by [Edward Eyre], from the lands of Lisnegary,
[Dolegarr] and others.
1.3 Capt. Richard Hedges
2878 14 Oct. 1731
1 skin
Promissory note written by Capt. Richard Hedges for £16. 10. 6 ¼ payable to
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Francis Bernard.
1.4 Richard Hedges Eyre, (Macroom)
2879 21 April 1739
Lease made between Richard Hedges, Macroom and Gilbert Mellefont,
Dunmanvy [sic], for part of Sleveen, 164 acres, for a term of three lives, at a
yearly rent of £40, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
2880 19 Sept. 1740
643
1p
1 skin
Lease made between Francis Bernard, Castlemahon, and Richard Hedges,
Macroom, in the one part, and John Bowen, Cariggadrohid, Guardian of
Richard Browne, a minor, in the other part. Bernard and Hedges agree to lease
to Bowen, as representative of Browne, lands in Macroom, set out in lease, for
three lives, at a yearly rent of £3. 12. 0, payable half-yearly on the 1 st Nov. and
the 1 st May.
2881 23 March 1743
1½ skins
Lease made between Michael Bishop of Ossary and Richard Hedges, for the
lands of Annahaly and [Inshysyny], for a term of 31 years, at a yearly rent of
£120, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The
original lease on the land was made by Sir Richard Cox (Knight and Baronet,
father of the Bishop of Ossary), Dunmannawy, in 1714, to John [Torham]. He
assigned the lease to Richard Hedges. Written on the back is “exhibit C ”, in a
case involving Robert Hedges in 1835.
2882 [1750s]
1 skin
Draft of a legal case brought by Roger Sullvan, Ballaghboy, Florence Sullivan,
Droumboughilly, Co. Cork, John Barry and Garrett Barry, Killarney, and
Richard Barry, [Syans], Co. Kerry. They argue that Richard Eyre, Macroom,
who has power of authority in sixty plowlands and nine gneeves of lands of
Berehaven from Edward Herbert, Muckross, Killarney, did by deed pole on
the 4 th Dec. 1751, lease to [Plaintiffs], these lands and lands in part of
Killmacowen and Castledermod. It was for a term of 31 years, at a yearly rent
of £270, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. It was
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agreed that [Samuel] Hutchins and Michael Murphy were to remain on the
lands as tenants under pre-existing leases. They claim that Eyre deceived them
over the title to the lands, as existing tenants who held leases with Eyre,
remained on the lands. The name of John Puxley is mentioned. The case
became protracted, and there are claims of cattle taken by Eyre and sold, to
cover the agreed rents.
2883 March 1777 – [June] 1779
644
36pp
Letters sent by Richard Eyre, Macroom, to Frances Jane White (his daughter,
and widow of Simon White), Blackrock. In the letters, Eyre mentions his
health and his family – his wife, Ned, Bob, Peggy, and the Herberts of
Muckross. He gives his opinion on dealings with [Tom] Hutchins, and Mr.
Tonson. He advises on leases and stock.
6 items
2884 13 Oct. 1777
see also
2886
Assignment between James Peed, Lehena, Co. Cork in the one part and
Richard Eyre of Mount Hedges, Co.Cork, in the other part. Peed assigns to
Eyre, for 10 shillings, an annuity or yearly rent charge of £95, payable halfyearly
on the 1 st Nov. and the 1 st May, made between Peed and Edward Eyre
in August 1777. In consideration of £550 paid by Peed to Edward Eyre, Peed
would be paid yearly £95 out of the rent charge of £300 from the lands around
Macroom, assigned to the Eyre’s through their parent’s marriage settlement.
The £550 paid by Peed was actually done in Trust for Richard Eyre.
2885 9 Feb. 1825
3 skins
Award of a judgement of £300 to John Haly against Richard Eyre, Mount
Hedges, in the Easter term of 1799, in the court of the Exchequer. This is to
certify that satisfaction is acknowledged on the debts and costs. Written on the
back of the bond is that this was presented to Mrs. Shelswell-White from the
Garryhesta papers by Eoin O’Mahony, on the 28 th July 1941.
1.5 Edward Eyre
2886 9 Aug. 1777
see also
2884
[Assigment] made between Edward Eyre, Summer Hill, North Liberties of the
2886 contd..
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city of Cork, and James Peed, Lehena, Co.Cork. Peed agrees to pay to Eyre
the sum of £550. In return Eyre assigns an annuity of £95 to Peed, out of the
annuity of £300 from the lands in Co. Cork, excepting Gurteenroe, leased to
Simon White and John Rye in 1773. It is for three lives, to be paid half yearly
on the 1 st November and the 1 st May, commencing on the 1 st November next.
2887 6 July 1785
645
4 skins
Lease made between Edward Eyre, City of Dublin, and John O’Sullivan,
Canlaugh, Co. Cork, for part proportion and share of the towns and lands of
Canlaugh and others, formerly in the tenure of Morty O’Sullivan (father of
John) and now in the possession John O’Sullivan, in the Barony of Bere and
Bantry. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £45, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March.
2888 [Michelmas 1788]
1 item
Copy Recovery suffered by Edward Eyre of “lands comity” [sic] in Cork.
Richard Longfield, Castlemary, Robert Hedges, Mount Hedges, and the Rev.
Nicholas Herbert, Carrigonsuir, Co. Tipperary, demanded against Robert
Reeves, City of Dublin, lands, castles, woodlands of Co. Cork, in Berehaven
and Castledermott. Reeves calls Edward Eyre, Lineville, Co. Tipperary, as
tenant. They are granted the lands and Sir. Nicholas Conway Colthurst (the
Sheriff) caused full seisin of the lands to Longfield, Hedges and Herbert.
2889 5 Sept. 1805
Agreement made between Daniel O’Sullivan and Morty O’Sullivan,
[Loulagh], Co. Cork, and Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law), Dublin. The
O’Sullivans agree to confirm unto O’Connell their share of rents of the
following lands; Ballincallig, Ballaghby, Billerugh, Ballinracarrigigh,
Glanaragh, Killamore, [Knochanemunire], [Lahananore], Cluckfune, Killagh,
Killculihen, Loughanbeg, [Kunclogh], [Lickbarahen], four Knochroes,
Gurranes, Killeogh, Combe, Ballydonegan, Allihis, [Clune], Reentrisk,
Cahirkeen, three plowlands of [Loulagh], Iries, Crombane, Keelinacowen,
Keelcaterin, Beelcucane, [Tamikill], Glanebeg, [Tiledarig], [Tourmores],
[Keamatringrane], Knockanroe, Dereckivines, Droums, Couracullahore,
Clounaglasskill, [Tiernapilin], Gaure, Dysart, all in the Barony of Bere,
Co.Cork. The lands are under Trust to O’Connell, to keep down all head rents,
and from this to pay to O’Connell a yearly annuity of £400, payable halfyearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. To pay further from the
Trust yearly to Morty O’Sullivan the sum of £250, payable half-yearly on the
same dates. The rents and mortgages on the lands must pay off any arrears on
2889 contd..
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the lands secured by bond to representatives to Edward Eyre (deceased),
Samuel Cooper, John Lavallin Puxley and Arthur Hutchins.
1.6 Robert Hedges Eyre, (Macroom)
1.6.1 General Correspondence
2890 [c.1766]
646
1 skin
Letter from Robert Hedges, to Mrs. White, Seafield, Bantry, recounting a fall
“Old Hedges” had taken and his injuries. He will accompany the wedding
party [of his sister to Simon White] –“it is easy to marry but damned difficult
to do the contrary when once the fatal knot is tied.”
2891 14 Aug. 1809
Letter from Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, to Frances Jane White,
[Brittas, Tullamore] (his sister). He enquires on the health of Fanny (his
niece), “the General” (Edward Dunne, husband to Fanny) and the little ones.
He is delayed in Macroom due to work being done on improving his [kitchen].
He mentions that the Lord Lieutenant will be in Cork on 12 th September with
Lords Shannon, Thomond and Bantry. He has employed a new
cook/housekeeper, Mrs. [Hynes].
3pp
2892 2 Sept. 1812
Letter from [William Meredith], to Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle,
asking if Eyre will supply a letter of recommendation for Meredith’s brother,
Richard, for his entry into military service.
2893 30 Jan. – 5 Feb. 1829
Letters from [Archibald] Hamilton [Rowen], Leinster Street, Dublin, to Robert
Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, relating to the location of a deed for property
owned by [Rowen]. It seems that the deed has been assigned to Mr. Maunsell,
according to Mr. Payne (Agent to Hedges Eyre).
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2894 July 1835
Letter from Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, to William White, stating
that he has lodged White’s allowance in the Provincial Bank. He speaks of
Lord Ennismore in negative terms.
2895 25 June 1836
Letter from Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, to Richard White
(Viscount Berehaven), [Bantry], congratulating him on his engagement to
Lady Mary O’Bryen. There are mss notes made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
on the principal characters of the letter.
2896 4 July 1836
see also
2281
Mss letter written by Lord Thomond, Tunbridge Wells, to [Robert Hedges
Eyre], clarifying details of the settlement due to Lady Mary on her marriage to
Richard White (Viscount Berehaven). They are all at Tunbridge Wells “on
advice…for change of air”.
2897 [1836]
2898 [nd]
Letter from Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, to Richard White (1 st Earl
of Bantry), congratulating him on the marriage choice of Richard White
(Viscount Berehaven). Hedges Eyre writes of money owed “ I am sure every
sincere friend of Bearheaven [sic] must [counsel] this future happiness, and
not think of anything else – with respect of money he cannot expect it.”
Letter from Robert Hedges [Eyre], Bristol, England, to Frances Jane White
(his sister), Bantry. He writes of his safe arrival in Bristol and his intention to
go to London. He hints at some trouble at home “…let me know what has
transpired relative to this unhappy affair…” He mentions meeting Tom
[Brown] at Bristol.
647
2pp
2pp
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1.6.2 Leases
2899 9 March 1784
see also
407, 1963
Renewal of a Lease made between James Bernard, Castle Bernard, Co. Cork,
and Robert Hedges, Mount Hedges (second son of Richard Hedges Eyre). It is
for the lands of Tullaghbreedy east and west, Lackaduffe, Tobbernasool park,
Warren park, Sleveen, Carrigliegh park, Clonfadda, Tirebeg, Coadrum, the
several mills of Macroom and the mill lands of Maghereen, the houses of the
town of Macroom and their tenancies, one half of all the fairs in Macroom, all
in the Barony of Muskerry, Co. Cork. It is for three lives, with a renewal
convenant, that on the death of any of the parties or lives, a new lease will be
drawn up, if all arrears on the lands have been met. It is a yearly rent of £213.
16. 0 over and above Quit rent, Crown rent, and any taxes on the lands. It is
payable on the 1 st November and the 1 st May, commencing on the 1 st May
next. The original lease was made between Ffrancis Bernard (Justice of the
Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, owner of a Deed of Purchase
from the Corporation for making hollow sword blades in England), Castle-
Mahon, Co. Cork, and Richard Hedges, ([Great Grandfather] of Robert
Hedges), Macrompe (Macroom), on 13 th December 1710.
2900 26 Dec. 1809
648
4 skins
Draft Covenant of Lease of Bere Island that warrants Robert Hedges Eyre and
Thomas Leahy to pass through the Government Road to and from their
respective dwelling houses to the adjoining lands. It is agreed however that
His Majesty’s representatives may suspend the right to travel the route for a
time. It is signed by William Saurin. Written on the back is a note suggesting
that Hedges Eyre should be satisfied with the covenant and not insist further,
signed by John [Dall], 26 th Dec. 1809.
2901 1 Jan. 1810
Lease made between Daniel O’Sullivan (Castletown), Murtagh O’Sullivan
(Coulagh) in the first part, John Lavalin Puxley, (Carmarthen, in the county of
Denbigh, Great Britain) in the second part, Robert Hedges Eyre (Macroom
Castle) in the third part and Major General [Quin] John Freeman (Deputy
Barrack Master General of the Forces of Great Britain) in the fourth part.
Freeman has agreed to lease from Daniel O’Sullivan, Murtagh O’Sullivan and
John Lavalin Puxley, confirmed by Robert Hedges Erye part of the lands of
Bere Island known as Derrykeveen. This is part of the Plough Lands of
Casltedermot on which a signal tower and defensible guard-house has been
erected, measuring 3 acres, 1 rood and 39 perches. It is for a term of 900 years,
at a yearly rent of £3. 8. 3 per acre, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and
2901 contd..
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the 29 th September. In an accompanying map the lease measures 10 perches to
an inch, and a reference grid with relevant lands marked. Seals of all involved
are intact.
649
3 skins
2902 20 March 1812
see also
1013, 2910, 2913
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Dunboy, for mining rights on the lands of Coome, Comminches,
Clone/Cloune, and Allihies, all in the Barony of Bear and Bantry. It is for 31
years from the date of above. Puxley agrees to make reasonable compensation
to tenants on any loss during the mining. He also agrees to pay one and
twentieth parts of one-eighth part of all minerals found and delivered in a
merchantable state, washed fit for smelting. Lavallin agrees to pay over the
term a full eleven one and twentieth parts of one-eighth parts of all minerals
from the mining. He agrees to pay £5 for every bush and tree damaged during
mining. If Puxley should not begin work in one year of signing the lease, or
fail to employ 6 skilled miners for less than 150 days a year, from the 1 st April
1813, he will pay a fine of £600, and the agreement will become null and void.
2903 31 Aug. 1813
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Catherine
Sweeny and Brian Sweeny, both of Fahybeg “in the county of the town of
Galway”. It is for a plot of ground at Fahybeg from the 25 th March last for
three lives. It is at a yearly rent of £4. 16. 3, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. There is a plan of the plot on the top left
margin “…part of the estate of Robert Hedges Eyre…, situate in the West
Liberties of the Town of Galway and Measured in August 1813 by Patrick
Keogh.”
1 item
2904 8 April 1814
see also
371, 2915, 2945, 2947, 3069
[Draft] Confirmation of a lease by Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle for
Morty O’Sullivan, Coolagh, made between Margaret Burke and John
O’Sullivan in May 1786. Daniel O’Connell, Barrister-at-Law, and Morty
O’Sullivan agree to pay to Samuel Cooper from the 10 th November next, in
the presence of Austen Cooper, in Merrion Square, the sum of £350, and to
continue to do so on every 10 th May and 4 th November, until the sums of £927.
12. 1 without interest, and of £3,318. 2. 6 with interest, are fully paid. It is
also agreed by Morty O’Sullivan to pay the yearly rent of £341. 5. 0 reserved
in the lease of the 24 th March 1796, assigned by Cooper to Thomas Allen,
payable every 25 th March and the 29 th September, from the 29 th September
2904 contd..

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1812.
2905 31 Aug. 1814 – 16 May 1833
see also
2922
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Peter
Traynor, Abbey Gate Street, town of Galway. In consideration of a surrender
of a lease made between Edward Eyre, Galway, and Peter Traynor, of
premises now in the possession of James Marshall, Hedges Eyre now leases to
Traynor the house and garden in Abbey Gate Street. It is for three lives or 61
years from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £40, payable half yearly on
the 25 th March and the 29 th September. There is a coloured sketch map of the
house and gardens, with the adjoining premises noted, no scale is given, but
footage is. Includes a letter to Traynor from Joseph [H. Bath], 6
[Macklenburg] Street, Dublin, on a search in the Registry Office he has carried
out on deeds relating to property in Abbey Gate Street for Traynor.
2906 2 July 1817
650
4pp
2 items
Lease made between Robert Hegdes Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Thomas
Ward, Bollingbrookes Parks in the east liberties of the county of the town of
Galway. It is for a plot of ground at Bollingbrooks Parks bounded on the north
by the one acre field, on the south by the High road, on the east by Thomas
Donnellan’s holding and on the west by George Coffys holding. It is for three
lives or 31 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. There is a map of the premises to the top left
margin of the lease, surveyed in April 1817 by M. Logan, with a scale of 84
feet to an inch. Produced in court on 20 th July 1817 and on the 27 th January
1824, by Ward.
1 item
2907 28 June 1821
see also
2908
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Berehaven, for the four gneeves of the lands of Dunbeg and the
gneeve of Fuher, in the Barony of Bere, now in the possession of Puxley and
his undertenants. Leased in perpetuity, under a covenant in a lease drawn up in
8 th July 1747 between Francis and Margaret Annesley (otherwise Eyre) and
John Puxley (deceased). From this lease, Lavallin Puxley will pay a yearly
rent of six pence until the death of Ottiwell Puxley (survivor of the 1747
lease), and after that, the rent will be £70, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September.
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2908 3 Dec. 1824
see also
2907
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Berehaven. It is for the one fourth part or co-heirs share of the nine
plowlands of Castle Dermot, except the lands of Derrykiveen in Bere Island,
and the one fourth part or co-heirs share of eleven one and twentyeth [sic]
parts of the 60 plowlands and 9 gneeves of Berehaven. It is for three lives, at a
yearly rent of £1,000, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Puxley may give up the lease from 1825-1831, giving notice and
paying as well as the arrears, the sum of £1,000. Includes a copy, which was
used as “Exhibit C” referred to in an affadavit of Frederick A.B. Turner, 27 th
Feb. 1913. It is related to the Edward Egerton Leigh-White Estate.
2909 28 May – 25 Sept. 1825
651
3 items
List of Quit and Crown Rents purchased by Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom
Castle, in the Barony of Muskry (Muskerry), around the town of Macrump
(Macroom), for £109. 0. 2.-halfpenny. Includes a receipt for half a year’s quit
rents on the lands (28 th May 1825).
2 items
2910 5 May 1826
see also
1013, 2902
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Dunboy, Co. Cork, for the mining rights in the lands of [Kilcunnihin]
and Killagh, in the Barony of Beer. Term of 31 years from the date of the
lease, making reasonable compensation to the tenants during the course of
mining. Puxley agrees to pay from time to time one and twentieth part of one
eighth part of all minerals, and to at least pay eleven one and twentieth parts of
one eighth parts of all minerals during the term. If Puxley has not started
mining within one year, or if he fails to employ 6 skilled miners for less than
150 days in any one year, and if on or before the 4 th May 1827 he has not
expended more than £300 in mining, the agreement will be void.
2911 2 Sept. 1830 – 3 Sept. 1832
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Dwyer
(Publican), Castletown. It is for a plot of building ground in Castletown, 33
feet in front and 120 feet in depth. Term of 61 years from the 25 th March last,
at yearly rent of £2. 1. 6, payable to Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law),
Dublin, for which he holds certain premises in the Barony of Bere as Trustee
for John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre. Until such time as O’Connell no
longer acts as trustee for the premises, Dwyer is to pay to Hedges Eyre the
2911 contd..

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yearly rent of £2. 1. 6, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. O’Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Altham
for Hedges Eyre, when summoned. Counterpart lease delivered to the tenant in
September, 1831. Another lease was drawn up between the parties in 1832 for
another plot of ground in Castletown, 43 feet in front and 120 feet in depth, for
61 years, at a yearly rent of £3. 1. 3.
2912 2 Sept. 1830
652
2 items
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Mark
Sullivan (Publican), Castletown. It is for a plot of building ground in
Castletown, in the parish of [Killaghanenagh]. It is for 61 years, from the 25 th
March last, paying to Daniel O’Connell (Trustee to premises held by John
O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre) the yearly rent of £2. 1. 0 until O’Connell’s
interest in the estate should expire. For the remainder of the term, he pays the
rent to Hedges Eyre, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Altham for
Hedges Eyre, when summoned.
1 item
2913 29 Sept. 1830
see also
Section B.9.2, 2902
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Thomas
Poole, [Cahermore], for mining rights on the lands of Coombe,
[Comminches], Cloune, and Allihies, in the Barony of Bere and Bantry. Term
of 31 years, commencing on the 25 th March 1843, at a rent of “eleven one
twentieth parts of one full eight part of all minerals from the lands, from time
to time”. Unsigned.
1 item
2914 25 March 1832
see also
2926
Lease made between Robert Hedges, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, Dunboy, for a parcel of ground on the mountain known as Droum in
the Barony of Beer, forever, at a yearly rent of £6, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September.
1 skin
2915 April 1832
see also
371, 2904, 2945, 2947, 3069
Draft Articles of Agreement made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom
Castle, in the first part, Daniel O’Connell (MP and Barrister-at-Law), Derrinan
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[sic] Abbey, Co. Kerry in the second part, and John O’Sullivan (eldest son and
heir of Morty O’Sullivan, Coolagh, Co. Cork), [Cametingane], Co. Cork. This
was used as exhibit “E” in the case of Hedges against O’Sullivan, 1 st July
1848.
2916 3 Sept. 1832
653
12pp
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Timothy
Driscoll (Dealer), Castletown Berehaven. It is for a plot of building ground in
Castletown 34 feet in front and 100 feet in depth. Term of 61 years from the
25 th March last paying to Daniel O’Connell (Trustee to premises held by John
O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre) the yearly rent of £5. 2. 6 until O’Connell’s
interest in the estate should expire. For the remainder of the term, he pays the
rent to Hedges Eyre, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Altham
when summoned for by Hedges Eyre.
2917 3 Sept. 1832
1 item
Lease made Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Daniel Harrington
(Dealer), Castletown Berehaven. It is for a plot of ground in Castletown 34
feet in front and 37 feet in depth, now in the possession of Harrington. Term
of 61 years from the 25 th March last paying to Daniel O’Connell (Trustee to
premises held by John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre) the yearly rent of £1. 14.
0 until O’Connell’s interest in the estate should expire. For the remainder of
the term, he pays the rent to Hedges Eyre, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Altham when summoned for by Hedges Eyre.
2918 3 Sept. 1832
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Timothy
Shea (Dealer), Castletown, for a plot of building ground in Castletown,
containing 61 feet in front, and 120 feet in depth in the back. Term of 61
years, from the 25 th March last, at yearly rent of £3. 13. 3, payable to Daniel
O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law), Dublin, for which he holds certain premises in
the Barony of Bere as Trustee for John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre. Until
such time as O’Connell no longer acts as Trustee for the premises, Denis
O’Sullivan is to pay to Hedges Eyre the yearly rent of £3. 13. 3, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. O’Sullivan agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Altham for Hedges Eyre, when summoned.
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2919 27 Sept. 1832
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Arthur
Attridge (Mariner), Castletown, for a plot of building ground in Castletown 33
feet in front and 100 feet in depth. Term of 71 years from the 25 th March last,
at yearly rent of £1. 8. 9, payable to Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law),
Dublin, for which he holds certain premises in the Barony of Bere as Trustee
for John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre. Until such time as O’Connell no
longer acts as Trustee for the premises, Attridge is to pay to Hedges Eyre the
yearly rent of £2. 18. 9, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Attridge agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Altham for
Hedges Eyre, when summoned. There is a note attached stating that the
holding was sold, date unknown.
2920 27 Sept. 1832
654
2 items
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Jeremiah
Sullivan (Blacksmith), Castletown. It is for a plot of building ground in
Castletown, 31 feet in front and 120 in depth. Term of 61 years from the 25 th
March last the yearly rent of £1. 18. 9 payable to Daniel O’Connell (Barristerat-Law),
Dublin, for which he holds certain premises in the Barony of Bere as
Trustee for John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre. Until such time as O’Connell
no longer acts as Trustee for the premises, he pays the rent to Hedges Eyre,
half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve
in the courts of the Manor of Altham when summoned for by Hedges Eyre.
The name of Denis Sullivan has been crossed out in the bottom section of the
lease and Jeremiah’s put there instead.
2921 27 Sept. 1832
1 item
[Draft] Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and
Jeremiah [Launcy] (Publican), Castletown. It is for plot of building ground in
Castletown 24 feet in front and 120 feet in depth, now in the possession of
[Launcy]. Dates from the 25 th March past, the yearly rent of [£1. 10. 0]
payable to Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law), Dublin, for which he holds
certain premises in the Barony of Bere as Trustee for John O’Sullivan from
Hedges Eyre. Until such time as O’Connell no longer acts as Trustee for the
premises, he pays the rent to Hedges Eyre, half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of
Altham when summoned for by Hedges Eyre. A term is not given, and the rent
is not definite.
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2922 22 May 1833
see also
2905
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Peter
Traynor, Abbey Gate Street, Galway. It is a copy of BL/E/B/2905, for the
same premises, but the rent has been reduced to £36. 18. 5 and a half. Stated
on the back that the original lease was surrendered for this one.
2923 18 Dec. 1833
655
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Murphy
(Publican), Castlehaven. It is for a plot of building ground in Castlehaven, 27
feet in front and 24 feet in depth, now in the possession of Murphy. Term of
61 years from the 25 th March past, paying to Daniel O’Connell (Trustee to
premises held by John O’Sullivan from Hedges Eyre) the yearly rent of £1. 7.
0 until O’Connell’s interest in the estate should expire. For the remainder of
the term, he pays the rent to Hedges Eyre, half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of
Altham when summoned for by Hedges Eyre. Counterpart determined on the
29 th September 1835.
2924 25 March 1834
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Jeremiah
Mark O’Sullivan, Castletown, for a plot of building ground in Castletown,
containing 68 feet in front and in depth 100 feet. Term of 61 years, at a yearly
rent of £4. 5. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
O’Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of [Althone] when
summoned.
2925 18 Dec. 1834
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Denis
Sullivan (Shopkeeper), Castletown. It is for a plot of building ground in
Castletown.Term of 61 years from the 25 th March last, at yearly rent of £2. 18.
9, payable to Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law), Dublin, for which he holds
certain premises in the Barony of Bere as Trustee for John O’Sullivan from
Hedges Eyre. Until such time as O’Connell no longer acts as trustee for the
premises, Denis O’Sullivan is to pay to Hedges Eyre the yearly rent of £2. 18.
9, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. O’Sullivan
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Altham for Hedges Eyre, when
summoned.
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2926 25 March 1835
see also
2914
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and John Lavallin
Puxley, the older, Dunboy. It is for a dwelling house wherein Philip
Armstrong (Medical Doctor) now resides, and the offices and grounds
belonging to same in the north side of the street in Castletown. Also, the
house, building and ground to the rere now used as a Police Barrack on the
south side of the street in Castletown. Term of 99 years, from the 29 th
September last. He agrees to pay during his life and that of his son, John
Lavallin Puxley, one penny, and after the decease of the survivor of them, £7.
5. 9 yearly, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Map
on the margin shows the premises in question, with a scale is 10 feet to a half
inch.
2927 25 March 1835
656
1 skin
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and James
Downing, Castletown, for a dwelling house and ground on the north side of
the street of Castletown, and houses on the south side of the same street in
Castletown (see map). Term of 99 years, from the 29 th September last. The
yearly rent during the natural lives of John Lavallin Puxley, the elder, and
John Lavallin Puxley, the younger, is one penny. After the death of the
survivor, the rent will be £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Map drawn on the margin has the premises coloured in pink, with
a scale of [10 feet to half an inch].
2928 25 March 1835
1 skin
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and James
Downing, Castletown, for the dwelling house and ground lying on the North
side of the street of Castletown (see map). Term of 99 years, from the 29 th
September last. It is a yearly rent of one penny, for the natural lives of John
Levallin Puxley, the elder, and John Levallin Puxley, the younger, and after
their deaths, the rent will be £3, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the
29 th September. The accompanying map has the premises marked out in pink,
with a scale of 10 feet to a half-inch.
2929 13 May 1839
1 skin
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and Daniel
Riordan (Shoemaker), Macroom. It is for a plot of ground in the street of
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Macroom, for some time in the possession of Riordan 27 feet in front and 136
feet depth. Term of 61 years from the 1 st May last, at a yearly rent of £1. 7. 5,
payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st November. Map of the plot of
ground giving measurements and the neighbours, drawn by John [Anchan],
30 th September 1838.
2930 13 May 1839
657
1 item
Lease made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, and William
Cotter (Shoemaker), Macroom. It is for the plot of ground in the street of
Macroom for some time in the possession of Cotter, 32 feet 11 inches in front
and 156 feet depth, with all houses on the plot (see map). Term of 61 years
from the 1 st May last, at a yearly rent of £1. 12. 11, payable half yearly on the
1 st May and the 1 st November. There is a sketch map of the premises leased,
done by John [Ancham].
1.6.2.1 Sub-leases
2931 15 July 1849
1 item
Assignment of a dwelling house, back house and back yard in Castletown, for
£50 by Abigail McCarthy (Spinster), Castletown Berehaven, to David
Donovan ([Process Officer]), [Coulatreen]. The house was formerly in the
tenancy of Mary Sullivan (Dealer), part of the premises demised by Robert
Hedges Eyre to Jeremiah Mark Sullivan. McCarthy is to have the premises for
the remainder of the term of 61 years, at a yearly head rent of £0. 15. 6, agreed
between Donovan and Sullivan in 1838.
2932 18 Sept. 1854
1 item
Assignment made between Eugene O’Sullivan, Castletown, and Timothy
Harrington, Castletown. O’Sullivan has agreed to grant to Harrington, for £47.
10. 0, the house and premises lately in O’Sullivan’s possession in Castletown
Bere, for the natural life of Robert Hedges White (son of Samuel White).
Harrington takes on the yearly rent of 10 shillings. The original lease was
made between Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle and Patrick Martin on
14 th June 1824. Martin granted lease to O’Sullivan.
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1.6.3 Legal Documents and Accounts
2933 17 Sept. 1784
see also
2998, 3131
Mortgage made between Robert Hedges, Mount Hedges, and Thomas Barter,
City of Dublin. Barter agrees to lend to Hedges the sum of £4,500. In turn,
Hedges assigns to Barter lands in the Barony of Muskerry and Gurteenroe, for
three lives under covenant of renewal, excepting the rents and the annuities on
the lands. If Hedges can repay in full the mortgage before the 17 th March
[1885], the agreement is made void. This was produced in the case of White
V. Hedges on the 22 nd July 1801 and 29 th March 1802.
2934 22 Feb. 1804
658
2½ skins
Mortgage for £650 for the lands of Dereymehine, Ballinakilly, Grenane,
Ardagh, Conoghline, Urin, and two-thirds of Killsnacowen, all in the Barony
of Beer [sic] and Bantry, taken out by Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle
from Daniel Goold (Merchant), Cork City, in Trust for Thomas Leahy.
Includes copy, unsigned by Goold.
2 skins
2935 24 Aug. 1804
see also
2936
Assignment made between Dame Joanne Maria Trant Fitzgerald,
[Trantstown], Co. Cork, in the first part, Robert Hedges, Mount Hedges, in the
second part, and John [Pyne], [Cottage], Co. Cork, in the third part. Fitzgerald
assigns to [Pyne], the portion of lands formerly belonging to Edward Eyre in
Berehaven, called Goggin’s Lot, and other lands in the Barony, for £751. 16.
3. It is for the remainder of the terms of the leases on the lands; Goggin’s Lot
runs out in 1808, a lease made between Dominick and Margaret Burke to
Thomas Leahy, in 1780, for 27 years at a yearly rent of £225. The lease on the
other lands was made in 1781 by Dominick and Margaret Burke to Henry
Puxley, and between Eyre and Henry Puxley, in 1784, for three lives, for a
yearly rent of £105. Robert Hedges agrees to acts a guarantor that rents on the
lands will be met by [Pyne]. Fitzgerald paid Eyre £300 on 4 th Oct. 1791 for
Goggin’s Lot, and two thousand Livres [Tournois] on 1 st Dec. 1791 for the
other lands.
3 skins
2936 4 Aug. 1807
see also
2935
Assignment made between John Pyne, Cottage, Co. Cork, and Robert Hedges
Eyre, Macroom Castle, for the lands in Berehaven – Googin’s Lot, and those
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leased to Henry Puxley.
2937 9 Sept. 1811
659
3 skins
Deed of Attornment between Daniel O’Sullivan and Murtagh O’Sullivan,
Berehaven, in the one part, and Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, in the
other part. The O’Sullivans have agreed to become tenants of Eyre (or suffer
ejectment for non-payment of rent), on the lands known as the Sixty
Plowlands and nine kneeves of Berehaven, the nine plowlands of
Castledermot and the lands of Crosshaven, paying him [each] the sum of six
pence. The original lease on these lands was between Margaret Burke and
John O’Sullivan, for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £700, made on
the 9 th June 1786.
2938 15 Aug. 1812
2939 [1812]
Mortgage for £2,234 on several lands in the County of Cork by Peter
McSwiney to Robert Hedges Eyre, held in Trust for Richard White (1 st Earl of
Bantry). All rents on the lands will be paid to Reverend William Hodnet in
Trust for White, until the mortgage of £2,234 is fully paid, except £200, to be
paid to McSwiney for his family. Used in court dispute between McSwiney
and White in 25 th April 1827
3pp
3 skins
Draft Statement of the Title of Robert Hedges Eyre to the Macroom Estate. It
is to seek counsel’s opinion on this matter in order to secure a loan of £6,000
for Hedges Eyre to purchase outright the Macroom Estate from Lord Bandon.
2940 2 – 31 July 1817
Original publication of typed copies of letters sent by Arthur Hutchins, Grand
Parade, Cork, Michael Goold Adams, Castle-Town, and Thomas Harding,
with a statement by Emanuel Hutchins, relating to a dispute between Arthur
Hutchins and [Robert] Hedges Eyre, [Macroom Castle]. Hutchins contends
that perjury is commonplace in the courts of Berehaven and Bantry,
orchestrated in part by Hedges Eyre, in order to obtain illegally judgements
and properties in his and his allies favour. Hutchins vows that “I shall do every
thing within my power to break down that system of corruption and perjury,
which prevailed in this Barony, and in the Barony of Bantry, in matters
affecting the lives, liberties, and properties of the King’s subjects.”
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2941 24 Aug. 1818
660
2 items
Copy statement of title to premises at Sleveen road in Macroom with
Counsel’s opinion from Richard Maunsell. A renewal of a lease is being
prepared by Thomas and Richard Crooke (trustees of the late John Browne,
Coolcower), to be taken out from Francis Lord Baron Bandon and Robert
Hedges Eyre. It dates from a lease made in October 28, 1706 by the Governor
and Company for making Hollow Sword blades in England to Richard
Browne (junior), then of Dundalk. It was for premises in Macroom (laid out in
the document) for 3 lives with a covenant for perpetual renewal at £3. 15. 6
per annum. Counsel is asked if the Crooke’s have the power to renew the
lease.
2942 26 July 1833
Deed of Covenant made by Robert Hedges Eyre, Macroom Castle, with James
Earl of Bandon, Castle Bernard. Hedges Eyre agrees to pay a rent charge of
£213. 16. 0 on lands in the Barony of Muskerry that were originally leased
between the families in 1710. This lease included Macroom, with its markets
and tolls, but Hedges Eyre has bought the property from the Earl of Bandon
for £5,000. Written on the back is “Massey a [Hedges], city of Cork, Summer
1853”, as if the document has been used in legal proceedings.
2943 13 Sept. 1833 – 3 July 1834
3pp
2 skins
Agreements made between John Keleher, [Reelvaultra], and Robert Hedges
Eyre, [Macroom Castle]. In the first Keleher agrees to pay Hedges Eyre £400
a year for one of the new houses being built in Gurteenroe [Street], without a
loft. In the 1834 agreement, Keleher promises to pay one shilling per foot for
a house [to be finished in 12 months] with a lease for 61 years, rent payable
half yearly on 1 st November and 1 st May. This agreement is addressed to Rev.
Sommers [sic.] Payne. Includes note from Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
2944 Sept. 1835 – May 1840
3 items
Document marked “A”, the account and statement in reference to the arrears
of rent due by John O’Sullivan out of the land in Berehaven.
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2945 [1840s]
see also
329, 1001, 3069
Statement in reference to the arrears of rent due by John O’Sullivan out of the
lands of Berehaven, to the estate of [Robert] Hedges Eyre (c.1812-1840).
2946 29 June 1868
2947 [nd]
2948 [nd]
2949 [nd]
2950 [nd]
661
11pp
Release of one seventh of a judgement debt for £3,000. William White Hedges
and Richard Davies (Executors of Robert Hedges Eyre) pay £395. 12. 1 to
Robert Hedges Maunsell and Thomas Henry Mitchell (Trustees to the
judgement debt of 14 th April 1831).
“A list of the several denominations of land in the Barony of Bere the
property of the late Morty O’Sullivan as held by him under Mr. Hedges Eyre”.
[Draft Covenant to be invested in Leases when lands duly are in composition
for tythes]. It is made for Robert Hedges Eyre by Edward Eyre Maunsell
([Solicitor]), 24 Temple [Street, Dublin].
Mss declaration by Robert Hedges Eyre appointing £200 yearly to William
White (his nephew) during the lifetime of Hedges Eyre. After his death he will
settle £2,000 on White if he has male issue. If not, the money will be left to
whomever Hedges Eyre wishes. Should White get possession of Lord Bantry’s
Estate by the death of Lord Berehaven without male issue, the £2,000 will also
revert back to Hedges Eyre.
Statement of Title of Robert Hedges Eyre and Thomas Leahy to Googin’s Lot,
4,000 acres in Berehaven. Hedges Eyre owns one third and 6/7 of a third, and
Leahy owns one third and 1/7 of a third. Hedges Eyre’s title history is given
from the Annesleys in [1685].
2950 contd..
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1.7 Margaret Burke (née Eyre)
2951 14 April 1781
Lease made between Dominick Burke and Margaret Burke (otherwise Eyre,
surviving daughter of Edward Eyre of Galway), City of Dublin, husband and
wife, in the one part and Henry Huxley, Crosshaven, in the other part.
Margaret Burke, under powers given to her through the Will of her late father,
agrees to lease to Huxley the undivided part or three coheirs shares of the
lands of Crosshaven and subdenominations in the Barony of Kerricurrihy, Co.
Cork. It is for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £100, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
2. Annesleys/Earls of Anglesey
2952 22 Feb. 1669
662
6pp
1 item
Order of reduction for the Quit Rents of Lands in the Barony of Beare and
Bantry held by Arthur Earl of Anglesey. On the 16 th March 1668, the Lord
Lieutenant ordered that the yearly rent of £131. 14. 7 on the lands should be
reduced to [£82. 2. 6]. The order lists separately the reduction in all the
townlands – Gurteene from £2. 18. 11 to £1. 16. 6. The Order was enrolled in
22 Feb. 1669. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has made notes on the margins.
2953 15 March 1679
Copy Abstracts from Patent by Charles II to the Earl of Anglesey on the 15 th
March 1679. Written on top of the first page is “Another Copy (? fuller) in
PRO Dublin (purchased from T Sadlier – see “MiscPurchases 1938/41,
p.100)”, signed [CW]. The document has been underlined at certain sentences,
making notes of market and fair dates.
2954 [1669 – 25 May 1679]
List of denominations, acreage and rents payable on lands in Beare and Bantry
area granted to Arthur Earl of Anglesey by King Charles II.
1ff
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2955 26 Oct. 1695
Agreement made between Richard Hutchins, Blackrock, Co. Cork, and
Andrew Lloyd, City of Dublin. Hutchins assigns the lands of Mollosky and
part of Agroome, in the Barony of Beare and Bantry, with all rental profits for
the remainder of a 99-year lease, in consideration of £128. 16. 3. The
agreement was originally between Arthur Annesley (1 st Earl of Anglesey) and
John Baker, Carrigroghane in 25 th Oct. 1660. It was for the lands of
[Clasgannif] and Grange in the parish of Desertmore, East and West Carbery,
for 99 years at a yearly rent of £33. 6. 8. A covenant included in the lease
stated that if Anglesey and in turn Baker, should be evicted from the any part
of the lands, Anglesey would lease other lands of similar value to Baker.
Baker was acting in trust for Robert Phaire. The lands were lost, and replaced
by those of Mollosky and Agroome. [On 1 st April 1683, Alphonsious Phaire
(son of Robert) re-leased the lands to Hutchins.] Signed and sealed by Andrew
Lloyd. Written on the back is an endorsement by Hutchins dated 25 th March
1697.
2956 15 March [1697]
663
1 skin
Copy Patent [Grant] of Royal Charter of lands in Cork to Arthur, Earl of
Anglesey by King Charles II. Pencilled notes are written along the margins,
underlining certain sentences
2957 23 June 1703
11pp
Indenture made between Sir Cyrill Wich, Francis Annesley, John Baggs, John
Trenchard, John Isham, Henry Langford, James Hopper, John Cary, Sir Henry
Shere, Thomas Harrison, William Fellowes, and Thomas Raulins (Trustees),
in the one part, and John [Drury] in the other part. [Drury] agrees to pay £431.
4. 1 farthing, and an additional £831. 18 and half pence, for the lands of
[Ballindromur], Ballincrohane, […….bannagh], and Carrowgarrane. These
were the property of the Redmond [Daton], convicted of high treason, in the
Barony of Leitrim, and the county of Galway. It is forever, subject to the
payment of £2 to the Earl of [Clanritard], and to the yearly Quit Rent of £5.
18. 1. 3 (farthings).
2958 [Dec. 1747]
1 skin
Notes on the Anglesey/Altham family, sent to [Richard White] by [Shaw].
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2959 27 May 1751
Bargain and Sale made between William Annesley, Castle William, Co.
Down, and Arthur Annesley, Inner Temple, London, in the one part, and
Richard White, Bantry, in consideration of 5 shillings. It is for the four and a
half plowlands of [Crilliconagh] with its subdenominations, the lands of
[Rynedisart], [Caranmadderagh], [Maderagh] containing three plowlands, one
third part of Agroome, in Ardneturrich and Ardnegeshill 1,200 acres, all in the
Barony of Bear and Bantry. It is for one whole year for one pepper-corn, if
demanded. This will enable White “to accept and take a Grant and Release of
the Reversion and Inheritance to him and his heirs forever”. These lands were
originally leased by Arthur 1 st Earl of Anglesey to Colonel George Walters for
99 years, at the yearly rent of £100, on the 22 nd November 1660. There is
underlining and marking of words and paragraphs in pencil.
2960 10 May 1760
664
1 skin
Lease made between William, Lord Baron Annesley of Castlewellan, and
Arthur Annesley of the Inner-Temple, London, of the one part, and William
Hamilton (Farmer), Mohiny, Co. Cork in the other part. Annesley demises to
Hamilton the lands of Knockneduffe, Co. Cork, now in the tenure of Hamilton
and his under tenants, for the term of 31 years, at a yearly rent of £10, payable
half-yearly on the 1 st November and the 1 st May. Information has been inked
over. Witnessed by Simon White.
2961 19 May 1763
1 item
Lease made between William, Lord Annesley, Richard Eyre, Macrompe,
Elizabeth Rowan (otherwise Eyre, wife of William Rowan, City of London)
and Margaret Bourke (otherwise Annesley, otherwise Eyre, wife of Dominick
Bourk, City of Dublin), and Daniel Sullivan, Ardnageshill, Co. Cork. It is for
the one third and six sevenths of a third of the town and lands of Ardnageshill
and Ardnatunishmore, in the Barony of Beer and Bantry. Term of 31 years
from the 25 th March past. He agrees to pay to William, Lord Annesley the
yearly rent of £3. 8. 6, to Richard Eyre, the yearly rent of £10. 17. 2, to
Elizabeth Rowan the yearly rent of £10. 17. 2, to Margaret Bourke the yearly
rent of £10. 17. 2, and after the deaths of Rowan and Bourke, their share is to
go to Richard Eyre. The rent is to be paid half yearly on the 25 th March and
the 29 th September. Used in court in the case, [Lord Bantry V. Hutchins],
1817.
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2962 5 July 1820
Copy Search made in the Office of his Majesty’s Auditor General on
verification on the granting of lands to Arthur Earl of Anglesey in the Barony
of Bear and Bantry, in [1688]. Includes the rents due on lands.
2963 10 July 1820
Search made in the Office of his Majesty’s Auditor General for the grant of
lands given to Arthur Anglesey in the Barony of Bere and Bantry in [1688],
and the rents due.
2964 14 March 1832
2965 [nd]
2966 [nd]
Search in the Rolls Office of His Majesteys [sic] Right Court of Chancery for
a copy of the Grant to Arthur, Earl of Anglesey of lands in Counties Cork,
Tipperary, [and Wexford] made in [1688] and rents due.
665
1p
3pp
10pp
A list of the Quit Rents due on lands in Co. Cork, possibly in the Barony of
Bear and Bantry, including the number of plowlands to each. They may be the
lands of Arthur, Earl of Anglesey. Includes a page of notes taken at a later date
on the information.
2 items
Pages 22-33 of a draft document. It may deal with a dispute over title to lands
subject to a lease. Names mentioned in document are Charles Annesley,
Arthur Annesley, John Parker, Dame Mary, Lady Havensham, Lady Mohun,
Maurice Thompson, Richard Earl of Annesley, Edward Eyre, Richard Eyre
Hedges, Mary Hedges, Robert [Chance/Chaire].
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3. Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington
2967 26 Oct. 1730
see also
2968, 2969
Counterpart Lease made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington (Lord
High Treasurer of Ireland), and John Gash, Kinnebeg. In consideration of
£405 paid by Gash to Jeremy Coughlan, Lismor, Co. Waterford, for the use of
the Earl, he grants to Gash the plowland of Kinnebeg, containing 423a 1r 16p
English Statute Measure. Term of three lives, with a convenant of renewal, at
a yearly rent of £22. 18. 6, paying the same amount six months after the deaths
of the lives named, and of every other life named in the future. A payment of
£5. 19. 7½ must be paid, if after six months, no new name has been added to
the lease.
666
1 skin
2968 26 Oct. 1730
see also
2967, 2969
Lease made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington, and John Gash,
Kinnebegg, in consideration of £270. 18. 0 paid by Gash to Jeremy Coughlan,
Lismore, Co. Wexford, for the use of the said Earl. It is for the half plowland
of Gortroe containing 514a 1r 22p English Statute measure, and the five
gneeves of Buckerys containing 192a 1r 15p, lately in the tenure of Derby
Driscol [sic] and Partners. Term of three lives renewable, at a yearly rent of
£13. 15. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Written on the back of the lease is a memorandum that the same land is now
vested in Richard White, Bantry and leased to Francis Gash, [Aghy….], Co.
Cork, dated 24 th March 1744. Signed and sealed by both White and Francis
Gash. It was surrendered on 29 th Oct. 1767.
4. John and William Gash
1 skin
2969 7 Dec. 1738
see also
2967, 2968
Mortgage for security of £400 and interest, made between John Gash,
Kinnebegg, and William Gash (eldest son), for the interest John Gash has in
the lands of Kinnebegg. He leased them from Richard Earl of Cork and
Burlington on 16 th Oct. 1730, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £22. 18. 6.
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2970 26 Feb. 1739
see also
2971, 2972
Mortgage of £300 taken out on the lands of Kinnebegg by William Gash,
Dunmanway, from Rev. Samuel Broome, Ballimony, Co. Cork. It is signed
and sealed by both Gash and Broom.
667
1 skin
2971 10 Dec. 1748
see also
2970, 2972
Articles of Agreement between William Gash, Droumfea, Co.Cork and
Richard Tonson, Dunkettle, Co.Cork. Tonson agrees to pay on behalf of Gash
the principal interests and debts due on a mortgage on lands in Kineighbegg,
East Carbery for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £22. 18. 6, with a
covenant of perpectual renewal for £11. 9. 3 taken out in 1739 with Samuel
Broome, which he assigned to James Ffrench. Gash agrees to sell to Tonson
his rights to the lands, the mortgage together with the original lease for £500,
with an additional £30 rental payable every year on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. It is signed and sealed by both Gash and Tonson. This is Gash’s
counterpart copy.
1 skin
2972 10 Dec. 1748
see also
2970, 2971
Deed of Sale made between William Gash, [Droumfean], Co. Cork, and
Richard Tonson, Dunkettle. Gash assigns the mortgage he owes on the lands
of Kineighbegg, Barony of East Carbery, to Tonson, together with the lease he
holds on the lands, for £500. Gash will take back the lease from Tonson,
paying an additional £30 half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
Gash took a mortgage of £300 in 1739, on his estate from Rev. Samuel
Broome, who had obtainied a decree enabling him to seize the estate of Gash,
and had assigned the lands to James French. It is signed and sealed by both
Gash and Tonson. This is Tonson’s counterpart copy.
5. The Levinges
2973 1 Feb. 1753
1 skin
Lease made between Dame Mary Levinge and Richard Levinge, (son of Dame
Mary), both of the City of Dublin, and William Austen, City of Cork. The
Levinges, in consideration of £200 paid by [Austen], grant to him the one
undivided third part and the seventh undivided part of one other undivided
third part of the lands of Killnaglory, Kerrygrohanebegg, and West
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Ballyshoneen, in the county and county of the city of Cork. It is for a term of
999 years, commencing on the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £30,
payable on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
2974 20 May 1761
668
1 skin
Lease made between Richard Levinge (City of Dublin) and Richard Mellefont
(Downemarke, Co. Cork). Levinge demises to Mellefont one undivided third
part and one undivided one and twentieth part of each of the following lands;
Kilmacowen and its several subdenominations containing around 4,432 acres
in the parish of Kilmanagh; the lands of Crippleconnagh, containing 4,911
acres in the parish of Kilmacomogue; the lands of Ardnegesal, containing
1,609 acres in the parish of Kilmacomogue; the lands of Cloonhola, containing
1,121 acres in the parish of Kilmacomogue, all lands in the Barony of Bere.
They are already in his possession. Mellefont agrees to a term of three lives, at
a yearly rent of £130, payable half-yearly on the 1 st November and the 1 st
May.
1 skin
6. Richard and Margaret (née White) Longfield, Viscount
Longueville
6.1 Leases
2975 8 Nov. 1756
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, Co. Cork, in the one
part, and Richard Blair, Abbey, and Richard [Uniacke, Mount Uniake] in the
other part. Blair and [Uniake] agree to lease the following lands;
Ballynemetagh, Curraghtycloghy, Ballyvaloor, Ballycaronig in the Barony of
Immokilly; the town and lands of Stonestown in the Barony of Atherdee; the
lands of Geragh, Knocknecopel, Garrymore, Kilerone, Loghadery,
Ballynascarthy, Ballytrama, Ballylondragh, Ballynabottuma, Ballymackslyny,
Ballyregan, Ballyferode, Ballyir, Ballygibeen, Barradaw, Knocknakirk,
Ballyknock, Ballydavid, Ballyfin, Ballyroe, Belehariett situate in the Barony
of Immokilly; the lands of LongIsland Crowe and Ballycroe, in the Barony of
Carbery; the town and lands of Kilbride in the Barony of Ballycowen and
King’s County. For a term of one whole year, at a yearly rent of one pepper -
corn payable at the Feast of Easter.
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2976 30 Nov. 1789
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary and John
Mongane, Bantry, for the plot of ground on the Church Road, Bantry, for 31
years, at a yearly rent of £1. 14. 3 half-pence, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and 25 th March.
669
1 item
2977 30 Nov. 1789
see also
2978
[Lease] between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and his wife Margaret
Longfield, and Ann Jenkins, Bantry, for the house Jenkins lives in, in the
Manor of Bantry, for her natural life and the lives of Elizabeth Jenkins (aged
21), Catherine Jenkins (aged 20) and Thomas Jenkins (aged 11), daughters and
son of Thomas Jenkins of Bantry. The yearly rent is £30, payable half-yearly
on 29 th September and on 25 th March. Annotation on reverse of lease “I resign
my right title and interest on those leases to Hamton White Esqr he paying all
rent and arrear of rent – Septr [3:] 1792” signed by Ann Jenkins. Includes
copy.
2 items
2978 30 Nov. 1789
see also
2977
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and
Thomas Jenkins, Bantry, for a dwelling house, formerly a salt house in Bantry
for three lives, a yearly rent of £10, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March.
2979 30 Nov. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and John
Banfield ([Chandler]), Bantry, for a lot of ground in Bantry, bounded on the
west by Custom Gap, on the south by Fair Rock, in the Manor of Bantry. Term
of 31 years from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Banfield agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to grind all malts in
the Manor Mills of Bantry.
2980 30 Nov. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and John
Kirby (Shop and Innkeeper), Bantry. It is for premises on the fair Rock now in
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the tenure of Kirby and his undertenants, bounded on the west by the Carberry
road, and also a lott of ground between Kirby’s dwelling house and Samuel
[Hellen’s] house. It is for three lives, from the 25 th March, at a yearly rent of
£18. 11. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
Kirby agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned,
and to grind his malt in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
2981 30 Nov. 1789
670
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and Denis
Healy (Weaver) and Richard Goggin (Weaver), Bantry, for the field on the
right hand side of the road leading to Four Mile Water, bounded on the south
of Thomas Leahy’s farm, and on the north by Daniel Healy’s and Cornelius
Cleary’s field. It is for a term of 31 years, from the 25 th March, at a yearly rent
of £2. 5. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
They agree to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and
to grind all their grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
2982 30 Nov. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and
Sylvester Barry (Cordwinder), Bantry, for the house and back yard in Pound
Lane, now in Barry’s tenure, in the Manor of Bantry. It is for a term of 31
years, from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Barry agrees to serve in the courts
of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned, and to grind his malt at the Manor
Mills of Bantry. Written on the outside is “ejected”.
2983 30 Nov. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Mary Longfield, Castlemary, and David
Dick (Boatman), Bantry, for a lott of ground on Blackrock road, lately in the
possession of Patrick Sullivan, bounded on the north by the road leading to
Blackrock. It is for three lives [renewable], from the 25 th March next, at a
yearly rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. He agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to grind all his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
2984 30 Nov. 1789
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Thomas
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Tamplin (Subconstable), Bantry, for the holding lately held by Cornelius
Sullivan otherwise Brah and since for some time by Doctor [Colnaan],
bounded on the east by a stream and on the south by the road. It is for three
lives, from the 25 th March next. The yearly rent is £3. 10. 0, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Tamplin agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at a Malt
house approved of by the Lessors, and to grind his malts at the Manor Mills of
Bantry. Includes copy.
2985 30 Nov. 1789
671
2 items
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, with Margaret Longfield
(his wife), and Daniel Sullivan ([Hatter]), Bantry town, for a plot of ground on
the rock near the Custom [gap with three houses built], formerly in the tenure
of Ananias Sullivan, but now held by Daniel Sullivan. It is for three lives, at a
yearly rent of £4. 11. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Sullivan agrees that he will serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and buy and grind his grain at the Manor Mills of Bantry or
pay a fine for doing otherwise. Sullivan assigns his right title to the lands to
Cornelius Sullivan (his father), Lissacaran, 3 rd Jan. 1797. Includes copy.
2986 30 Nov. 1789
2 items
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary and Margaret Longfield
(his wife), and Timothy Sullivan (Shopkeeper), Bantry town, for the house he
now dwells in. Term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £9. 2. 0, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, and buy and grind his
malt and grain in the Manor Mills of Bantry. He agrees to pay a fine of 20
shillings for every barrel not bought or ground at the Mills.
2987 1 Feb. 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and Margaret (his wife),
and John Goodwin (Surgeon), Bantry, for the fields adjoining to the town of
Bantry, being part of the lands of [Kinateenabroug] in the manor of Bantry,
lately in the tenancy of John Clarke. Term of three lives from the 29 th
September last, paying to the Longfields and after their deaths to Richard
White, Blackrock, the yearly rent of £14, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Goodwin agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind his malts in the Malt
House and the Manor Mills of Bantry. Includes copy of same lease. Written on
the outside is “[Carriabrat] lease expired”, no date given.
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2988 30 Nov. 1790
672
2 items
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Denis
Sullivan, for the land and houses on the strand formerly held by Nicholas
Meade, and lately by Thomas Jenkins, “referring thereout the cellar and two
houses which Mr. John Kirby now holds…”in Bantry. Term of three lives at a
yearly rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
2989 28 Dec. 1790
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John Barry
([Tidewaier]), Bantry, for a”lott”of ground on the Blackrock Road, Bantry, for
a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £2. 5. 6, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
2990 29 Dec. 1790
1 item
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and Margaret Longfield
(his wife), and John Bird (senior) and Robert Bird (junior) (Farmers), Bantry.
For the field in the Cummer, the cabbins on [Parkinanig], and the field on
Church road, [in Bantry], for three lives, a yearly rent of £10. 5. 0, payable
half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
2991 1 Jan. 1791
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and
Elizabeth [Jagoe], widow, Bantry, for a corner back of Francis Hoskins’s
dwelling house in Bantry, for a term of three lives or 41 years, at a yearly rent
of £14. 4. 14, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
2992 1 Jan. 1791
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and
Elizabeth Jagoe (Widow), Bantry, “for a concern back of” Francis Hoskins’
dwelling house, in Bantry. It is for three lives or [41] years, at a yearly rent of
£4. 14. 14 half pennies, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Jagoe agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned, and to grind all her grain in the Manor Mills of Bantry.She
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transferred her title to the lease to her son John Jagoe on 29 th Aug. 1796.
2993 29 April 1791
673
1 item
Renewal of a lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield,
Castlemary, and Francis Bennett, Letter, Co. Cork, in consideration of £13. 15.
0 (a renewal fine of a life). It is for the half plowland of Gurtroe (514a 1r 22p
English Statute measure), and the five gneeves of Buckery’s (192a 1r 15p
same measure), in the Barony of East Carbery. The original lease was made
between Richard White and Francis Gash, Kilroan on the 25 th November
1773.
2994 24 June 1791
1 skin
Lease between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary and Ellen
O’Driscoll, leasing to O’Driscoll the house she lives in, in Bantry, for a term
of her life and three other lives, the yearly rent of £9. 2. 0, payable half-yearly
on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
2995 15 Sept. 1792
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville and Daniel Sullivan
(Shopkeeper), Bantry, for the premises in Pound Lane, Bantry, a term for three
lives [or 31 years], at a yearly rent of £ 5.13. 9, payable half-yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September.
2996 20 Sept. 1792
1 item
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and Joseph
Bird (Nailor), Bantry, for the house and kitchen garden in Bantry, now in the
tenure of Bird. It is for a term of 21 years from the 25 th March next, at a yearly
rent of £1. 2. 9, payable to Margaret Longfield half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Bird agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind all his malts in the
Malt house and the Manor Mills of Bantry. Includes copy, with extra writing
on the back having been scratched out.
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2997 30 Oct. 1793
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and Margaret Longfield
(his wife), Castlemary, and Denis Sullivan, Bantry [town], for the house and
back concerns formerly held by Daniel Hanley, in the town of Bantry. It is for
three lives, at a yearly rent £1. 14. 1. 1, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind his corn and grain in
the Malt House and the Manor Mills of Bantry respectively.
674
1 item
2998 13 May 1794
see also
2933, 3131
Renewal of a lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield,
Castlemary, and Thomas and Ann Barter, for the renewal fine of £10. 4. 1. It is
for the half plowland of Glawn containing 474 acres, 2 roods, and 26 perches
English statute measure. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £10. 4. 1,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. The original
lease was made between Richard Earl of Cork and Burlington, and George
Murray, Bantry, on the 24 th Oct. 1730.
2999 22 Sept. 1794
2 skins
Lease made between Richard and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary, and Daniel
Sullivan (Farmer and Carrier), Newtown Road, for two fields on the south east
side of Newtown road, now in the tenure of Sullivan, in the Manor of Bantry,
bounded on the east and south by Lord Kenmare’s Estate. It is for three lives
from the 29 th September, at a yearly rent of £4, payable half yearly on the 25 th
March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to buy and grind his malts in the Malt
house and the Manor mills of Bantry.
3000 6 Nov. 1794
1 item
Lease made between Richard Longfield, Castlemary, and Margaret Longfield,
(his wife), and Mortaugh Sullivan (Farmer), Parkplace, Co. Cork. For the
house and tenements on Blackrock road, and two fields in [Bantry town], for
three lives, at a yearly rent of £7. 19. 3, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
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3001 6 Dec. 1795
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John
Young, Bantry, for the fields, lots and cabbins in the tenure of Young in the
townlands of Bantry. A term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £13, payable
half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3002 10 Dec. 1795
675
1 item
Renewal of a lease made between Richard, Lord Baron Longueville and
Margaret, Baroness Longueville, and Arthur Beamish Bernard, Pallace Ann,
Co. Cork, in consideration of £67. 7. 0 renewal fine. It is for the plowland of
Baltinbrack (430a 2r 18p), the plowland of [Tome] (463a 2r 35p), and the
plowland of Behagh (496a 0r 1p), all English Statute measure, in the Barony
of East Carbery, for three lives with a covenant of renewal. The original lease
was made between Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington, and John Harper
(Merchant), City of Cork, on the 24 th Oct. 1730, in consideration of £1,730
with livery and seizure. Richard White, Whiddy Island, purchased the rent
inheritance of the lands from the Earl on the 28 th Feb. 1740. The Longuevilles
became entitled to the lands through White.
3003 17 Dec. [1795]
9½ skins
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Cornelius
Casy (Carrier), Bantry, for the field and houses in his actual possession. It is
for three lives [renewable], from the 25 th March, at a yearly rent of £5. 13. 9,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Casy agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
3004 6 Jan. 1796
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Timothy
Sullivan (Merchant), Bantry town, for the slate house, back house, yard and
meadow, now in his possession. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £12,
payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Sullivan agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
1 item
3005 6 Jan. 1796
see also
771
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Michael
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[Galwey] (Merchant), Bantry. It is for the premises and background formerly
held by Catherine McCarthy, which are on the right side of the road leading
from Bantry to Blackrock. It is for three lives from the 25 th March, at a yearly
rent of £15, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. He
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
3006 7 Jan. 1796
676
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Timothy
Flyn (Carpenter), Bantry, for the garden and houses, now in the tenure of Flyn
and his under tenants, bounded on the south by the road leading to Blackrock
and on the north by the Strand. It is for three lives from the 25 th March next.
The yearly rent is £2, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March. Flyn agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when
summoned. Surrendered and let to Daniel J. Sullivan for £5 (date not given).
3007 7 Jan. 1796
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Denis
Carthy (Victualler), Bantry, for the house and kitchen garden now held by
him, bounded on the north by the road leading to Macrompt. It is for three
lives, from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3008 7 Jan. 1796
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary and Richard
Hoskin, for land in [Bantry], for three lives, a yearly rent of £18. 10. 6,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3009 7 Jan. 1790
1 item
Lease made between Lord Longueville, Castlemary, and Lady Longueville
(his wife), in the one part, and Richard Hoskin (Smith), Bantry town, for the
concerns in the town of Bantry and the lands of Droumleigh, now in his
possession. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £18. 10. 6, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Hoskin also agrees to serve
in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
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3010 13 Jan. 1796
Lease made between Lord Longueville, Castlemary, and Lady Longueville
(his wife), and William Gill (Courrier), Bantry town, for a house and kitchen
garden already in his possession, for three lives, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
677
1 item
3011 13 Jan. 1796
see also
770, 824, 862
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville and John Clerke, for a
dwelling house and adjoining premises in the town of Bantry, for three lives or
61 years, a yearly rent of £19. 6. 0, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Includes copy.
3012 13 Jan. [1796]
2 items
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and William
Gill ([Courier]), Bantry, for the house and kitchen garden now held by Gill,
bounded on the north by the road leading to Macrompt. It is for three lives
from the 25 th March next. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3013 1 Feb. 1796
1 item
Renewal of lease made between Richard Lord Baron Longueville and
Margaret, Lady Baroness Longueville, Castlemary, and William Gash
(Surgeon, son and heir to the late William Gash), Bandon. Gash agrees to
renew the lease on 423 acres, 1 rood and 16 perches in the Barony of East
Carberry with a renewal penalty of £22. 18. 6, for three lives, at a yearly rent
of £84. 8. 6, payable half-yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
The original lease was made between Richard White and the late William
Gash in 2 nd April 1771. The lands in question have come into the hands of
Lord and Lady Longueville.
3014 6 Dec. 1796
5½ skins
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and James
[Hurly] (Labourer), Bantry, for the premises on the Rock formerly held by
James Gibbins, bounded on the north and west by Fair Rock. It is for three
lives, from the 25 th March. The yearly rent is 5 shillings, payable half yearly
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on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. [Hurly] agrees to serve in the courts
of the Manor of Bantry, and to grind his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
3015 8 Dec. 1796
678
1 item
Agreement between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Timothy
Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry for a house and back yard in Bantry already in
possession of Sullivan, a term of his natural life and three lives or 41 years,
yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and 25 th
March.
3016 10 Dec. 1796
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Denis Flyn
([Portsman]), Bantry, for the premises lately held by William Connolly,
bounded on the north by the high road. It is for three lives, from the 25 th
March next, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Flyn agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor
of Bantry when summoned. Produced in court on the 30 th Oct. 1811, and on
the 24 th June 1817.
3017 13 Dec. 1796
1 item
Lease between Lord and Lady Longueville of Castlemary, Co. Cork and John
Warner for the vacant piece of ground between John [Bird] and Robert [Bird],
Michael Cellar in the town of Bantry bounded on the north by the road leading
to [Tunram], and on the south by the river, for the yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, to be
paid half yearly on the 29 th day of [ ] and 25 th day of March. Other
parties involved are Eliza Lynch, her sons Dan and Tim Lynch.
3018 28 Dec. 1796
1 item
Lease made between Richard Longfield and Margaret Longfield, Castlemary,
and Michael McCarthy (Grocer), Bantry, for a lot of ground in the town of
Bantry, for 31 years or three lives, at a yearly rent of £4. 11. 0, payable halfyearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
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3019 23 Nov. 1797
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John Brien
(Taylor), Bantry, for the premises in Barrack Road, formerly held by Patrick
Sullivan, bounded on the south by the high road leading from Bantry to
Macrompt, excepting a small house now built on the premises. Term of three
lives, from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of [£1. 14. 0], payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3020 10 Sept. 1799
679
1 item
Renewal of a lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary,
and Thomas Barter, Ballinphelick, with his wife Anne Barter (otherwise
Murray), in consideration of £10. 4. 1 renewal fine of one life. It is for the half
plowland of Glown (474a 2r 26p English Statute measure) situated in the
Barony of East Carbery, for three lives.
3021 20 Dec. 1800
1 skin
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John and
Daniel Custolo (Farmers), Dirifada. It is for the lands of Dirifade and
[Lachabane], now in the tenure of the Custoloes. Term of three lives from the
25 th March past, annual rent of £56. 17. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Daniel Costolo will have the use of one half
and one fourth of the lands involved in the lease. Produced in court on the 23 rd
June 1817.
3022 14 July 1802
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John
Young William and William Young, Junior (Shopkeepers), town of Bantry. It
is for the house and back gardens held now by the Youngs in Bantry town.
Term of three lives or 41 years, at a yearly rent of £10, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3023 7 Nov. 1804
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Philip
Harrington (Weaver), Parkplace, Co. Cork, for a field near the town of Bantry,
for three years, at a yearly rent of £5. 13. 9, payable half-yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March.
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3024 8 Aug. 1808 – 20 May 1820
680
1 item
Lease made between Richard Lord Viscount Longueville and Margaret
Viscountess Longueville, Castlemary, and Thomas Mahony, Bantry. It is for a
vacant piece of ground in Barrack Street, Bantry, commonly known as the
Land of Egypt. Term of three lives with a convenant of renewal from the 25 th
March last. The yearly rent is £17. 1. 3, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Mahony agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry. Includes searches in the Kings Bench, Common Pleas and
the court of the Exchequer for Judgements against Thomas Mahony from
1808-1820, with a letter giving case examples.
3025 10 Aug. 1808
4 items
Lease made between Lord and Lady Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Thomas Sullivan (Farmer), Kealkill, for the mill field (1a 1r 38p), bounded on
the east by Fair Rock and on the south by the lands of [Gornagh]. Term of
three lives renewable, from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £56. 17. 6,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees
to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned.
3026 10 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Humphry
Sullivan (Butcher), Bantry town, for the lands of Seskin (14a 0r 20p). It is for
three lives from the 25 th March last, at a yearly rent of £31. 17. 0, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned, to buy his malt at a Malt
house approved of by the Lessors, and to grind all his malts at the Manor Mills
of Bantry.
3027 10 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Alexander
Gibbons (Weaver), Bantry town, for a field and two houses (0a 2r 1p) near
Bantry, now held by Gibbons. It is bounded on the south, east and west by the
Mill stream, and on the north by the road to the [Chapel]. It is for three lives,
from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £4. 11. 0, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Gibbons agrees to serve in the courts
of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned, to buy his malt at the Malt house
and to grind all his grains in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
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3028 30 Aug. 1808
681
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Daniel
Connoly, Bantry town, for a lot of ground for two houses and yard containing
48 feet in front and 26 feet in depth, part of the premises formerly held by
Dennis Williams. It is for one year or 21 years whichever is longest, from the
25 th March last. The yearly rent is £2. 5. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Connoly agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned.
3029 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Cornelius
Mahony, Bantry town, for a lot of ground in Bantry town, formerly held by
Dennis Williams, for one life or 21 years whichever lasts longest, from the
25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Mahony agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
3030 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and James
Reardon, Bantry, for a plot of ground for a house and yard, part of the
premises formerly held by Dennis Williams in the town of Bantry, containing
24 feet in front and 26 feet in depth. It is for one life or 21 years whichever is
longest, from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half
yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Reardon agrees to serve in
the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned.
3031 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Dennis
Bryan, Bantry town, for a plot of ground for a house and yard containing 24
feet in front and 26 feet in depth, being part of the premises formerly held by
Dennis Williams. It is for one life or 21 years, whichever lasts longest, from
the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Bryan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
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3032 30 Aug. 1808
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Darby
Mahony, Bantry town, for a lot of ground in the town of Bantry, part of the
premises formerly occupied by Dennis Williams, containing 24 feet in front
and 26 feet in depth. It is for one life or 21 years, whichever lasts longest,
from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the
29 th September and the 25 th March. Mahony agrees to serve in the courts of
the Manor of Bantry when summoned. Produced in court on the 24 th June
1817.
3033 30 Aug. 1808
682
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and John
Smith, Bantry town, for a lot of ground for a house and yard containing 24 feet
in front, and 26 feet in depth, formerly held by Dennis Williams, in Bantry
town. It is for one life or 21 years, whichever is longest, from the 25 th March
last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and
the 25 th March. Smith agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry.
Smith assigned his interest in the premises to his son-in-law James [Dundon],
in consideration of £1. 2. 9, on the 22 nd January 1822. [Dundon] and Robert
Smith assigned their interest in the house and premises to Thomas Patterson,
Newtown in consideration of £7, on the 14 th April 1830.
3034 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Patrick
Shea, Bantry town, for a lot of ground in the town of Bantry, formerly held by
Dennis Williams, containing 24 feet in front and 26 feet in depth. It is for one
life or 21 years whichever is longest, for the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is
£1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Shea
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned.
3035 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Patrick
Bryan, Bantry town, for a lot of ground for a house and back yard, formerly
held by Dennis Williams, containing 24 feet in front and 26 feet in depth, in
the town of Bantry. It is for one life or 21 years, whichever is longest, from the
25 th March last. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Bryan agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry, when summoned. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
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3036 30 Aug. 1808
Lease made between Richard and Margaret, Lord and Lady Longueville,
Castlemary, and John Smith, Bantry town, for a lot of ground for a house and
yard, formerly held by Dennis Williams, in the town of Bantry. It is for a term
of 21 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Smith agrees to serve in the courts of Manor of
Bantry when summoned.
3037 30 Aug. 1808
683
1 item
Lease made between Lord and Lady Longueville, Castlemary, and Timothy
Sullivan, Bantry, for a lot of ground for one house and yard, part of the
premises occupied by Dennis Williams, in the town of Bantry. It is for a term
of 21 years or the natural life of Sullivan, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Sullivan agrees to serve in the
courts of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned. Produced in court on 24 th
June 1817.
3038 30 Aug. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville and Margaret Lady
Longueville, and Charles McDonnough, Bantry, for a small house in Bantry
town that was in the possession of Peter Bird, but is now in the possession of
McDonnough. Term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £3, payable on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. McDonnough also agrees to serve in the courts
for the Manor of Bantry whenever summoned.
3039 10 Aug. 1809
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Longueville, Castlemary, and Robery
Henry, Dunmark, for the houses and fields formerly demised to Jeremiah
Sullivan and now in the occupation of Henry, [in Dunmark]. Term of three
lives [renewable], from the 25 th March last. The yearly rent is £14. 15. 9,
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Henry agrees to
serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, to buy all his malts at the Malt
house of Bantry, and the grind all his malts at the Manor Mills of Bantry.
Written on the back of the lease is a surrender of the lease by Henry to Lord
Viscount Bantry, dated the 29 th September 1811.
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3040 25 Aug. 1809
see also
3041
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Timothy Shea (Carpenter), Bantry town, for a dwelling house in Pound Lane,
Bantry town, formerly held by James Shea (his father) and now by Shea,
bounded on the west by the road leading to the Chappel and to Mardyke. It is
for the natural life of Shea or 21 years whichever lasts longest, from the 25 th
March. The yearly rent is £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 29 th September
and the 25 th March. Shea agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and to buy his malt in the Malt house at Bantry. A piece of
the lease is missing, with loss of information.
684
1 item
3041 25 Aug. 1809
see also
3040
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Timothy Shea (Carpenter), Bantry town, for a dwelling house in Pound Lane,
Bantry held by James Shea (his father). It is for the natural life of Timothy
Shea, or 21 years, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable every 29 th September
and 25 th March. Shea agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry
when summoned, and to buy his malt at the Malt House at Bantry, and grind
his grains at the Manor Mills of Bantry. Shea transferred all his right title of
the lease over to William [Dealy], [Dunamark] for six guineas on 5 th Oct.
1812. [Noble] Barry gave up right title of lease in Dec. 1830. Edward Barry
sold his interest in the title of the lease to Lord Bantry for £10. 15. 9, paid by
[Augustus] Payne, on 1 st April, 1841.
3042 27 Aug. 1809
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Denis Carthy, Bantry, for a lot of ground in the town of Bantry for building,
being 26 feet from front to rear, and 24 feet in breath to the street. It was
formerly held by Denis Williams, but now held by Carthy. Term of one life or
21 years, whichever lasts longest, from 29 th September past, at a yearly rent of
£1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Carthy
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry, when summoned, to buy
his malt at the Malt house of Bantry, and the grind all his grains at the Manor
Mills of Bantry. Produced in court on the 24 th June 1817.
3043 27 Aug. 1809
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Timothy Sullivan (Butcher), Bantry town, for eight houses in the town, and a
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lot of ground for building, adjoining the houses, that was in the possession of
Marcus Downy and his undertenants. Term of three lives, at a yearly rent of
£9. 2. 0, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. He
agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Bantry when summoned. He also
agrees that he and his undertenants will buy all their malt and grain in the Malt
House in Bantry, and grind same in the Manor Mills of Bantry.
3044 27 Aug. 1809
685
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Esther Cook (Widow), Bantry, for a house and back yard in her possession in
the town of Bantry, for a term of 31 years, at a yearly rent of £22. 13. 0,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3045 24 Oct. 1809
1 item
Lease made between Richard, Lord Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and
Patrick Lyne (Fisherman), Bantry town. It is for two houses and a small field
near Bantry town, formerly in possession of Daniel Latterford, bounded on the
north by the road leading to the lands of Reenrour, and on the south by the
Lower road leading to Reenrour. Term of one life or 21 years, whichever lasts
longest, from the 29 th September last. The yearly rent is £5. 13. 9, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September. Lyne agrees to buy and grind
all his malts and grains in the Malt house and the Manor Mills of Bantry.
Written on the back of the lease is “Produced in Court this 24 th June 1817”.
Includes copy.
3046 10 Aug. 1810
2 items
Lease made between Richard Viscount Longueville, Castlemary, and Robert
Harding, Bantry, for a house near the bridge of Bantry town with the back
house held by John Driscoll, and the house commonly called the [Ian] House.
It is for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £13. 13. 0, payable half yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
6.2 Sub-leases
3047 23 Jan. 1793
1 item
Indenture made between John Banfield (Chandler), Bantry and Timothy
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Sullivan (Victualler), Bantry, leasing to Sullivan premises in Bantry already
leased from Lord and Lady Longueville to Banfield. A term of 29 years,
payment of £14. 15. 9, yearly rent of three pepper-corns, payable every 25 th
March.
3048 26 May 1800
686
1 item
Lease made between John Warner, Bantry, and John and Robert Clerke
(Farmers), Bantry. It is for the houses and premises held by Warner by lease
from Lord and Lady Longueville made on the 24 th June 1792. It is for three
lives mentioned in the 1792 lease, from the 29 th September next. The yearly
rent is £12, clear and above £11. 7. 6. being the head rent due to Lord and
Lady Longueville, payable half yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th
September. Includes a copy of the lease.
3049 26 Dec. 1800
2 items
Lease made between Richard Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry, and Timothy
Sullivan (Victualer [sic]), Bantry, for the small field to the east of the road
leading from Bantry to Ballydehob, near the town of Bantry, subject to clauses
in Hoskin’s lease with Lord and Lady Longueville. It is for three lives, from
the 25 th December instant, at a yearly rent of £1. 2. 9, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3050 20 March 1801
1 item
Lease made between Richard Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry and Richard Clarke
(Shopkeeper), Bantry for the field on Dromleigh now in the occupation and
tenure of Clerk, subject to conditions in the lease of Hoskin of same from Lord
and Lady Longueville. It is for a term of the natural life of Clarke and three
lives, a yearly rent of £3, payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the
25 th March. Written on the back is “Produced in Court this 24 th June 1817”.
Includes copy.
3051 25 March 1801
2 items
Lease made between Richard Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry, and Timothy
Mahony (Shopkeeper), Bantry, for the forge or shop which Hoskin formerly
worked at for his trade in Bantry town, bounded on the west by the river and
on the south by the Bridge. Hoskin’s has it leased from Lord and Lady
Longueville. It is for three lives from the 25 th March instant, at a yearly rent of
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£6. 16. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3052 25 March 1806
687
1 item
Lease made between Richard Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry town, and William
Downing ([Cordwainer]), Bantry town, for a house and garden on the rock in
Bantry town, in the tenure of Downing. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of
£1. 14. 3 half pence, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
3053 24 Sept. 1808
1 item
Lease made between Richard Hoskins (the elder, Blacksmith), Bantry town,
and Richard Hoskins (the younger, Blacksmith), Bantry town, for the lands
and tenements now in the possession of Hoskins (the younger). It is for three
lives, at a yearly rent of “eleven shillings four pence half penny”, payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th September.
3054 16 March 1812
1 item
Lease made between Richard Hoskins (Blacksmith), Bantry, and Robert
Kenney, Bantry, for a field containing one acre, and part of a garden,
containing quarter of one acre, situated in or near Bantry town, part of a lease
made by Hoskins from the late Lord and Lady Longueville. It is for three lives
[renewable], at a yearly rent of £6. 16. 6, payable half yearly on the 29 th
September and the 25 th March. Kenny agrees to serve in the courts of the
Manor of Bantry when summoned, and to obey all claims mentioned by
Richard White, late of Bantry, in the lease of the town and lands of the Bantry
Estate.
3055 2 March 1814
1 item
Lease made between Richard Hoskin the elder, (Blacksmith), Bantry town,
and John Hoskin (Blacksmith), Bantry town, for the house and premises now
in the possession of John Hoskin in the town of Bantry, bounded on the east
by Friar’s Lane. It is for three lives from the 25 th March instant. The yearly
rent is 5 shillings, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
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7. Catherine Herbert
3056 30 Oct. 1778 – 16 Dec. 1781
Leather hardback copy book belonging to Catherine Herbert, Muckross, Co.
Kerry, given to her by James Martin (her Uncle). Written into the book are
translations of “Lord Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son”, and poetry – “Henry
& Emma A poem upon the model of the [Nut Brown] Maid”, and “Verses
written on the marriage of Mr. Herbert & Miss Sackville, by Mr.
Cumberland”. Herbert has also written a poem entitled “Marriage”. At the
back of the book is a poem entitled or written by “The Right Honourable the
Earl of Warwick Esq.” Written on the inside front page is “Anne Herbert of
Muckross, Francis Herbert, Catherine Herbert”. Includes dried leaves
throughout the book. Pages have been torn out at the back.
8. Peter Hawker
3057 27 June 1802 – 15 July 1853
688
86pp & 9 enclosures
Typed copies of the “Memorandums of shooting, fishing and other sports,
(and of my Journal from place to place)” and an appendix, of Col. Peter
Hawker ([Great-grandfather] of Arethusa Leigh-White), Long Parish House,
Hants., England.
3058 9 Aug. 1813
1869pp (15 files)
Mss letter from Edward [Augustus, Duke of Kent], Kensington Palace,
London, to Major General Hawker, [Woodlge], notifying Hawker of his
decision to recommend Bridget [Mansfield’s] child for a commission, and
asks that he inform her. Includes a note on the letter by Geoffrey Shelswell-
White on who the writer may be. It is his opinion that it is Edward Augustus,
Duke of Kent (1767-1820), 4 th son of George III.
3059 22 May 1905
2 items
Empty envelope addressed to Major [Tilyer]-Blunt, Boldre House, Lymington,
Hants. Written across the front in pencil is “Colonel Hawker”, and “Letters
Etc”. Two one-penny stamps are intact.
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3060 [nd]
3061 [nd]
3062 [nd]
Mss letter from Ernest [Augustus, 1 st Duke of Cumberland], St. James
[Palace], London, to [Major General] Hawker, asking him to visit so that he
may have Hawker’s opinion on a matter of some urgency. Includes a note by
Geoffrey Shelswell-White on who Ernest may be.
689
2 items
Envelope addressed to Miss Leigh-White, Reenacappal, Durrus, Co. Cork,
containing bookplates printed for Lt. Col. Peter Hawker, Longparish House,
Co. Hants., England, showing his Coat of Arms. Envelope has a 3d stamp of
Queen Elizabeth II attached to it intact sent on 18 th August 1960.
17 items
Cutting from a magazine of a painting of Captain Peter Hawker, D.L. (1786-
1855), Longparish House, by James Northcote (1746-1831).
9. John Puxley
3063 19 May 1810
1 item
Lease made between John Puxley, South Wales, in the first part, Joseph
Rogers, Blackheath, London, and Mary Rogers (otherwise Lavallin), his wife,
of the second part, and John Creedan, Mount Desert, North Libertys of the city
of Cork, in the third part. Puxley and the Rogers’ lease to Creedan part of the
lands of [Coolowen], in the North Libertys, now and for some time in the
possession of Creedan. It is for three lives, at a yearly rent of £30 payable half
yearly on the 25 th March and the 29 th of September, paying £15 to Puxley, and
£15 to the Rogers’.
10. Somers Payne
3064 1835
1 skin
Assignment of a judgement from the Hilary Term of 1781 for £8,000 to
Somers Payne. It was found against [John Bagwell]. This is not completed,
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3065 1836
3066 1836
3067 1836
3068 1836
signed or sealed. It may have been under dispute, as Bagwell was deceased
without will or in probate.
Assignment of a judgement of £2,000 to the Reverend Somers Payne, Upton,
from William Hare, Lord Viscount Ennismore of Convanmore, in
consideration of 10 shillings. The original judgement was made for George
Doyle against Edward Eyre (son and heir of Richard Hedges, Macroom), in
the Trinity Term of 1780 in his Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas. It passed
on to Richard Hare, to William Hare.
Assignment of a judgement of £1,500 to Reverend Somers Payne, Upton,
against William Hare, Lord Viscount Ennismore of Convanmore, in
consideration of 10 shillings. The original judgement was to Hill Wilson
against Edward Eyre (son and heir of Richard Hedges, Macroom) in the Hilary
Term of 1784 by his Majesty’s Court of Exchequer. It became vested in
Richard Hare, to William Hare.
Assignment of a judgement of £2,000 to Reverend Somers Payne, Upton,
against William Hare, Lord Viscount Ennismore of Convanmore, in
consideration of 10 shillings. The original judgement was to John Herrick
against Edward Eyre (son and heir of Richard Hedges, Macroom) in the
Trinity Term of 1784 in his Majesty’s Court of Exchequer. It was passed on to
Richard Hare, and then on to William Hare.
Assignment of a judgement in the Hilary Term of 1788 in the Court of
Common Pleas for £5,200 to Reverend Somers Payne against John Bagwell,
Marlfield, Co. Tipperary. The sum is now estimated at £4,800 in present
currency. Bagwell is since deceased. Unsigned and unsealed.
690
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1p
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3069 30 March 1836 – 12 Jan. 1839
see also
329, 1001, 2945
Agency Account of John O’Sullivan in account with Rev. Somers Payne.
Includes two copies.
3070 29 Dec. 1842 – 1 Feb. 1853
691
3 items
Assignment of a judgement against John Newhenham for £1,000, to Parker
Dunscombe, in 1827, in his Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench. It has been
assigned to Susan Deane (Widow and Executrix of Robert Deane),
Montenotte, Cork. She agrees to give over to the Reverend Somers Payne, in
consideration of £500, the judgement sum of £500. Includes a list of expenses
incurred in the preparation of this indenture. Also Assignments of various
Charges on the lands of the Bantry Estate to and by Somers Payne.
11. Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Baron Ardilaun
3071 1 May [1880]
3072 [1903]
5 items
Parchment conferring the title Baron Ardilaun of Ashford upon Sir Arthur
Edward Guinness, Ashford, Co. Galway, and his male heirs, by Queen
Victoria. It is decorated along the margins with a hand painted flag of the
United Kingdom of the rose, thistle, dragon and harp, and the crest of the
British Sovereign. It is signed by [C. Romilln].
71cm x 86.5cm
Torn page from Five Years in Ireland (1895-1900) by M. J. F. McCarthy
(1903) showing copy portrait photographs of Lord and Lady Ardilaun. He
describes the Lord thus “He has patriotically made his home in Ireland…But
Lord Ardilaun’s bark is worse than his bite”
12. Robert Hedges Eyre White
3073 [post 1891]
Mss petition to the Queen of England by Robert Hedges Eyre White,
Glengarriff Castle, that he may succeed to the title Earl of Bantry, “his being
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Heir male of the family of White Earl & Baron of Bantry”, at the death of
William 4 th Earl “when his peerage Honours on failure of issue became
extinct”. Includes family trees of the two lines of Whites – Richard White, 1 st
Earl of Bantry, and Colonel Simon White, Glengarriff Castle.
13. Lieut. Col. William Somerville
3074 1899
3075 1900
3076 1902
Diary belonging to W. Somerville, Rathnew, Wicklow. It contains information
on his activities - canoeing, and “carpentering” (15 th April); “Mr. B & I rode
into Wicklow to see Haskins about cattle auction” (29 th May); “I got up at 4.30
to see the eclipse of sun” (8 th May); “M & P married 20 years today. P went to
church to celebrate it” (27 th Aug.). Comments on entries occur, eg - for the
28 th November, there is an illegible comment made on 29 th Jan. 1944. Lists
books he has read for the year at the back of the diary.
692
2pp
273pp
Diary belonging to William Somerville, Rathnew, Wicklow. He lived and
worked in London and Rathnew for the year – “Got a telegram to say that
Papa & [Jim] would come to see me. Went with them after lunch down to
Trafalgar Sq : & saw the Queen. Saw her again in St. James’ Street” (8 th
March). “Had breakfast at 7.30 & rode to Wicklow to catch the early train to
Howth…” (24 th April). “…I went to see cricket match at Lord’s Somerset v
Middlesex” (4 th June). His exams began on 26 th June and finished on 8 th July.
While in London, he attended stage and film theatre. There is an accounts
entry at the back of the diary for the 19 th February.
165pp
Diary belonging to W. [B.] Somerville, Inquisitions Palace, Malta. He writes
of his activities in Malta, on and off duty – “In morning, the battalion marched
round to Florianna Sq by 8am. This was to celebrate the proclamation of
peace. Marshall & I carried the colours” (3 rd June); “Played racquets with
Lloyd, Cowper & Jackson Had tea at Club” (4 th Oct.). Written at the back of
the diary in the MEMORANDA section is a list of books read by Somerville,
his cash accounts for January, and pen and ink drawings.
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3077 1903
Diary belonging to Lieut. William [A. T. R.] Somerville, Mellicha Camp,
Malta. At the front of the diary, Somerville gives his weight in pounds on
January, October, and December. Some interesting entries are “Paraded at
8.30 am with guard of honour for the King. Maj [sic] [Hibbert] commanded it
& cowper carried the colour. Went to Custom House in launch, but the day
was too rough for the King to come off. Heard that the King had consented to
become our colonel-in-chief…” (18 th April). Somerville travelled home in
May, returning to his Company in September. He was transferred to India,
reaching Bombay on 3 rd October. There is an entry for January in the CASH
ACCOUNT section at the back of the diary.
3078 31 Dec. 1904 – 17 Jan. 1907
3079 1904
3080 1905
693
282pp
Mss journal belonging to William B. Somerville, [1] King’s Own Regiment,
entitled Shikar Diary. It is his accounts of various hunting trips around
[Lucknow], India. One entry describes a shoot – “…swarming with duck,
geese & [coot]. The only way we could get at them was to stand in the
water…at the junction of the creeks with the wide part of the [sheet] and to
send the beater round to drive the birds up from the head of the creeks” (19 th
Feb. 1905).
Collins’ Handy Diary belonging to William Somerville, India, with entries on
the work and life of an Officer in the British army – “ Got telegram from
Hodgson today to say that I had been promoted Lieutenant” (24 th Oct.).
8pp
230pp
Letts’s Indian and Colonial Rough Diary belonging to Lieut. William
Somerville, India. Entries include being sick in bed with the measles, military
examinations, and a Court Martial board. He was involved in a Royal visit to
the area - “Paraded again at 2pm to [line] the streets for arrival of Prince &
Princess of Wales” (29 th Dec.). There is poetry written at the back of the diary.
Includes an incomplete mss letter on notepaper printed with Clermont,
Rathnew, Co. Wicklow, telling him of people and life at home.
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3081 1908
3082 1909
Letts’s Indian and Colonial Rough Diary belonging to [Lieut.] William
Somerville, India. Somerville and friends went hunting from 16 th March – 22 nd
April. Accounts are written into the back of the diary.
694
93pp
Letts’s Indian and Colonial Rough Diary belonging to [Lieut.] William
Somerville, India. Somerville attended to his duties as an Officer around
various districts – [Kaladhungi] Gorge, [Ayarpalla], Cheena, and [Ramgarti] -
“Waterloo Day Marched past Colour in morning – then had rifle competition
on range” (18 th June). There are various entries that show his interest in
hunting game – “…pointed out bear on [Rhud] below. I saw 1- he saw 2. Went
down after them, but it had become too dark. Returned home. Brought in Tiger
in aft.” (23 rd & 24 th Jan.). The last entry in the diary is on the 14 th August.
Includes mss letter, with envelope and stamp, to Somerville from Vere (his
sister), Clermont, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow. She writes of events at home – a
visit to a bazaar in Dublin; the purchase of a mare, and the installation of
“lamps for the electric light”.
3083 10 Dec. 1910
41pp & enclosure
Mss notes taken from [“Asian”] on “Big Game of [Nilgiris]” and from Indian
Field on “Fishing on Some River” (the river’s name is ‘Some’).
3084 7 Nov. 1919 – 6 March 1923
Mss journal belonging to [William B. Somerville] on hunting in Ireland and
Shikar, India. Includes drawings of maps hunted by his party, and a table
showing – Date; Locality; Snipe; Duck; Geese; Remarks. Another table gives
a summary of monthly Bags for 1922-23 – month; Snipe; Duck; Geese; Jungle
[Foul]; Golden [ ]; No. of Days snipe shooting. He has made notes from
articles on Angling near Dublin, the rest of the country, Scotland, and Norway,
from the publications Farmers Gazette and Field. Includes an envelope with
notes on various weights [of game caught] between 1 st -11 th June.
3085 29 Oct. 1923 – 11 Feb. 1924
4pp
63pp & enclosure
Statements of Account from Manton & Co. (Gunmakers), Culcutta, to Lieut.
Col, W. A. J. Somerville, Upper Burma Club, Mandelay, Burma, for various
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items – “Hardy’s Crocodile spinner pike”, and “Marton’s Standard spinning
line size 8”. Includes envelope with pre-paid postage.
695
3 items
3086 11 Feb. – 20 June 1924
see also
3418, 3675
Mss letters from C. J. S. Fraser ([Officer in the British Colonial Army]), Fort
Hertz, Putao, Burma, to a Colonel, advising him on the best route to the
[Sumprabum] District, where he may do some fishing and receive further
supplies for the journey. Includes a rough sketch map and suggestions of the
best spots for fishing at the Sumpratum waters, and typed topographical
descriptions of Nonghkai and Fort Hertz. Also a mss letter from [E. Lake],
[Falam], Chiu Hills, to ‘the Colonel’, thanking him for his fishing diary (diary
not included) of the [Putao] trip.
3087 23 Jan. 1926
10 items
Mss letter [Avery C. Coote, 4 Hazara Pioneers], Quetta, [Burma], to a
Colonel, advising him on the best areas for shooting. There is a list giving –
Name of Division; Name of Shooting Block; Remarks. Includes a faded b/w
photograph of two hunters standing over a tiger. Crouched by the animal is an
[Indian/Sikh]. They are standing in high grass, next to flood plain of a river.
Written in pencil on the back is “This was the photo which I fogot to focus”.
[Coote] was ordered to Quetta in September 1925.
14. Ernest Ellis
3088 4 Dec. 1910
7pp & photograph
Mss letter from [A. Claud Ellis], Gorey, Co. Wexford, to [Ernest Ellis],
advising him on types of apple trees that he may want to plant. Includes mss
notes on various plants and the conditions needed for sowing them.
3089 9 Dec. 1910
2 items
Copy typed letter from Ernest Ellis, St. Austins, Inch, Co. Wexford, to Messrs
Galvin Brothers, The Nurseries, Rathdrum, ordering a list of fruit trees to be
delivered to Inch Station.
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3090 23 April – 25 June 1911
Correspondence between Ernest Ellis, Inch, Wexford, and Richard Hornsby &
Sons Limited (Engineers), Dublin, on the construction at Ellis’ home of an
out-house to contain a 7 ½ BHP Oil Engine and a water tank. Includes mss
letters between Ellis and Cland Ellis (his brother), one of which mentions the
marriage between Lily Hutchins to Capt. Haskard at Glengarriff (28 th April).
3091 31 July 1911
696
16 items
Mss letter from Harold Hadden (Secretary to the Select Vestry), Bantry, to
Ernest Ellis (Estate Agent), Egerton House, Bantry, informing him of the
Vestry’s regret at his leaving the parish, and to thank him for his service to the
Vestry.
3092 2 Dec. 1911
Mss letter from W. W. O’Grady, The Rectory, Bantry, to Ernest Ellis,
[Dublin], informing him that the Committee will send on the Salver directly,
and the Album by post with the names of the subscribers (to the Salver) as a
token of their regard for him.
3093 6 Nov. 1912
Mss letter from [Harford] Kelly (Solicitor), Dublin, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Inch, Co. Wexford, related to Culletons holding, and the legal problem
surrounding payment of rent due by the middle landlord.
3094 22 May – 2 June 1917
Mss letter from B. W. Webster (Builder and General Contractor), Gorey, to
Ernest Ellis, St. Austins, notifying him of repairs carried out on a cistern.
Typed on the back of the letter is Ellis’ response, which criticises Webster’s
work, doubting the item is repaired.
3095 14 Aug. 1919 – 2 June 1920
Mss letter from the Munster & Leinster Bank Limited, Bantry, to Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Inch, Wexford, clarifying the amount as overdraft on the Turner &
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Ellis account. Also mss letter from Stopford (Agent) to Ellis on an
appointment to the Agency.
3096 16 Aug. 1919 – 21 Oct. 1920
697
2 items
Mss declaration by Margaret Leslie Ellis ([wife] of Ernest Ellis) to be
accountable for a diamond tiara and diamond butterfly from the Trustees [of
the Bantry Estate]. Also mss letter from Joan Leslie Ellis, Magherymore,
Wicklow, to Ernest Ellis (her cousin), in which she relates her day to day
news.
3097 [17] March 1921
2 items
Mss letter from [Kate K. Bird, Mansion House Hotel, St. Leonards-On-Sea],
to Ernest Ellis (Agent), instructing him what to do with the purchase money
from Estates in Ireland.
3098 22 – 24 Nov. 1926
Correspondence between Rev. R. H. E. Roberts, Glengarriff, and Ernest Ellis
(Agent), Dublin, relating to funding for the Sustentation Fund of Glengarriff
Parish. Roberts regrets the passing of Lady Ardilaun, who was “a liberal
contributor to our funds + no one to take her place.”
3099 16 June 1931
3100 [nd]
1p
2 items
Typed cover letter from William H. Roper (Solicitor), to Ernest Ellis, Dublin,
relating to a dividend payment on war stock from the C. S. Leslie Ellis Settled
Legacy.
Mss poem entitled “the Country Cousins”. Eleven verses about Ernest E. Ellis
and his sister Jane, on a shopping trip to London. It is signed by Emily A. [L.]
Turner and H. [Groladys] Lloyd.
1p
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15. Major Adelbert C. E. Salvin-Bowlby
3101 11 March 1920 – 4 March 1936
Agreement for Services as Manager made between The Uxbridge Picture
Playhouse Limited and Major Adelbert Charles Edward Salvin Bowlby,
Uxbridge, in 1921. Includes reference letters as to Bowlby’s character in the
Royal Air Force from Colonel F. H. Cleaver, Winchester, M. Freeman (Army
and Navy Club), Pall Mall, and Air Vice Marshal Sir John M. Salmond
(Commanding Southern Area, RAF). Also a copy of a birth certificate for
Charles Salvin Bowlby, son of Adelbert and Frances Bowlby, Durrus, Bantry,
registered in 1911.
3102 2 Feb. 1934 – 9 Aug. 1946
698
6 items
Correspondence between Adelbert C. E. Salvin Bowlby, Uxbridge and various
individuals relating to the death and estate of his mother Fanny Bowlby (née
White). Includes correspondence on the estates of the late Mrs. Eva White and
the late Capt. Edward Simon White, of which Bowlby is next of kin, in the
transfer of land in Coomhola to Bowlby. Also details of the Bowlby family
tree.
3103 4 Oct. 1934 – 10 June 1936
35 items
Letters relating to Major A. C. E. Salvin Bowlby. Includes typed letter from
Bowlby, Uxbridge, to Pat O’Leary, Bantry, on the transfer of Coomhola from
Mrs. White to Bowlby, and a typed list of the securities held by Mrs. Fanny S.
Bowlby, deceased. Also mss letter from the British Legion (Hillingdon and
District Branch) to Bowlby (President of said branch), relieved at the news
that Bowlby and his wife “escaped what might have been a very serious or
perhaps gross injury”.
3104 5 Aug. 1943 – 11 June 1945
3 items
Correspondence file relating to arrangements of the Estate of the late [Lt.]
Colonel Charles William Bowlby between Gibson & Weldon (Solicitors),
Chancery Lane, London, and Lt. Col. A. C. E. Salvin Bowlby, Portadown, Co.
Armagh. Found held in a file entitled “Executor”.
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3105 10 – 24 Aug. 1943
Typed copy letters from A. C. E. B. Bowlby, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to H.
Rogers Esq., Boreham Wood, [Hertfordshire] requesting that all details
relating to the winding up of the Estate be seen to. He especially wants the
Signet ring and candlesticks sent onto him via Capt. Bailey. He queries the
position of two properties within the Estate and would like a list of the
deceased’s effects.
16. Richard Edmund Longfield
3106 13 May – 19 June 1933
699
2 items
Copies of Richard Edmund Longfield’s death certificates, registered in
Ballyclough, Mallow, Co.Cork. It was registered on the 27 th March 1933, with
the cause of death as [mitral] valve [disease], congestion of the kidneys. He
was 90 years of age.
17. Miscellaneous Individuals
17.1 Legal
5 items
3107 [1681]
see also
2, 115
A list of assets of Major Walters in Beare and Bantry [worth] £99. 14. 0.
Details given under headings – denominations, Profitable Acres; Unfrofitable
Acres; Quitrent; Reducted Quitrent; Value [ ]; whole value. It seems that
there was a legal case involving these lands between Thomas Wallis, Joseph
Deane, Morish and Dorothy Barkely, and John Davis.
3108 8 Oct. 1694
see also
3109
Lease made between George Barrow (nephew and heir of George Hull,
Dublin), and Mathias Shore, City of Wesminister, London, and his wife Mary,
for a ruined house on the south side of High Street, Galway City. Term of one
year, at a yearly rent of one whole grain of wheat at the feast of Easter. Signed
and sealed by George Barrow.
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3109 9 Oct. 1694
see also
3108
Agreement made between George Barrow, Balinacarik, Co. Cork, (nephew
and heir of George Hull, Dublin) and Mathias Shore, City of Westminister,
London, and Mary Shore (his wife). Barrow grants to Shore, the ruined house
on the south side of High Street in the city of Galway, for the sum of £130, in
which he has interest in for a term of 16 years. Signed and sealed by Barrow.
Written on the reverse that Thomas Bolton, [Alderman], Dublin, by power
given to him by William Shore, son and executor of the last will of Mathias
Shore, acknowledges receipt of £50 from Edward Eyre of Galway for the use
of the premises in the within deed, dated [4 th ] Nov. [1707].
3110 26 Oct. 1695
700
1 skin
Deed of Sale made between Richard Hutchins, Blackrock, and Andrew Lloyd,
the city of Dublin. In consideration of £128. 16. 3, Hutchins sells to Lloyd part
of the lands of Mollosky and Agroome.
1 skin
3111 6 Feb. 1699
Lease made between John [Davis], City of Dublin, in the one part, and
Benjamin Bennett, Co. Kildare, William [Desserd], [Crana], Queen’s County
(Co. Laois), and Hugh Lawton, Mallo [sic], Co. Cork, in the other part.
[Davis] in consideration for £3,000 paid by Bennett, [Desserd] and Lawton,
leases to them the plowlands of Glengarriff and [the strand of Icullin]. It is for
a term of [55] years from the 25 th March next, at a yearly rent of [£25],
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. It is to be paid
at the dwelling house of William Ballard, City of Cork, or whomever John
Davis appoints in the city to receive the rents.
3112 10 July 1707
1 skin
Lease made between George Rogers, (Merchant), City of Cork, and John
Cunningham (son of Tobias Cunningham), City of Cork. It is for a large
“Backhouse Backside and another Backhouse and Backside” in Coppinger
Lane, in the parish of Christ Church in the South West quarter of the city of
Cork. It is for a term of three lives, at a yearly rent of £11, payable half-yearly
on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
1 skin
3113 1 Aug. 1709
Draft Lease made between the Govenor and Company for making Hollow
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Sword Blades in England, and Francis Woodley, City of Dublin. With the
payment of £2,104. 17. 6 to the Govenor and Company by Woodley, they
lease for ever the town and lands around Macroom, Kilcrea, Blarney, et al, all
in the Barony of Muskerry, late part of the estate of Donnagh, Earl of
Clancarty “attainted of [treason]”, now in the possession of Woodley. It is at a
yearly rent of £280, payable half-yearly on the feast of Allsaints and the Feast
of St. Phillip and Jacob. He must also pay £6. 13. 6 Quitt [sic] Rent. If he can
pay £4,000 in lump sum, giving notice of six months, the £280 rent is void.
701
15pp
3114 11 Sept. 1711
see also
3119
Articles of Agreement made between Hugh Hutchinson, Bantry, and Simon
Davies, [Dawstown], for the lands of [Carriganiming] and [Knockrahine] in
the Barony of [Muskery], for a fee farm lease, at a yearly rent of [£70. 12. 0],
payable on the 1 st November and the 1 st May. Term unknown
3115 [1718]
[Indenture of a fine to Michael Scanlan for £100 made by Robert Dowdall].
3116 30 Aug. 1720
1p
1 skin
Lease made between Sir Richard Cox, Dunmanway, and Thomas Howard,
Raleigh, for the lands of Coolavokig as belongs to Cox, in the Barony of
Muskry [sic]. It is for a term of 80 years, from the 25 th March past. The yearly
rent is £40, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March, with
two fat [capons] at Christmas, with 6 pence per pound per Receivers Fees.
Howard agrees to serve in the courts of the Manor of Macroome. Written on
the back on the lease is an assignment made by Howard to Humphrey Massy
of the lands, for £100, for the remainder of the term and the agreed rent, dated
the 20 th December 1720.
3117 30 Nov. 1724
1 item
Conveyance made between Arthur, Lord Baron of Altham and John Holland,
City of Dublin, of the lands of [Shallon], Co. Meath. Term of 31 years from
the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £91. 6. 8, payable half yearly on the
25 th March and the 29 th September. It is payable to Edward Eyre during the
lifetime of Lord Altham.
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3118 30 April 1728
Mortgage of £60 taken out on the lands of Dromogarry, a third part of the
lands of [Prohusbeg], in the parish of Clondrohid, and the third part of the
lands of [Inchybrackane] in the parish of [Kilnernartery], Barony of Muskerry.
It is by Charles McCarthy, Christian (his wife), and Timothy McCarthy (eldest
son and heir), all of [Prohusbeg], Co. Cork, from Richard Harrison, City of
Cork.
702
1½ skins
3119 10 Oct. 1728
see also
3114
Lease made between Hugh Hutchinson, Blackrock, Co. Cork, and Richard
Goodwin, Comholly, Co. Cork, for the lands of Rynedesart and part of
Ardnecloghy, Drumdoove, Barnegarah and Drumgarive, formally in the tenure
of John Williams, Theophilius Hutchinson and Robert [Lanton]. Goodwin
agrees to a term of 27 years, at a yearly rent of £120, payable half-yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3120 4 May – 14 Aug. 1730
1 skin
Counsel’s Opinion from Cornelius Callaghane on the case of three Papist
husbands and wives taking out a mortgage together from a Protestant to
purchase lands. It includes a fee farm grant and a Bill of Discovery. No names
of any of the individuals are given or the location of the lands. Written on the
back of the document is the figure for Counsel’s fees.
3121 4 March [1733/34]
see also
3122/a, 3122/b, 3123
Writ in Latin issued in the name of King George II to the Sheriff of Co. Cork
to apprehend Demetrius [Dermot] Leary, Glaunflesk, Co. Kerry (Yoeman),
and others, (named). They are to appear before Humphrey Massy and John
Whiting (Justices of the Peace) at Macroom on 18 th March instant, to answer
various crimes. An endorsements on the reverse by Redmond Barry Esq.
stating that the individuals were not found in his jurisdiction.
2pp
1 skin
3122/a 4 Dec. [1733]
see also
3121, 3122/b, 3123
Indenture written in Latin. Inquisition taken at Macroom, Co. Cork, on the 7 th
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year of George II, by the oath of Edward Thornhill, Robert Ash, William
Minnear, John [Punce], William Daniall, James Bryan, Robert Topham,
Richard Punce, Stephen Millbank, Robert king, William Warner, Michael
Macnemara, John Topham, Dominic [Har…], Richard Goold, Mortagh
O’Mahony, and William […], before Humphry Massey and John Whiting
(J.P.s). The said jurors state upon their oath that Denis Riordan, Glaunduff,
Co. Cork, Humphry Moynihan, Bareduffe, Co. Kerry, Dermot Leary,
Glanflesk (Yeoman), and others, did on 21 st Nov. last, by force of arms,
invade the lands of Carrigafooky, Co. Cork between the hours of nine and ten
in the morning, and steal cows from Daniel McSwyny, Denis McMortagh
Luosy, Denis Luosy Jr., Mortagh McWilliam Swyny, Denis Swyny, Dermot
McCarthy, Dermot Luosy, Phillip Mullane, Patrick Lehane and Hugh
Healiher. And that Denis Riordan, Humphry Moynihan, Dermot Leary, Daniel
Connell, Coolevohir, Co. Cork, John McAuliffee Donohoe, Gortnatubberud,
Co. [Cork], Daniel McWilliam Herlihy, Toombane, all Yoemen, and other
malefactors did by force of arms invade the lands of Ballymackeery, Co. Cork,
between the hours of one and two in the afternoon and did wound Connor
Lehane, to the disturbance and the terror of the people and contrary to statute.
703
1 skin
3122/b 4 – 9 Dec. [1733]
see also
3121, 3122/a, 3123
Writs in Latin issued in the name of King George II to the Sheriff of Cork to
distrain the goods of Dionisius [Denis] Riordan of Glaundaffe in Co. Cork and
others in the counties of Cork and Kerry, all named, Yeomen, that they may
answer in person before Humphry Massy and John Whiting (JPs), at Macroom
on 18 th Dec. and 2 nd Jan. following. An endorsement on the reverse by John
Rogers (Sheriff) that these men are not to be found in his jurisdiction.
2 skins
3123 3 – 23 Jan. [1734]
see also
3121, 3122/a, 3122/b
Writs in Latin that the Sheriff is to take into safe custody Denis Riordan of
Glaundaffe in Co. Cork and others, to appear before Humphrey Massy and
John Whiting (JPs) on the 23 rd Jan. and 6 th February following. An
endorsement on the reverse by John Rogers (Sheriff) and Redmond Barry Esq.
that the within named persons are not to be found in their jurisdiction.
3124 29 Sept. 1737
2 skins
Deed of Mortgage for £2,000 taken out by [Moliora] Ogle (daughter of Ursula
Lady Baroness Dowager of Altham) with John Goodwin. It is charged on
various lands named in the document, including Molosky and Agroome. This
is her portion of the charge on the lands. Written on the back of the document
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is “Copyd this from a pappr sent me by [Onesipherus] Phair [ ] 1747.”
1p
3125 2 May 1747
Indenture made between Patrick Hays, Ballyea, Co. Limerick, John Dowdall,
Dromard, [Co. Limerick], and William Purdon, [Quinpool], Co. Clare, in the
one part, with Richard Gregg in the other part. It is for the town and lands of
Dromard containing c.500 acres, in the parish of Rathkeale, Co. Limerick,
already in his possession for 10 shillings, made a year previously by indenture
and by force of the Statute of Transferring uses into possession. Gregg can be
tenant in the freehold lands until a perfect recovery may be lawfully obtained.
3126 31 Oct. 1754
704
1 skin
Lease made between James French, Rath, Co. Cork, and Richard Blair,
Bantry, for the lands of [Kinneleabegg], for one year, paying one whole
pepper corn if demanded. It is agreed that after one year the lands may be
released to Blair forever.
3127 23 July 1760
1 skin
[Renewal] of a lease made between Benjamin Burton, Burton Hall, Co.
Carlow, Reverend Raphael Walsh, Ballykillcavan, Queen’s County, and
Thomas Eyre (Suveyor General of Ireland), all Trustees of John Allen
Johnson, a minor, son and heir of Allen Johnson, the younger, late of
Kilternan, Co. Dublin, in the first part; Olivia Pole (wife of Lieutenant General
Edward Pole) and Raphael Walsh (Guardian appointed by the High Court of
Chancery in Ireland of John Allen Johnson) in the second part; and James
McClaren (Merchant), City of Dublin., in the third part. Burton, Walsh and
Eyre (on behalf of John Allen Johnson) lease to McClaren a plot of ground in
William Street, a suburb of the city of Dublin (see attached map). It is for a
term of 9,999 years, at a yearly rent of £15, [plus receiver’s fees of £0. 7. 6],
payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March. McClaren also
agrees that within the first seven years he will spend £300 on building repairs,
and on default of this, he will have to pay £30 advanced rent over and above
what has been agreed upon. The attached map shows the scale of the ground
leased, surveyed in August 1758 by Roger Kendrick, Suveyor to the City of
Dublin. The original lease was made between William Williams, New Street,
City of Dublin, and Murtagh Dowling in 3 rd Nov. 1682. Dowling vested the
lease to Alexander McClean, who assigned a portion of the leased land to
James McClaren on 19 th July [1760]. McClaren surrendered the original lease
and made a new lease with the Trustees of Johnson. Used in the Rolls
Chambers in Meade v. Meade, 14 th Feb. 1908.
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3128 15 Aug. 1765
Lease made between John Austen, City of Dublin, and Thomas Gollock (the
younger), Shandangin, Co. Cork. It is for a large field known as
[Parkalisseene] on the north side of Macroom town, now in the possession of
Thomas Gollock (father of Gollock). It is for a term of 999 years, to
commence from the 12 th May 1797, whereby at that time the lease on the lands
taken by the father, Thomas Gollock, will have expired. The rent due is £6. 10.
0, payable half-yearly (not stated). Includes note stating this was part of a
schedule in [31 st Dec. 1886].
3129 26 May – 4 Dec. 1774
705
1 skin
Articles of Agreement made between Thomas Sidney, Bullington,
Southampton, England, and John Wade, parish of Saint Swithin, Winchester,
England. In consideration of £6. 6. 0 paid by Sidney to Wade, he may enjoy
passage and cut timber for his own use on a plot of ground in Bullington that
both men are entitled to. Written at the bottom of the document is a statement
from Wade that he received 9 shillings from Sidney “being in full for trees
Growing at the bottom of Whitelands”.
3130 12 April 1775
Articles of Agreement between George Gallwey, Macroom, and Ignatius
Gallwey, Macroom, for one field containing 7 acres, for the remainder of a 99
years lease, at the yearly rent of £7. It may have been used in evidence in a
court case, in 1849. Signed and [sealed] by both, but Ignatius’ signature has
been torn off. Witnessed by Garrett Gallwey and Jerry Riordane.
3131 30 Sept. 1775
see also
2933, 2998
Lease made between Thomas Adderley, City of Dublin, and Thomas
[Benjamin] Barter, Enagh, Co. Cork, for a house and plot of ground in
Innishannon, formerly in the possession of Robert Brown, but now in Barter’s
possession. Term of 999 years, at a yearly rent of £2, with one shilling to the
pound Receivers fees, payable half yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th
March.
3pp
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3132 24 March 1796
Copy of a lease made between Samuel Cooper, city of Cashel, Co. Tipperary,
and Daniel O’Sullivan, Coulagh, Co. Cork, for Cooper’s half of the three
fourths of eleven parts in twenty one parts of the 60 plowlands and 9 gneeves
of Berehaven, and the 9 plowlands of Castledermott. It is for two lives, from
the 29 th September last, at a yearly rent of £341. 5. 0, payable half yearly on
the 29 th September and the 25 th March. Written on the front of the lease is that
Cooper made to Thomas Allen an assignment in trust on the [8 th ] April 1811.
3133 31 March 1804
Deed made between Daniel O’Connell (Barrister-at-Law), [Maclody], Dublin,
and Owen Sullivan, Killeagh, Co. Cork, appointing Sullivan as O’Connell’s
lawful attorney to collect rents due on the following lands; Coolagh,
Ashbrack, Inchinteskin, Gurranas, [Boffikeel], [Bairs], Inchies, Tries,
Crompane, Carrig, Killmacowen, Derrikeeveen West, Cametringane, Droum
East, Knockanroe, Clounglaskin, Deeirt Lananebeg, Cunelock, East Knockroe,
Keilkinitin, Killagh, Cloghfune, Ballydonegan, Kealogue, Ballincalig, Cloun
and Coome, Garnish, Bulloghbuoy, Bullerough, Ballincarrig, Tellekifine,
Killcaterin East and West, Knockrae West, Allihies, Cahvikeen, Gaur,
[Trienetiliu], Droum West, Glanbeg East, Derrikeeveen, Fuledovig, and
Reentusk.
3134 28 Aug. 1807
Lease made between Catherine Leary (Widow of Jeremiah Leary), Richard
Leary and Arthur Leary (Farmers), Mahonaclee, Co. Cork, and James Sullivan
alias [Craugh] (Farmer), Mahonaclee. Sullivan agrees to lease one half of
three [gneeves] of Mahonaclee, with liberty to take half the hay of the meadow
called Munairmore, now occupied by him and the liberty of the grass or two
[collar] on the mountain from the 1 st May until the 1 st November in every year
for the term of the lease, in the parish of Kilmacomogue, Bantry, and liable to
pay one fourth of the taxes payable on the 6 [gneeves] in Mahonaclee. A term
of 31 years or one life, at a yearly rent of £26. 14. 7 and a half pennies,
payable half-yearly on the 29 th September and the 25 th March.
3135 25 Nov. 1808
706
4pp
1p
1 item
Copy Deed made between William Chartres, [Gromatrfield], Co. Dublin, in
the first part, Edward Kirby, Templestreet, city of Dublin, in the second part,
and George O’Keeffe, city of Dublin, in the third part. For barring all estates
tail remainders and for 10 shillings, Chartres confirms lands in the city and
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county of Cork (see deed) to Kirby. It is agreed that O’Keeffe may sue for a
writ or writs of entry from the High Court of Chancery in Ireland for the
release of the lands from Kirby.
3136 5 March 1817
Deeds of Conveyance between Frances Blair, Bantry and Christianna Sandy,
Bantry. Blair agrees to give to Sandy the sum of £500. This amount has come
to Blair through the will of Hamilton White, dated the 5 th Dec. 1785. White
left the sum of £3,000 to Hamilton Blair’s six daughters, Frances Blair being
one. This amount divided leaves £500 to each daughter.
3137 31 May 1824
Assignment of the lands of North [Camass], Co. Limerick, with a sufficient
quantity of turf for the use of said premises by George Bevan, Kilfinan, for a
payment of £30, to Michael Bevan, [Camass]. It is for a term of 21 years or
three lives, at a yearly head rent of £2. 4. 0 per acre, payable half yearly on the
1 st May and the 1 st November.
3138 12 June 1834
Renewal of a lease made between Rev. Robert Staples Jacob, Temple Carne
Glebe, Co. Donegal, in the one part, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for
Ireland in the second part, and Rev. Christopher Darby, Vicar of the Union of
Killenaule, in the Diocese of Cashell, in the third part. It is for part of the lands
of [Mortlestown] and Killbridy, containing about 25 acres plantation measure,
already in the possession of Darby. It is for three lives, with a covenant of
renewal, as a perpetual glebe to the Union of Killenaule, at a yearly rent of
£19. 17. 10, British currency, payable half yearly on the 1 st May and the 1 st
November. The original lease was made between James Gledstanes Jacob, the
Eccleseastical Commissioners for Ireland paying him £200 for the endowment
of the glebe, and the Rev. Samuel Riall, in 19 th June 1780.
3139 6 Nov. 1868
707
3pp
3pp
3pp
2 skins
Copy of Agreement between E. D. G. Downing (Merchant), Castletown
Berehaven and Pole Godfrey (Receiver for the Constabulary Force of Ireland)
for Downing to sell the interest of a premises leased in Castletown Berehaven
for £300.
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3140 Sept. 1879
Agreement made between Paul Kingston (Farmer), Inchingerig, parish of
Caharah, Barony of West Carbery, Co. Cork, and Thomas Dowling
(Contractor for the Ilen Valley Railway Bantry Extension), 9 Grace Church
Street, London. They agree to submit questions to the value of pieces of land
and damage done by the extensions, to the Award, Arbitration and Valuation
of James H. Payne, Beech Upton, and Joseph Bryan, Dunmanway. They may
award a lump sum of compensation, and if they do not agree, they may call on
a third “umpire”. Includes copy. Both unsigned.
708
2 items
3141 30 Nov. 1894
see also
3142, 3144
Copy assignment of a lease, made by John Timothy Murphy (Guardian of the
Poor of the Macroom Poor Law Union), to Catherine Collins Murphy (his
wife), both of Sandyhill House, Macroom. It is for the premises known as
Sandyhill House, its yards and out-houses, and the right of passage from the
lane leading from Gurteenroe [street] to Sandyhill House. It is for the
remainder of a term of 61 years, at a yearly rent of £25. It is also agreed that
Catherine C. Murphy will pay to James J. Murphy and Company Ltd., the sum
of £325. 7. 6, which will indemnify John T. Murphy from further claims. The
original lease was made between Olivia Charlotte Baroness Ardilaun and John
T. Murphy on the 30 th December 1892.
3142 1 Dec. 1894 – 18 Nov. 1896
see also
3141, 3144
Indenture made between John Timothy Murphy, Sandy Hill House, Macroom,
and Catherine Collins Murphy (his wife) in the one part and James J. Murphy
& Co. Ltd. Of the Ladys Well Brewery, city of Cork. John and Catherine
Murphy agree to pay to Murphy & Co. the sum of £325. 7. 6 which they owe.
They mortgage the lease they have on the premises (from Lady Ardilaun in
1892) against this payment, and agree to continue to buy alcohol only from
Murphy & Co. On the back of this document is a confirmation that the
Murphys have paid £300 to Murphy & Co., releasing them from the mortgage.
3143 6 Feb. 1895
see also
3146
Assignment of the licenced premises in Main Street, Bantry, for £70 to Lane
& Co. Limited by Arthur E. Morris and Alfred M. Cole (Creditors Assignees
to Patrick O’Brien {Shopkeeper}, declared bankrupt). The yearly rent is £16,
3143 contd..
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payable to the Trustees of the Bantry Estates.
3144 14 Nov. 1896
see also
3141, 3142
Mortgage made between Catherine Collins McCarthy and the National Bank
Limited, for monies borrowed using as security the premises known as
Sandyhill House, its outhouses and the beer dealers licence she holds. If at any
time the monies owed to the Bank are paid in full, they will re-assign the
premises and licence back to her. Includes copy.
3145 21 Sept. 1901
709
2pp
2 items (12pp & 8pp)
Copy assignment by Thomas Lannin (Farmer), Carrignass, Co. Cork, to
Patrick Murphy (Shoemaker), Breenybeg. Lannin agrees to sell a portion of
the lands he rents in Carrignass to Murphy for £30 and subject to a yearly rent
of £1, payable every 21 st September.
3146 7 Sept. 1907
see also
3143
Assignment of a licenced premises in Main Street, Bantry by Ellen O’Brien
(Publician, wife to Patrick O’Brien), Main Street, Bantry, to John J. Murphy,
Kealkill, for £20. Murphy is to hold the premises under the same agreement
drawn up in 1895 between O’Brien and Beamish and Crawford (Brewery).
3147 20 Oct. 1919
Assignment between Minnie O’Driscoll, Mary O’Driscoll, Margaret Evans
and Daniel Minihane. Minnie O’Driscoll agrees to sell to Evans and Minihane
the “building ground adjoining the rere of Mr. Robert Warner’s premises at
Mill Rock…”, a portion of the premises held by Daniel Healy by lease 4 th
Sept. 1886, for 91 years. The price of sale is £1,250. Conditions apply.
3148 13 Dec. 1919
Receipt of a [A. B.] gun from W. [Linnane] to John Falvey, Skehill, with the
envelope addressed to Hutchinson Davidson (Solicitor), Ballinasloe.
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E. OFFICIAL PAPERS
1. Nursing Associations
3149 26 March 1908
Tss agreement made between Una Connolly, The Rectory, Foynes, Limerick,
with the Bantry District Nursing Committee, appointing Connolly as District
Nurse for the Bantry District. It is signed by Connolly and Arethusa Leigh-
White (President of the Committee).
3150 1931 – 1936
3151 1932
The Queen’s Institute of District Nursing Irish Branch Report of Irish Council
incorporating the Reports of the Executive Committees of the Irish Free State
and Northern Ireland. Includes a b/w photograph of Sneem, Co. Kerry from
the early 20 th century within the 1931 report. Also a collectable card from
Player’s Cigarettes of the Common Brown Trout stuck onto p.44 of one of the
1932 reports.
710
2pp
5 items & 1 photograph
Thirtieth Annual Report of Lady Dudley’s Scheme for the Establishment of
District Nurses of the Poorest Parts of Ireland In Affiliation with the Queen’s
Institute of District Nursing in Ireland.
3152 1932 – 1936
29pp
Annual Reports of the GLENGARRIFF DISTRICT NURSING
ASSOCIATION, affiliated with The Queen’s Institute of District Nursing in
Ireland. For the years 1932 and 1933 it incorporates the Reports for the
Adrigole District under the Lady Dudley Scheme. Arethusa Leigh-White and
Clodagh Shelswell-White were both involved in the organisation.
3153 May – June 1933
35 items
Circular from The Queen’s Institute of District Nursing in Ireland on the
Florence Nightingale Memorial Foundation scholarships.
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3154 1936
3155 [nd]
Annual Reports from the ADRIGOLE DISTRICT NURSING
ASSOCIATION affiliated with The Queen’s Institute of District Nursing in
Ireland. Clodagh Shelswell-White is its President and Arethusa Leigh-White
its Hon. Secretary.
711
12 items
Blank post card printed invitations “My Garden will be open in connection
with the Garden Scheme arranged by The Institute of Jubilee Nurses in Ireland
on ______”. Also copy flyer for a jumble sale for the Local District Nursing
Associations to be held in Bantry.
2. Bantry Voluntary Aid Committee
3156 1914 – 1915
4 items
First Year’s Report of the Bantry Voluntary Aid Committee. It was established
“To assist and to work for any Cause, Fund, or Society, arising out of the
War”. Arethusa Leigh-White acted as President and Chairman, in the absence
of her husband. Includes lists of men from Bantry fighting in the war or as
POWs who have received parcels from the Committee (p.9).
3. Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)
15pp
3157 21 Dec. 1915
see also
3158, 2551
Typed letter from John N. Barran (Bart. & MP), Sawley Hall, Ripon, to
Arethusa Leigh-White, acknowledging her letter. It relates to the issue of the
interdenominational practices within the Young Men’s Christian Association
(YMCA). The letter is embossed with the seal of the House of Commons. Mss
note written at the back of the letter by Leigh-White, on Barran and his
position relating to the matter.
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3158 13 Jan. 1916
see also
3157, 2551
Typed letter from Robert McCann (in General Command of Operations in
Ireland for the YMCA), London, to Sir John Barran (Bart. & MP), Sawley
Hall, Ripon, relating to a request by Arethusa Leigh-White on the YMCA.
4. Scouts and Girl Guides Associations
3159 April 1925 – April 1927
see also
2599
Copies of the Fir Cones [St.] Lone Company magazine/newsletter, for the Girl
Guide companies Speedwells, Woodpeckers, Starlings, Kingfishers, Robins,
and Rest Harrow. Includes an envelope addressed to Rachel Leigh-White.
3160 3 July 1927 – 26 Sept. 1949
3161 1930
712
1p
4 items
Scrapbook presented to Arethusa Leigh-White by the Tooting District of Girl
Scouts and Girl Guides, which is signed by the members of the various
Companies within the District, and the Summerstown St. Mary’s Brownie
Pack. It has paintings and drawings, photographs, and pocket histories of the
Companies. Includes a typed copy of Hymn no. 360 as part of the Guides’
Parade Service in Bantry in 1927, a copy of the booklet The Guide Promise,
and receipts for contributions by Leigh-White – The Victoria Hospital, Cork.
Also held separately the original ring binder folder that held the material.
8 items
First Annual Report of the Irish Free State Girl Guides, published by J. A.
Miller & Son, Dublin. Includes a report on the World Conference of the World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts Held at Foxlease, Hants., in July
1930, by Arethusa Leigh-White (Deputy Chief Commissioner for the Irish
Free State). Also the 15 th Annual Report for the County Dublin Association.
3162 1932 – 1935
Third and Sixth Annual Reports for the Irish Free State Girl Guides.
40pp
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3163 14 – 15 July1933
3164 1933
3165 1936
Programme for the Scout & Guide International Folk Dance Festival, at The
Scala Theatre, London. It may be the programme belonging to Mrs. Mark Kerr
(County Commissioner for London). Inside is a picture and write-up of the
team from the Irish Free State (pp 8-9).
713
20pp
Miscellaneous items relating to the Girl Guides Association. The cover and
inside front and back pages of a girl guides diary for 1933, with names and
addresses at the back. Includes instructions on the making of a bamboo pipe,
and a blue cloth on which is a golden [celtic] cross (may have some
significance to the Irish Free State Girl Guides).
Twenty-Second Annual Report for the Girl Guides Association.
3166 24 th July – 31 Oct. 1938
3 items
202pp
Letter from Harold Legat (Headquarters Commissioner for Oversea Scouts
and Migration), the Boy Scouts Association, London, to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White (Commissioner, Boy Scouts Association), Gibraltar, thanking him for
his work for the Boys Scouts Association, and wishing him well at his new
post at Trans-Jordan. Includes typed notice of “THE GUIDERS AND
RANGERS SEA CRUISE WITH THE GIBRALTAR SEA SCOUTS ON
THEIR AUXILLARY YACHT ‘EIDER DUCK’…”
3167 Oct. – Nov. 1938
2 items
Copies of THE GUIDER, The Gazette of the Girl Guides Association.
Includes a “Calendar of Events” for October. Also a copy of a letter to the
Lady Somers from the Dowager Lady Reading (Chairman, Women’s
Voluntary Services).
3168 1 July 1939 – 30 June 1942
5 items
A copy of the Seventh Biennial Report of the World Association of Girl
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3169 [1939]
Guides and Girl Scouts. Contributions from Arethusa Leigh-White include her
Director’s Report at the front, and an article entitled “WESTERN
HEMISPHERE ADVENTURE” (pp.49-59).
714
80pp
Newspaper article entitled “Presentation to Retiring Commissioner” on the
ceremony for Geoffrey Shelswell-White on his retirement as Commissioner to
the Gibraltar Boys Scout Association.
3170 [c.1940s]
1 item
Cutting from an [American] newspaper entitled “Daughters Put Her in Work”
on the work of Arethusa Leigh-White for the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Association.
3171 8 – 19 Jan. 1941
3172 1946
1 item
Programme for the Scout and Guide Memorial Service for The Chief Scout,
the Rt. Hon. Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Includes an invitation to Mrs.
Shelswell-White from the Irish Girl Guides and The Boy Scouts of Eire to
attend the memorial service for Baden-Powell in St. Patrick’s Cathedral,
Dublin. Also a ‘best wishes’ card from Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-
Powell, with a coloured drawing of men travelling on top of an Indian
elephant.
3 items
Scrapbook created by the 1 st Carmarthen Cadets, Wales, on the occasion of
their visit to camp at Bantry House. Includes b/w photographs of the Cadets,
the journey, and their activities while camping. Also 16 photographs of
Egerton Shelswell-White.
3173 25 Feb. 1950 – Dec. 1951
10pp
Photocopied flyer for a Handicraft Exhibition and Sale in Central Hall,
Academy Street, [Cork], for the Irish Girl Guides. Also open Christmas
Greetings from Olave Baden-Powell to her friends and members “of the great
World family of Guides”, showing a picture of Baden-Powell with her own
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family.
3174 April 1959
715
2 items
Copy of the magazine THE COUNCIL FIRE, Journal of the World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, vol. XXXIV, no.2. Includes an
article on Arethusa Leigh-White, giving a history of her work for the
Association, written by Elizabeth Fry (p.79).
3175 April 1959
37pp
Copy of the magazine The Guide, volume XLVI, no. 4, Senior Branch Special
Issue. The death of Arethusa Leigh-White is mentioned on p.124, with a small
obituary by Alix [sic] Liddell.
3176 21 Sept. 1981 – 3 July 1982
3177 [nd]
29pp
File relating to the organising events for the Scout Association of Ireland by
Jerry Aherne (10 th Cork Monkstown Group), Monkstown, Co. Cork. Includes
documents relating to Summer Camp taking place at Bantry House.
33 items
Address book belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White relating to the Girl Guides
Association.
5. The Civics Institute of Ireland
3178 1938 – 1939
1 item
Annual Report from The Civics Institute of Ireland. Includes a pamphlet
entitled “The Civics Institute’s Work on the Playgrounds” an address given to
the Dublin Rotary Club, by B. T. Coote, Director of Recreation and Welfare,
Civics Institute, on 31 st July, 1939.
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6. The Irish Red Cross Society
3179 6 Oct. 1939 – 27 Nov. 1940
Typed letters from The Irish Red Cross Society (IRCS) to Clodagh Shelswell-
White, Bantry House. One informs her of a public meeting with the view of
forming a branch of the IRCS in Cork and that the Lord Mayor of Cork
proposes to nominate her as a member of the organising committee. Another
letter informs her that she has been co-opted a member of the Committee
Meeting of the Bantry Branch of the IRCS.
7. The Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad
716
2 items
3180 14 Oct. 1947
see also
3181
Typed letter from Daisy Digby Best (Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad),
Italy, to Arethusa Leigh-White, thanking her for the letter of congratulation on
an award to the CCRA. Digby Beste writes of the activities, especially the
work of Edith Coleman, now that the CCRA is finishing its work in the area.
3181 17 Oct. 1947
CLOSED
see also
3180
Typed letter from Lucy Ware (Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad),
[London], to Arethusa Leigh-White, thanking her for her letter of
congratulation relating to the honours awarded to the CCRA. She asks Leigh-
White for a character reference.
3182 28 April – 14 June 1948
Letters from [Lucy] (the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad), London, to
Arethusa Leigh-White, Aachen, confirming that she will be sending on
mattress bags as requested in reports.
3183 30 April 1949
1p
1p
2 items
Photograph album belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White, showing the people
and places she was involved in with her work with the [Red Cross] in Aachen,
[West] Germany. Includes a typed poem entitled “The Slaughter of the
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Solitary Innocent (by order of the High Command)”.
8. Irish Synod of the Church of Ireland
3184 9 Dec. 1953 – 1 Dec. 1962
717
60 items
File relating to fund-raising for the Church of Ireland in Bantry and
Glengarriff organised by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. Includes the 1961
Financial Report of the Church of Ireland Diocesan Council of the United
Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross.
3185 1957 – 1967
Reports and accompanying documents presented at the meetings of the
General Synod of the Church of Ireland. Clodagh Shelswell-White was
involved in her local diocese and invited to attend. Includes newspaper
cuttings.
3186 1959 – 1973
111 items
6 files
Reports and accompanying documents presented to the Diocesan Synod of the
Church of Ireland of the United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. Clodagh
Shelswell-White was involved in representing the Kilmacomogue area. There
are no papers for 1969-1971, and only partial documentation for 1968.
3187 29 Oct. 1970
3 files
Documentation for the Church of Ireland United Dioceses of Cork, Cloyne,
and Ross Synod. Clodagh Shelswell-White was invited, but did not attend as
she was in London.
9. Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
3188 28 Jan. 1954
11 items
Printed Programme for the 1953/54 Season of the Cork Historical and
Archaeological Society. Includes the Agenda for the AGM on the 12 th March
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3189 1958
1954, and on the reverse is a mss map showing Lord Bantry’s Lodge and
surrounds drawn by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
Article from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society
entitled “A Map of Beare and Bantry, Co. Cork”, by P. O’Keeffe. Includes a
reproduced map from the PRO, London, of Beare and Bantry area c.1558.
10. Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA)
3190 20 Feb. 1956 – 23 Jan. 1963
Correspondence files relating to the work of Geoffrey Shelswell-White for the
Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) in the Bantry
and Glengarriff area and as a member of the Committee. Includes a letter from
the Sheriff’s Office, Court House, Cork to Ernest Ellis relating to the seizure
of property in the case of E. E. Leigh-White v. John Crowley (Keohane) dated
6 th Feb. 1911. The reverse has been used by Geoffrey for a copy typed letter
re-CSPCA business (20 th November 1951, file 1). Also documentation on flag
days and annual reports. Includes a b/w photograph of a man with a dog
standing next to a van belonging to the Dublin Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals.
11. The Royal Horticultural Society
3191 Aug. 1965
718
2pp
8pp
2 files
Copy of the JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
Vol. XC, part Eight.
3192 April 1968
72pp
Copy of the JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
Vol. XCIII, part Four.
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F. FAMILY HISTORY
1. The White Family
1.1 General
3193 [29] Nov. 1855 – 21 Jan. 1915
Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the Bantry Whites and family, with
various photographs showing plaques mounted in honour of the family
members. Includes the marriage ceremony of Elizabeth White to Egerton
Leigh.
3194 1858 – 1876
3195 [1912]
719
43pp & 12 enclosures
Photocopied pages of photographs of William White (3 rd Earl of Bantry), his
wife Jane and their children, Elizabeth, Emily, Olive, Ina and William taken at
[1858] and [1876]. Includes biographical information on the family; and
photographs of Macroom Castle and its entrance gates from the town.
4 items
Advertisement pamphlet for KELLY’S HANDBOOK TO THE TITLED,
LANDED AND OFFICIAL CLASSES FOR 1913. Includes an extract from
1912 edition giving information on Robert Hedges Eyre White, Glengarriff.
Also halfpenny stamp.
3196 24 April 1953
3197 [nd]
1 item
Envelope addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell White filled with the seals of
various family members – Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry), Hamilton
White, Robert White, and Lord Longueville. There is a signature of a Justin
McCarthy. Includes empty envelopes with the embossed seal of the Earl of
Bantry on the flaps. Also a ticket of “Admission to View Bantry House and
Grounds” price 2/-.
17 items
Newspaper article on the marriage between Captain S. E. H. E. White, Royal
Scots Guards, and Violet O’Brien Studdert, at St. Anselm’s, [Davies Street].
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White is the only son of Simon White, Raffeen House, Monkstown, Co. Cork,
and Glengarriff Castle, Co. Cork.
1.2 Family Tree
3198 [nd]
File containing various copies of the White Family Tree.
1.3 Research
3199 1932 – 1940
3200 [nd]
3201 [nd]
720
1 item
15 items
Index of names of Irish families and historic Irish mansions that have featured
in the magazine Weekly Irish Times.
Files containing research material on the history of the White family, and
families related through marriage. Includes a folder entitled “Material for
HISTORY of the WHITES MHW” containing notes made by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White. Some of the areas covered by his research are – Bantry
House & Demesne; Berehaven Penninsula; Glengarriff Lodge & Demesne;
Glengarriff Castle & Reenmeen; French Invasion 1796; Agents; Bantry
(miscellaneous – townlands and church); Miscellaneous; and a Hutchinson
family-tree. Also a typed letter from M. O’[Lainn] ([Secretary], Dept. of Local
Government and Public Health), Dublin, to Arethusa Leigh-White, Bantry
House, relating to the local District Nursing Association and its claims from
the Maternity and Child Welfare Grant (10 th Aug. 1931).
2pp
5 files
Documented research on the Whites and related families from various Irish
and English Institutions. Includes published finding aids to the institutions.
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1.4 Enquiries
3202 28 July 1928 – 6 March 1996
3203 [nd]
Files containing public queries on the White family and the history of the
Bantry area.
“COD File” of notes on original documents held at Bantry House.
1.5 Family Crest
3204 21 Dec. 1940
721
2 files
44 items
Parchment of the formal declaration of the family crest of Shelswell-White.
Hand-painted colour image of the crest and motto – “The Noblest Motive is
the Public Good”, with calligraphy describing the crest. Signed by Thomas M
Sadleir (Deputy Ulster King of Arms). Includes colour copies of the Coat-of-
Arms of Geoffrey Shelswell-White, written on the back of one is “Copied
from The original Patent issued by Deputy Ulster King of Arms”; and of
another is typed “Azure, a chevron ermine charged with a cross crosslet
fitchee, between two annulets sable, between three escallops argent. For crest,
on a wreath of the colours, a stag trippant gules, holding in its mouth a dagger
or. Mantled gules doubled argent and from the Motto – ‘The noblest motive is
the Public good’.”
2. The Herbert Family
3205 [1731]
3206 [nd]
6 items
Printed reproduction of portrait of Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke of Dorset,
who was the Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of the Kingdom
of Ireland, 1731. He was the Great great Grandfather of the family of Charles
John Herbert of Muckross, Co. Kerry.
1 item
Copies of portraits of the family of Charles John Herbert of Muckross,
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3207 [nd]
showing Charles, Emily, Jane (future 3 rd Countess of Bantry), Henry, Louisa,
Maria, and Henry Arthur Herbert (Chief Secretary for Ireland). Includes
photocopies.
Typed partial family tree of Jane Herbert of Muckross, born in 1823 at
Cahirnane, Killarney.
3. The Hawker/Tippinge Families
722
3 items
1 item
3208 9 Sept. 1854
see also
3405
An account and sketch of the order of sailing in a battle involved in the
[Crimean] War. He gives the positions of the ships, the regiments and
commanders in each, and their distinguishing flags. We are given an insight
into the preparations –“We are to land with just what we can carry on our
backs…I shall have only a plaid & a piece of macintosh to sleep in – a change
of linen & a tin pot to cook in – We have no tents, so I hope we shall have nice
weather…”. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has attached a note in which he
believes the author to be either Hawker or Tippinge.
2 items
3209 Feb. 1884
see also
3210, 3212
Mounted on board printed Pedigree of Tipping, of Bolton, with crest. Written
on the back is “Letters to Febry 1884”. It has been printed by Henry Barton
(Stationer), Manchester. This family is related to the White Estate through
Arethusa Leigh-White, whose mother was Isabel Flora Augusta Tippinge.
1 item
3210 6 Aug. 1898 – 5 July 1960
see also
3209, 3405
Envelope addressed to Geoffrey Shelswell-White, Bantry House, containing a
copy of the booklet for the Burial Service of Lieut.-Col. Alfred Tippinge, at
Longparish Cemetery. Includes newspaper cuttings giving a brief history of
the life and career of Tippinge, - “ ‘UP, GUARDS, AND AT THEM!’ ”
HISTORY OF HER MAJESTY’S HOUSEHOLD TROOPS”, and from [The
London Times] on the Battle of Inkerman.
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3211 Sept. 1915 – Aug. 1917
Miscellaneous documents relating to World War One. Includes two newspaper
cuttings of commentaries on the War; a newspaper article reporting on the
event that led to Lieut. Lanoe George Hawker, Royal Engineers and Royal
Flying Corps. being awarded the Distinguished Service Order. Includes a
printed information pamphlet by the General Post Office on “Communication
with Prisoners of War Interned Abroad”, and a typed letter from Harry
Norman (Pte.), Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, to Lady Turing thanking her
for note and enclosed photograph. Also mss letter from [Helen], Montgomery,
to [Polly], writing that she is to return to work at the hospital at [Aldershot].
Written on the back is a poem; enclosed is another poem written in similar
handwriting. Also a receipt from the British Women’s Hospital, Home for
Disabled Soldiers and Sailors for a donation made by Miss Hawker, Bantry
House, Bantry, and a faded sepia photograph of a medium-sized battle-ship,
registration number ML183, on Bantry Bay.
723
9 items
3212 [nd]
see also
3209
Mss family tree of the Gloucestershire Hawkers and the Longparish Hawkers.
1 item
3213 [nd]
see also
3405
Watercolour ¾ length portrait of Colonel [Alfred] Tipping, Grenadier General,
with a [Commemorative] medal, and League of Honour. It may be a sepia
photograph painted over in places, adding colour.
4. Lord Thomond
3214 11 June 1953
22.6cm x 17cm
Copied engraving in pencil of Lord Thomond, taken from an engraving in the
hall at Bantry House in 1953. Thomond is viewed from the waist up, wearing
a buttoned-up jacket, with an award of title. He is wearing a high collar shirt
and cravat. In the background is a pillar with a curtain, tied back. He looks to
be a man in his thirties, with short wavy hair, parted on the right. Includes an
envelope in which it was stored.
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3215 [nd]
B/w [original] print of Lord Thomond as a middle aged man.
5. The Eyre Family
3216 [1954]
3217 [nd]
3218 [nd]
724
32.7cm x 25.1cm
Booklet of off-prints from the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and
Historical Society of a calendar of Eyre documents held in University College,
Galway, compiled by Marguerite Hayes-McCoy. It was presented to Geoffrey
Shelswell-White by a relative of the author.
79pp
Mss copy of the “Pedigree of Davies of Richard’s Castle, Co. Hereford”, from
the Visitation of Herefordshire 1683, Herald’s College. It begins with John
Davies (1630). Martha Davies, a descendant, married Richard Hedges Eyre,
the parents of Robert Hedges Eyre, and Frances Jane Eyre, who later married
Richard White (1 st Earl of Bantry).
Biographical notes on Robert Hedges (1637-1712) and Sir William Hedges
(1632-1701). Includes family tree.
6. Charts
3219 1808
1p
13pp
Colour-coded “Newly Invented Chronological Chart of BRITISH NOBILITY.
A work on British Family Antiquity by William Playfair Esq.”. It lists Irish
Earls and Marquises with the time-line of English Kings, and the Knights of
St. Patrick. The title is surrounded by an ornate illustration of a bishop’s hat
and crozier, wreath, harps, a medal and crest of the Knights of St. Patrick, with
the latin “Quis Separabit MDCCLXXXIII”.
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3220 1808
3221 1808
Chart entitled “A Newly Invented chronological chart of BRITISH
NOBILITY Engraved to accompany & Illustrate A WORK ON British Family
Antiquity BY William Playfair Esqr. 1808.” It shows a list of various Kings,
Barons, Earls, Viscounts, Countesses, Marquises, Scotch Dukes, the titles of
families, degrees of honour, the colour-coded nature of service for which the
titles were obtained, and Knights of the Ancient Order of the Thistle. There is
an explanation section for the information provided by the Chart, an ornate
wreath of thistles, a drawing of [a saint] holding a wooden cross, and a crest of
the Knights of the Ancient Order of the Thistle in black and white.
725
101cm x 69cm
Chart entitled “A Newly Invented chronological chart of BRITISH
NOBILITY Engraved to accompany & Illustrate A WORK ON British Family
Antiquity BY William Playfair Esqr. 1808.” It shows a list of various Kings,
titles of families, degrees of honour, the colour-coded nature of service for
which the titles were obtained by Irish Barons and Viscounts, as well as
Peeresses in their own right, and Ecclesiastical Peers, Bishops of Ireland.
There is an explanation section for the information provided by the Chart, and
a b/w illustration of a wreath of flowers.
7. Others
3222 15 Sept. 1888
101cm x 69cm
Typed extracts on the family of De Rupe or Roch entitled “Our Ancestors on
my Mother’s Side”. Includes typed extract from “The Union”, Northern
Ireland newspaper, on ‘Roch, the Swimmer’.
3223 24 April 1907
3pp
Mss letter from [Mason & Huish], New University Club, London, posing
questions relating to the Baron of [Baltimore] and his properties.
3224 [July/Dec.] 1958
Typed article entitled “Pocoke’s Tour of South and South-West Ireland 1758”
(to be cont’d) by Pádraig Ó’Maidín, from the Journal of Cork Historical and
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3225 [nd]
3226 [nd]
3227 [nd]
Archaeological Society, Vol. LXIII No.198. Geoffrey Shelswell-White has
made notes on the margins. Mentions a Mr. White of Whiddy Island (p.87).
726
22pp
Photocopied partial family trees from the Office of the Chief Herald. The
families are Wolverstone of Stillorgan, Walters of Whiddy Island, and Wynne
of [Killathuagh].
2 items
Notes on the White family pedigree made by Alicia Maria Hutchins (Aunt of
Frank Hutchins), Gortnavahig. Written on the back is the pedigree of Lucy
Heaphy, who married Hamilton White (brother of Richard White, 1 st Earl of
Bantry).
Photocopied typed extract of the descriptive list of the Abercorn Papers from
the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast. Certain entries
are marked, one mentions General Dalrymple. Attached is a note by Anthony
Malcomson (PRONI).
4pp
2 items
3228 [nd]
see also
2691
Typed notes on characters that feature in the novel Hungry Hill by Daphne Du
Maurier, with mss notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White. The novel revolves
around the story of the Puxleys and Whites.
3229 [nd]
Copies of portraits of the Hon. Mrs. Calvert (b.1767; d. 1859) and her
husband, Nicolson Calvert (MP), Great-great-grandparents of Arethusa Leigh-
White. They are held in a free-standing wooden frame, the glass is cracked
across Mrs. Calvert.
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3230 [nd]
3231 [nd]
3232 [nd]
3233 [nd]
3234 [nd]
Mss family tree of the Annesleys, beginning with Sir Francis Annesley (1585
–1660) and on to Arthur Annesley (1785-1863), 10 th Viscount Valentia.
727
1 item & 4 loose stickers
B/w and sepia photographs of portraits of various relatives of the Whites of
Bantry – William Hare (1 st Earl of Listowel), Mary [Wrixore] 1 st wife of
William 1 st Earl of Listowel; Countess Longueville (Aunt of Richard White,
1 st Earl of Bantry); and Margaret Hare (daughter of William Hare, 1 st Earl of
Listowel, and 1 st Countess of Bantry).
4 items
Tss transcripts and photocopies of original letters (some of which are in the
Collection) dated as far back as the eighteenth century, which relate to the
White family and their affairs. Includes photocopy and transcript of the Will
of Sir Thomas White (c.1566).
3 files
Notes on “DeCogan’s Castle”, Carrigaline, and its origins.
Part of a letter discussing the family relationship between the Drakes, the
Cusacks, and the [Cutchiffes]. Charles Drake [Cutchiffe] was at the time the
owner of [Leu] near [Ilfeacombe].
2pp
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G. MAPS AND PLANS
1. Maps
1.1 General Maps
3235 1748
Published map of Cheshire “from the latest and Best Surveys 1748”. It is
printed for “[T] Hinton at the Kings Arms in St. Pauls Church Yard 1748”. Its
scale is 1 inch to 5 English miles. On the bottom left corner is the Arms of
Chester. The map has been cut out and stuck onto a board.
728
31.5cm x 41.5cm
3236 [1 June 1798]
see also
3237, 3238, 3239, 3250, 3252
Linen-backed coloured “MAP OF EUROPE Drawn from all the Best Surveys
and RECTIFIED by ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS by A
ARROWSMITH, Georgrapher, Rathbone Place, London”. It is by Arrowsmith
to “The Right Honble Sir JOSEPH BANKS Bart. KB” (Member of the Privy
Council and President of the Royal Society). There is a b/w image of Banks;
and of a river with two sailing boats, two bridges (of stone and steel). There is
a man standing looking over the steel bridge as a carriage passes by him. The
stone bridge could signify a canal.
123.5cm x 145.5cm
3237 1 Jan. 1801
see also
3236, 3239, 3238
Linen-backed colour map of “ASIA to MAJOR JAMES RENNELL” by A.
Arrowsmith. It has b/w illustrations of mountain ranges in each province,
swords, other weapons, costume and flora surrounding the map’s title.
126cm x 145.5cm
3238 [1 Nov. 1802]
see also
3236, 3237, 3239
Linen-backed colour map of “AFRICA TO The Committee AND Members
OF THE British Association for Discovery the Interior parts of AFRICA” by
A. Arrowsmith. Various countries are lightly highlighted in green, yellow and
pink. Illustration of mountain ranges. Surrounding the map title is b/w
illustration of a pyramid, Egyptian characters, a lion and elephant, a canon, a
native African man, swords and garnets. Geographical information is only
supplied for the coastline of the continent.
128.1cm x 146.7cm

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3239 [1802]
see also
3236, 3237, 3238
Linen-backed coloured map of “NORTH AMERICA” by A. Arrowsmith.
Various borders are shaded different colours. Lakes and bays are coloured
blue. Only the east coast is well described and surveyed. Its wooden pole has
become detached.
729
128cm x 146.8cm
3240 1908
see also
3241
“Survey of Muckross Abbey and Burial Ground Killarney Co.Kerry The
Property of The Right honourable Arthur Edward Baron Ardilaun.” Surveyed
by A. H. Bardin (Architect and Land Surveyor), Dublin. It is noted that the
burial ground edged red is annexed to old ground in 1879. Numbers given of
all known grave plots/tombs are edged green. The total area is 1a 2r 6p statute
measure. The road to Muckross is included.
72.5cm x 115cm
3241 1908
see also
3240
“Survey of Killegy Church and Burial Ground Muckross Killarney The
Property of The Right honourable Arthur Edward Baron Ardilaun.” It was
surveyed in October 1908 by A. H. Bardin (Architect and Land Surveyor
Dublin). Burial plots boundaries are coloured in green. A reference table is on
the left margin, giving the number assigned to the plot, names, dates and
remarks. There is a total numbering of vaults, tombs, unknown grave plots,
and known grave plots. A scale is given.
3242 1908
63cm x 91cm
6" OS map of County Laois entitled “EDITION OF 1908. QUEEN’S CO.
SHEET 34”. The townland Aghmacart is highlighted yellow, and two fields in
the region are outlined by pink marker. There is a chart explaining the
symbols. Stamped on the map is “GENERAL VALUATION OFFICE,
DUBLIN. 15 OCT. 1910. Certificate No. 4474”. On the lower right corner is a
sticker ‘57’.
103cm x 67.5cm

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3243 1910
see also
3244, 3245
25" OS map of “RATHDRUM UNION & R.D. WICKLOW
(NEWCASTLE)”. It shows the townlands of Balydoreen, Bircxhwood,
Ballymoneen, Boleynasslower, and Boleynass Upper. The townlands names
are highlighted in yellow, certain areas are outlined in red marker and
numbered ‘1’, a river is coloured blue, and a right of way is orange. There is a
table of symbols.
730
72cm x 137.3cm
3244 1910
see also
3243, 3245
25" OS map of “WICKLOW (NEWCASTLE) RATHDRUM UNION & RD”.
It shows the townlands of Killiskey, Ballyduff Lower, Kellystown, Newtown
Boswell, Ballyhenry, Ballydoreen, and Ballycurry Demesne. The townlands
Ballydoreen and Ballycurry Demesne are outline in red. Three plots in the
townland of Newtown Boswell are outlined in red and numbered. A
pond/small lake in Ballycurry Demesne is coloured blue. There is a table of
symbols. There is a sticker ‘53’ on the lower right corner.
75cm x 107.5cm
3245 1910
see also
3243, 3244
25" OS map of “RATHDRUM UNION & RD” showing the townlands of
Ballinahinch South, Inchanapp, Ashford and Broomfield. Two areas have been
outlined in a constant or broken lines of red marker. The rivers are also
coloured in blue marker. At the head of the map “Ballycurry Demesne” is
highlighted in yellow marker. Written on the back is “Tottenham Estate,
Ballycurry”. There is a sticker ‘52’ on the lower right corner.
3246 [1917]
72.5cm x 106cm
Coloured specimen OS map of the Putau District, Burma (No. 92), “Published
under the direction of Colonel C. H. D. Ryder, CIE, DSO, RE, Surveyor
General of India 1919”. It has a scale of 1 inch to 2 miles. There is a table of
symbols. The map shows contours for mountain ranges, rivers, buildings,
roads and rail-tracks. Stamped on the lower left side of the map is a
declaration that this is a “SPECIMEN MAP”. Written in pen on the back is
“HPUNCIN HKA, HPUNCNANG HKA, Hpungyang Dan”.
69.5cm x 46.6cm

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3247 [13 Dec. 1927]
Coloured map of Chake Chake, Pemba Island, with a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile,
[issued] by the Geographical section, General Staff. Boundaries have been
marked out by red ink.
3248 [29 April 1935]
731
73cm x 66.2cm
Incomplete linen-backed panelled coloured map of [Zanzibar] with notes
made by Geoffrey Shelswell-White on [travel routes and times] – “[Javabiassi]
to [Makundinhi] about 2 hours (some [rag])”. He has also marked out by
different coloured pens various topographical features of areas. Written on the
back is “re backed on 29-4-35”.
3249 [Dec.] 1935
70cm x 79.7cm
Printed by the Irish Weekly Independent, an Archaeological and Historical
map of Ireland, compiled by Prof. R. A. S. Macalister, and Rev. M. V. Ronan,
drawn by Pádraig Ó Bhruadair.
50.5cm x 38cm
3250 [Sept. 1939]
see also
3236, 3252
Booklet of BACON’S WAR MAP OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE
MEDITERRANEAN SHOWING THE POLITICAL FRONTIERS. It has a
scale of 61.3 miles to 1 inch.
3251 1939
76.5cm x 99.5cm
Coloured Survey of Palestine Motor map of a scale of 1: 500,000. It also gives
maps of Haifa, Jerusalem, Jaffa and Tel Aviv with scales of 1: 40,000, and a
Table of Distances from Jerusalem and from Jaffa.
61.2cm x 40cm
3252 [1940s]
see also
3236, 3250
Coloured map of Europe, with a scale of 320 miles to 1 inch, printed by
George Philip & Son, Ltd. It has a key-symbol box. It distinguishes between
Belligerent Countries – United Kingdom, France, Poland, and Germany,
German Protectorates, and Danzig. The various countries naval bases are
3252 contd..

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3253 [nd]
3254 [nd]
marked, as well as their railways, and principal shipping routes.
732
24.5cm x 33.5cm
Coloured cloth backed one-inch map of Pemba Island, Chake Chake from the
Geographical Section, General Staff. Attached to it is a note relating to the two
coloured roads highlighted on the map.
72.8cm x 66cm
Linen backed colour laminated paper map of “BACON’S EXCELSIOR MAP
OF IRELAND WITH RAILWAYS, ROADS AND DISTANCES”. It also
gives the canal and steamship routes in each county. There is also a
geographical map of Ireland inset in the whole map. The larger map is colour
coded, with ornate features, an index of towns and county population figures,
and geological reference to sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks. Its
scale is 5cm to 10 miles.
1.2 Nautical/Coastline Maps
3255 [1764]
3256 1825
113.2cm x 86.8cm
Book of nautical maps of the Mediterranean belonging to William Henry Hare
White. They are entitled “CARTE DE LA MER MEDITERRANEE en Douze
Feuilles Dediee a Mgr. LE DUC DE CHOISEUL Colonel General des Suisses
et Grisons Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine Par son tres humble Serviteur
Joseph Roux Hydrographe de Roy, sur le Port a St. Jean, a Marseille. Avec
Privilege du Roy 1764”. Written on the inside front cover is “Questa Carta
Apartiene a Giovanni [Stoianovich Rag…] li 10 [obre] 1807. [Wl] Lighten
[Breiser] Vt. To be bound in [bds] & covered with linen or fine convass – the
figures on the margin not to be cut off – 10 June W H H White.” Includes torn
piece of a different naval map, showing part of the coast of Africa.
12 items & 4 enclosures
58cm x 83cm
Linen-backed map of a “CHART OF THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST
COAST OF IRELAND FROM THE NOTH OF THE RIVER SHANNON TO
WATERFORD HAVEN” with a smaller section showing Crookhaven (a scale
of one inch to one English statute mile). An ornate illustration surrounds the
3256 contd..

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3257 [1825]
title. There is a small drawing of the Caperquin mountains and
Knockmeldown Hill. Includes a Tide Table. There is text on Loop Head,
directions for the river Shannon, for Bearhaven, Baltimore Harbour, Cork
Harbour, Waterford Haven and the lighthouse on Roche’s Point. Also
diagrams of magnetic meridians. Capt. Jos Huddart surveyed it, and the
Crookhaven section was by Capt. Simpson, 1813. It has a scale of nautic
leagues 20 to a Degree. Written on the back “[ ] Waterford to Shannon”.
733
82.6cm x 133.3cm
Paper map backed by blue paper with a scale of [2 inches to a half mile] of “A
Survey of SALCOMBE HARBOUR, South Coast of Devonshire” by Capt.
Martin White, RN. Structures along the coast are noted – “Remarkable Garden
Wall”, and “Mr. Yate’s Woodville”, and magnetic bearings. There is an
explanation of the Leading Marks from A-I. Written on the back is “Undine
1835 Salcombe Harbour”
3258 31 Jan. 1829
50.9cm x 35.6cm
Paper “PLAN OF EXMOUTH BAR AND HARBOUR” by Lieut. Robert
Loney, RN, with a reference list to features on it. It is a scale of [1 inch to 1
mile]. At the top of the map is a sketch of Exmouth, with a church as a centre
feature. Written on the back is “Undine 1835 Exmouth Harbour”. Printed on
the top left corner is “25” and written near is “23” and “8d”.
31.5cm x 48cm
3259 1833
see also
3270
Map entitled “MAP AND CHART OF THE ISLAND OF ALDERNEY AND
THE CASKETS” by James Wyld (Geographer to the King). There is a
reference table explaining points on the map A-Y; a paragraph on tides;
explanation for different lines and symbols; and a b/w illustration of three
lighthouses in the background, with a boat and two people fishing on the shore
in the foreground. The scale is given as [2cms to 500 yards]. Written on the
back is “1. Undine 1834 Alderney 2. [Bearley] Head to [Dor.] 3. Dartmouth
Harbour 4. Salcombe Harbour [S….th] Harbour”.
3260 1836
49.2cm x 70cm
Linen-backed paper map entitled “HARBOURS AND ISLANDS IN THE
BRITISH CHANNEL”. It is divided into sections – The Downs and Margate
3260 contd..

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3261 1846
Road; Environs of the Isle of Wight; Needles’ Passage; Plymouth Sound;
Cherbourg; Torbay; Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, etc; Falmouth Harbour; Cork
Harbour; Havre de Grace; the Harbour of Fowey; and the Environs of
Boulogne. Ten map sections have red and/or yellow markings that may
indicate lighthouses. Each section has an individual magnetic meridian, a table
of symbols and scale of nautical miles. Written on the back in ink is “Undine
RYS Bantry”.
734
96.5cm x 66.5cm
Paper chart of a “SECTION OF A CHART OF JERSEY” by Lieut. John Hay,
RN. It “exhibits the cross-marks for the principal dangers between point La
Moye and St. Helier’s”, giving references to the cross-marks and a description
of the objects referred to as marks. The cross-marks were furnished by Capt.
Robert White, lately in command of HMSV “Dasher”, and verified by Lieut.
Hay. It has a scale of one inch to one mile. There is a diagram of magnetic
meridian. There is an index explaining certain images. Written on the back is
“Undine RYS 1835, [St. Heliers], Jersey”.
3262 [1860/1871]
3263 1868
3264 [1872]
26.6cm x 36.5cm
Valentia to Cape Clear Offshore Soundings map. It is badly torn and in
seperate pieces.
67cm x 52.5cm
Linen-backed paper map with bordering along the edges of “THE IRISH
CHANNEL”, with eleven smaller map sections – Belfast Lough; Kingstown
Harbour; Holyhead Bay; Lough Larne; Wexford South Bay; Strangford
Narrows; Waterford Harbour; Milford Haven; Lough Carlingford;
Campbellton Loch; and St. Tudwall Roads. There are numerous red and
yellow markings which may indicate lighthouses. Includes diagrams of
magnetic meridians, a b/w illustration of the crest of the Hydrographic Office,
and three b/w ink drawings of Holyhead Island; the coast of Wales near
Holyhead; and the coast of Wales, near Bardsey. On the back of the map is
written “South Ireland 73 Undine Rys Bantry”.
151cm x 101cm
Linen-backed paper map with cloth bordering of “SCOTLAND – WEST
COAST FIRTH OF CLYDE AND LOCH FYNE”. There are four smaller map
3264 contd..

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sections showing Troon Harbour, Lamlash Harbour, Ayr Harbour and Sanda
Island. There are diagrams of magnetic meridians. Written on the back is
“North Scotland Undine RYS Bantry 73”. Scale is unclear.
735
100cm x 68cm
3265 12 Nov. 1912
see also
2050, 2120
Map entitled “IRELAND WEST COAST SHEET 1 BANTRY BAY” from the
Hydrographic Office, London. There are three b/w drawings – White Hall
Head & Black Ball Head; west entrance to Bere Haven; and east part of Bear
Island and eastern entrance of Bear Haven. There are diagrams of magnetic
meridians. There are six red markings on various areas of the map. Tidal
Information and Chart Datum is given. The scale is given as 10 cables to 3 sea
miles natural scale 1/24,000”. Printed on the back is “1840 BANTRY BAY –
SHEET 1”.
3266 29 Aug. 1931
69.7cm x 102.3cm
Map entitled “ENGLAND SOUTH COAST MOUNTS BAY PENZANCE
BAY” showing Penzance bay with a smaller section at the top centre showing
Penzance Harbour. There are six markings in the smaller map section and nine
in the larger section. Also two diagrams of magnetic meridians. The word
“CANCELLED” is stamped on both sides of the map. Its scale is given as
“Natural scale – one over 12,500”. Table given of Tidal Information and Chart
Datum, and Conversion Tables. Printed on the back is “2345 PENZANCE
BAY AND HARBOUR”.
3267 27 May 1965
3268 [nd]
102.4cm x 69.7cm
6" OS maps – Cork sheets 101; 102 &102A; 104; 114 &114A; 115; 116; 117,
showing in yellow the coastlines whose registered owner is the Minister for
Industry and Commerce.
7 items
Paper ink and water colour map of the “Demense of ROSTELLAN in the
HARBOUR of CORK the Estate of the Most Noble the MARQUIS of
THOMOND”. Artist’s impression of the house. The total area of the demense
is 1,164a 0r 13p. Includes roads to Middleton, Cork, Castlemary, Cloyne, and
Aghada, gardens, marsh, pasture and tillage lands, forestry, elevation, gravel
pits, coastline, rivers, buildings and houses, and the villages of Whitewell, and
3268 contd..

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Farside. In the lower right corner is the name of R. Cartwright, Lithograph
printer, Warwick PL., Bedford Row, and in the lower left corner is C. Barton,
[Delt.].
736
48.4cm x 60.3cm
3269 [nd]
see also
3270
Linen-backed colour paper map of “SCARBOROUGH’S MAP OF
SCOTLAND SHEWING COUNTIES. ALL RAILROAD AND STEAMSHIP
LINES WITH DISTANCES BETWEEN STATIONS AND LANDINGS”
with a scale of 7 miles to 1 inch English Statute Miles. There is an index
showing the population of Scotland; a table of travel distances; Civil Counties
in Scotland; and Burghs of Scotland.
105cm x 91cm
3270 [nd]
see also
3259, 3269
Linen-backed colour paper map of SCARBOROUGH’S MAP OF ENGLAND
AND WALES SHEWING GEOGRAPHICAL COUNTIES AND
BOROUGHS ALL RAILWAYS AND STEAMSHIP LINES WITH
DISTANCES BETWEEN STATIONS AND LANDINGS”. There are three
smaller map sections of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark.
Includes an index to all urban and rural sanitary districts in England and
Wales, with a population from Census 1901; an index to all counties in
England and Wales; and a Table of travel distances in the United Kingdom.
2. Plans
2.1 Architectural Drawings
2.1.1 Individual Plans
107cm x 91cm
3271 21 April 1846
see also
3272, 3273, 3274
Pencil drawing of the “Design for a Drawing Room Cornice for Captain
Woods Cork…” by Denis Garvey. Details the line of the ceiling and the wall
in relation to the cornice. Three-quarters of the bottom of the page have been
cut off, not affecting the image.
45.8cm x 54.6cm

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3272 [nd]
see also
3271, 3273, 3274
Ink plans on paper of a large building, one image with three rooms marked as
“Servants room”, and the other image having four rooms marked “Butlers
room”, “Pantry”, “Scullery”, and “Kitchen”. On the right-hand side of the
document is a drawing of “Cap and Base of Minaret to full Size”. Denis
Garvey has signed the bottom right corner of the document.
737
44.8cm x 63.9cm
3273 [nd]
see also
3271, 3272, 3274
Ink drawing on paper showing four images of the south, west, north and east
fronts of a large [house]. The images show ornate features to the gables and
roof of the turreted building. It is signed at the bottom right corner by Denis
Garvey.
66.5cm x 45.5cm
3274 [nd]
see also
3271, 3272, 3273
Ink and pencil drawings on paper by Denis Garvey of a “Staircase Window”;
“Door for principal Rooms”; “pinacle to Buttress ¼ full Size”; Architrave for
principal Rooms full size”; “Skirting to principal Rooms ½ full size”; “Label
moulding full size”; and “Barge Stone and Caping of Embrazures ¼ full Size”.
3275 15 March 1990
46.3cm x 64.3cm
Copy faxed plans for a layout of an exhibition area and shop by RWPR
Design. They are slightly faded.
2.1.2 Lodges
3 items
41.9cm x 29.5cm
3276 28 Nov. 1851
see also
1647
Architectural plan of Column and Antae of Bennetts Court Gate Lodge drawn
by Henry Hill (Architect). The scale is 1 foot to an inch. Hill gives the inner
and outer scale impressions.
53.1cm x 32.7cm

BL/EP/B/
3277 Nov. 1989
3278 [nd]
Paper architectural plan of a “SURVEY OF MIDDLE LODGE BANTRY
HOUSE FOR MR. B WINCHESTER”. Includes five illustrations showing the
ground floor plan, north elevation, west elevation, south elevation and section
AA. The scale is a quarter inch to 1’0, drawn by A. Cohn, Borlin, Bantry.
738
42cm x 59cm
Draft pencilled plans on tracing paper for renovations to the [Steward Lodge],
Bantry House.
2.1.3 Filling Station, Bantry
3279/a-j Oct. 1971
53.7cm x 39cm
A series of architectural plans for a proposed filling station at Bantry, by J.
Brett, supervised by Aiden St. J. Grennell (Architect), McMullen Bros. Ltd.,
Dublin.
2.1.4 Westlodge Hotel, Bantry
3280/a-n [nd]
10 items
Architectural drawings entitled “FINAL THESIS DESIGN” for the Westlodge
Hotel, Bantry.
2.2 Town Plan
14 items
3281 1897
see also
2128
OS plan of the “TOWN OF BANTRY” with a scale of five feet to a statute
mile. The square is named “Egerton Square”. It also gives street names,
businesses (Tannery, Corn Mill, steam Saw Mill), railway track, and harbour.
There is a sticker “17” on the top right-hand corner.
105cm x 73.4cm

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3282 [nd]
2.3 Sites
Part of a [town plan], with a Burial Ground.
3283 7 Oct. 1915
739
58cm x 14.4cm
Ink drawing of the “Proposed sites for erection of Hut by National Council of
Y M C A Incorporated” signed by H. W. Cooke (Steward, Bantry Estate).
33.2cm x 42cm
3284 11 Nov. 1937
see also
3285, 3286, 3287
Permatrace survey map entitled “MAP SHOWING BUILDING SITES ON
LANDS AT REENMEEN GLENGARRIFF” with names and letters written
on certain plots e.g. “(A +B) MRS. J & MISS E O’DRISCOLL 1.75 acres”. Its
scale is 1/1250 and drawn by A. P. Hughes (Surveyor), Bantry. Orientation
symbol present. Written in pencil on the lower right corner is ‘60’.
38.4cm x 43.6cm
3285 [nd]
see also
3284, 3286, 3287
Ink map on permatrace entitled “ SHELSWELL-WHITE ESTATE
BUILDING SITES REENMEEN EAST GLENGARRIFF CO. CORK”
showing the building sites of Mr. O’Shea, Mr. Cotter and Mr. Vickery. Its
scale is 104.16 feet to 1 inch or 1/1250. Orientation symbol present. Written in
pencil on the lower right corner is ‘60’.
51.6cm x 55cm
3286 [nd]
see also
3284,3285, 3287
Linen-backed OS map entitled “Estate of SHELSWELL-WHITE CORK OS
xc16, civ 4” highlighting the townland of Reenmeen East in red, with various
plots named and numbered e.g. “Sold to Denis Falvey”. Certain areas near
Glengarriff village are coloured in pink. On the lower right corner is a sticker
‘26’.
53.3cm x 46.5cm

BL/EP/B/
3287 [nd]
see also
3284, 3285, 3286
Map of “BUILDING SITES AT REENMEEN” on tracing paper, with a scale
of 104.16 feet to 1 inch, drawn by [Geoffrey Shelswell-White]. Different sites
are marked A – G, with various shadings.
3288 [nd]
3289 [nd]
Ink drawing on tracing paper of [sites] – unnamed and not marked.
740
50.5cm x 76cm
19cm x 25cm
Pencil drawing on tracing paper of a [site] marked “J HARRINGTON”.
2.4 Construction
19cm x 24.5cm
3290/a-h April – July 1964
see also
3291
Plans for the construction of “Yachting World 14ft Day Boat” produced by
O’Brien Kennedy (AMINA). Includes the tube that held plans, addressed to
Mr. J. S. Billinghurst, “CHORRMHONA”, Bantry.
8 items
3291/a-g [26 May 1973]
see also
3290
Plans for the construction of “Yachting World Bass Boat” produced by
Rodney Warington Smyth (AMINA). Includes the tube that held plans
addressed to Mr. J. S. Billinghurst, “CHORRMHONA”, Bantry.
7 items

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H. PRINTED AND PICTORIAL MATERIAL
1. Newspapers
3292 27 Sept. 1801 – 23 April 1965
File containing miscellaneous newspaper articles.
3293 20 July 1821 – 19 June 1971
741
19 items
Newspaper articles on Irish local history and events, especially Bantry town,
and its environs.
3294 22 Nov. 1821 – 17 Oct. 1969
22 items
Newspaper articles on various members of the White, Leigh-White and
Shelswell-White families. Includes a typed list of the “Names of Subscribers”
for the Presentation to Miss Leigh-White on her coming of age and her
marriage.
3295 26 May 1866 – 9 June 1956
Newspaper articles on political matters in Ireland.
3296 10 July 1927 – 4 Nov. 1983
14 items
15 items
Newspaper articles on Bantry House and the White family. Includes a mss
letter from James Flemining to Mrs. Geoffrey Shelswell-White apologising for
mis-information in an article from the “Weekly Irish Times” (25 th Sept. 1940).
2. Sketchbooks
3297 1781 – 1816
53 items
Large hardback scrapbook with a gold embossed harp on its front cover. It
contains pencil sketches, watercolour and unusual [oil] paintings of scenes
from Ireland, England and parts of Europe. Some are in the style of Richard
3297 contd..

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White, Viscount Berehaven. Some plates are signed “W. Hare 1781”, and
“Payne”. Includes a published plate entitled “The Conference on the Eastern
Question – Panoramic Views of Constantinople”, a supplement to THE
GRAPHIC, Dec. 16, 1876.
3298 10 Sept. 1813
742
154 images
35.5cm x 43.5cm
Hardback sketchbook with leather covered spine belonging to “R White”.
Written on the inside the front cover is “Richd.White September 10 th 1813
[Hampton]” and it has a sticker printed with HARDING DRAWING
MASTER and written on it is “Wright & Dykes, George St., Hanover Square”.
It contains basic pencil drawings of cottages, castles, and churches from
Cornwall, [Kew] Bridge, and Glanmire Bridge, Cork. There is a sticker with
‘321’ on the front cover.
29 images
17.3cm x 25.5cm
3299 7 July 1815
see also
3297
Hardback sketch book belonging to [Richard White Viscount Berehaven]
containing pencil drawings of the Bantry area. Includes images of Whiddy
Island; a waterfall at Adrigole; views of Bantry Bay; the waterfall at
Dunnamark; the view of the tower at Garnish Island; [Col.] White’s house and
dairy; Strawberry Hill, Lord Wallgraves; Cromwell’s Lodge, Glengarriff;
Cariganass Castle; Castle O’Donovan; [Green’s] Court, 4 mile Water; the
Hermitage Chapel at [Googane] Barra; Father O’Mahony’s [Cells] in the
Island at [Goujane] Barra; Dunmanus Castle and Bay; 3 Castle head in
[Dunmanus] Bay; [Thubber Myssy]; the ruins of [Mount Hedges], the Park,
etc; Macroom Castle Mount Hedges; view in Skehill Wood; the bridge near
[Col. Whites]; Ballylicky bridge; Bantry Bay and Town from Skart Hill;
Madden’s Bridge at Glengarriff; [Gentry] near the Lodge in Skahill Wood;
and Reenmeen Bridge etc on the road to the Lodge. Also sketches of
individuals. There is a sticker with ‘325’ on the front cover.
3300 3 March 1817
48 images
12.6cm x 21cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven),
Bantry. It contains pencil drawings of gardening ideas from Genoa and Turin,
and one unnamed landscape. The front cover has a white sticker ‘317’.
3 images
11.5cm x 18.5cm

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3301 [1817]
Hardback sketchbook that may have belonged to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven). It contains pencil drawings of Chappel Bridge, Glengarriff;
Carriganass Castle and Bridge; Glengarriff Lodge; the dairy at Glengarriff; a
view of Skahill Wood; Bantry House; Inashannon [sic] Castle (Doundaniel);
Cromwell’s Bridge; a view from Reenmeen; and a view from Deerpark,
Bantry. Front cover has a white sticker ‘319’.
27 images
16cm x 23.4cm
3302 [c.1819]
Hardback sketchbook that may have belonged to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven). It contains pencil drawings of Ballylickey; Glengarriff; “Innis
shannon”; Ross Castle, lower lake; Richmond Hill; and Christ Church Chapel.
Includes images of people and animals. There are separate artistic styles
throughout. Written on the first page is poetry. Front cover board has a white
sticker ‘318’.
3303 1820 – 1831
743
30 images & enclosure
16.2cm x 23.4cm
Large hardback scrapbook containing images of country scenes from Ireland
and Europe; individuals in native costume from around Europe; large sailing
ships; and the personal cards of “Le Prince Albert de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha”
and “ Le Prince héréditaire de Saxe-Cobourg et Gotha”. The book is made by
“STOCKEN MANUFACTURER 53 QUADRANT REGENT ST.”.
3304 [1820 – 20 July 1831]
94 items
37.5cm x 27cm
Leather hardback sketchbook with “GLENGARRIFF” embossed in gold on
the front cover. It contains hand-written “POEMS on the BEAUTIES of
GLENGARRIFF 1820”, illustrated by ink and watercolour drawings of
Glengarriff. Includes drawings of Glengarriff Castle, and the Grotto,
Glengarriff. Also a poem entitled “The Enterprise” with an illustration of a
sailing yacht. There is a white sticker ‘335’ on the front cover.
34 images
22.2cm x 28.5cm

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3305 1826
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven),
Cowes. It contains pencil drawings of [Frawenfeld]; [Whippenham]; Lord
Grantham’s house; Cologne; Turin; Otzberg; [Weirheim]; Frankfurt. Includes
two blank postcards of a Toll House at Amsterdam and a Port Gate, Delft. On
the front cover is a white sticker ‘329’.
3306 18 Dec. 1827
744
32 images & 4 enclosures
14cm x 23.3cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven), used
during his trip in Europe. Includes pencil drawings of buildings, scenery and
people in Modena, Bologna; Lucerne; Anvergne; [Sardaigne]; Tours;
Limoges; Toulouse; scenes from the Pyrenees; Lake Zurich; Lyons;
Marseilles; [Colombre]; [Interlacken]; Berne; Languedoc; Grenoble;
[Andernach]; [Boppart]; Welmich; Cologne; Strasbourg; and [Wiefsenthurm].
Some images are sown into the book. Written on the inside front cover is
“Berehaven Genoa Dec. 18 1827”.
3307 [1828 – 1833]
52 images
17.8cm x 29.8cm
Hardback sketchbook containing pencil and charcoal drawings and
watercolours of buildings and scenery from Montpellier; Strasbourg;
Provence; Marseilles; and Amsterdam. Also sketches of individuals. The front
cover is embossed in gold with ESQUISSES DE 1833. Some drawings are in
the style of Richard White (Viscount Berehaven).
3308 [18] Aug. [1820/1830]
175 images & 4 enclosures
28cm x 42cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven),
during his trip to Copenhagen. It contains pencil drawings of buildings,
scenery and people from around Stockholm; Finland; Denmark; Norway; St.
Petersburg; Sweden; and Moscow. Front cover has a sticker ‘328’.
3309 26 Dec. 1831
62 images
13.4cm x 22.5cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Richard White (Viscount Berehaven) used
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during his trip through Spain, containing pencil drawings of landscape,
architecture and people, from Bilbao, St. Sebastien, Madrid, Malaga,
Salamanca, and Soledo. Images may have influenced designs for the house
and gardens at Bantry. On its front cover is a sticker ‘326’.
3310 1832 – [1837]
745
44 images
14cm x 21.7cm
Large wooden covered sketchbook. The front board has part of the White
family crest and motto set into the centre – a [stork] with a large crown over
its head, with “The noblest motive is the public Good”. The back-board has in
its centre a harp with “Erin go Bragh” underneath it. It contains [iron gall] ink,
chalk, and watercolour drawings of Pau; towns and countryside around the
Pyrenees area; Villa Franca; local people and their dress; St. Sebastien;
impressive waterfalls and gorges; Bantry House; Moutpellier; Nice;
3311 23 Nov. [1870] – [1898]
3312 [1888]
3313 [nd]
[150] images
48.5cm x 31.8cm (boards)
30cm x 46.5cm
Hardback sketchbook of pencil, ink and watercolour drawings of various land
and seascapes. These include Otterton Park; and [Carlum Marsh]; a detached
watercolour of a large cathedral; and a detailed pencil drawing of a [lodge].
On its front cover is a sticker ‘320’.
18 images & enclosure
18.2cm x 26.5cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to Anna Mary White (1862-1903),
Glengarriff Castle, containing watercolour and pencil drawings. These are of
Old Ross Castle; the Old Head of Kinsale; an old hut at Millstreet mountains;
Glengarriff looking south-west; [Ardnagashel]; the Devil’s Bit, Torc Lake,
Killarney; Torc Lake; Loch [Guiatain]; Prince of Wales Island; Queen
Victoria Island; and Killarney.
27 images
13.5cm x 18.5cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven],
containing pencil drawings of unnamed country scenes, cattle, and various
gentlemen, drawing in daylight and candlelight. [There is a sticker with ‘314’
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3314 [nd]
3315 [nd]
3316 [nd]
3317 [nd]
on front cover.]
746
5 images & 2 enclosures
19.8cm x 16cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven]. On
the inside of the front cover is a nameplate for “HARDING Drawing Master,
Chapel Row, Chelsea”. It contains pencil drawings of country scenes, oxen,
and various unknown individuals. Includes loose pages of pencil drawings of
large houses surrounded by forests and mountains; “Villa [santa Brenta]”;
[Slangollen]; Glengarriff; the “old…bridge [Cromelonn]”; and an orangecoloured
pencil drawing of the head of an old man, which is of a different
style to the rest. Mss note written on the inside front cover by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White during his family research (14 th May 1957).
10 images & 7 enclosures
23.5cm x 33.5cm
Hardback red leather pencil and watercolour sketchbook. It contains two
portraits of men; buildings; a flower merchant in Yokohama; and various
ships. Pages are missing or cut out, and it seems more like a practising artist
has drawn in it, as there are images of heads upon landscapes. On its front
cover is “ALBUM” and along its spine are roses, all embossed in gold.
14 images
21cm x 32.5cm
Hardback sketchbook belonging to [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven] used
during his travels in Ireland and Europe. Includes images of Ardnagashel;
Carrigtowel and Lord Barry’s Castle; [Carrig Grohan] Castle; the [Queen’s]
house, [Kew]; Port of Rotterdam; [Leidschendam]; and scenes from
Copenhagen and Stockholm. These images are of architecture, landscape and
people. Written on the back pages are notes on places and individuals. One
page is detached. On the front cover is a sticker ‘313’.
65 images & enclosure
11cm x 13.5cm
Hardback [skin/parchment] covered sketchbook that may have belonged to
Richard White (Viscount Berehaven). It contains watercolour, pencil, and ink
interior and exterior drawings of various villas, with their grounds –
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3318 [nd]
3319 [nd]
3320 [nd]
“[Custodia della Pollicia in Testaccis]”, and “[St.] Pietro in Marcellino” – and
towns. Also images of “Malafresca” and “[Otricoli]”. Includes five head
portraits in pencil. It seems like the sketches were drawn on single sheets and
then sown together to form the book, as the size and type of the pages differ.
747
58 images
20.4cm x 29cm
Hardback sketchbook containing pencil and chalk drawings of Irish scenes;
Baltimore; Whitehall; Sherkin Island; Sir Felix O’Driscoll’s Castle at
Dunalong, Sherkin Island; Bantry Bay; Glengarriff Castle; the [Coach] road
(Bantry Bay); Castletownsend; Donamark; Dunmanus Bay; the Mines of
Allihees, the Skelligs in the distance; Quin Abbey, Co. Clare; Mitchelstown
Castle; Torc; Bantry House from various views; Blarney Castle; Reendysart,
Bantry Bay; and Gougane Barra. Includes a cartoon pencil sketch of a man
sitting down in a chair with a sketch pad at a table and discarded drawings on
the floor. Its caption is “What shall it be” and signed W. [N.] B. Also contains
loose sheets of sketches. Mss notes by Geoffrey Shelswell-White throughout,
and has a white sticker with ‘323’on its cover. There is a very faint date on
this, [29 th Sept. 1828].
51 images
17.5cm x 26.3cm
Hardback sketchbook that may have belonged to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven). It contains pencil drawings of the Rhine river; [Munster] House,
Fulham; the Saloon in Kingston House; Chelsea Church; Hyde Park; the
King’s Cottage, Windsor; scenes from Derbyshire; [Hadden] Hall, Derby;
Tintern Abbey, Monmouth; Ballyhooly Church and Castle; [Convamore];
Bantry Bay; Whiddy Island; Plymouth Sound; a waterfall at Callender; Ross
Castle, Killarney; [Carrinacurra] Castle, Inchegeela; Torquay from Abbey
Arch; and the Sound of Scilly. Also drawings of men, and a broad outline of a
drawing room. On its front cover is a sticker ‘327’.
53 images
14.1cm x 23.3cm
Mss and typed notes on the contents of some of the sketchbooks and
scrapbooks of the collection. Includes mss notes on the children from the
marriage of Willie O’Sullivan and Julia Lynch, Derryconnery.
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3. Drawings
3321 [c.1815]
see also
3299
Photocopy of a sketch by [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven] from his
sketchbook “325” entitled “View from the dining room window”.
3322 1820
748
21cm x 29.6cm
Pencil drawing of a country scene. There is a house in the background
amongst trees. The main scene is of a bridge over a river, with two individuals
on the bank, one on the bridge, and two cattle at the river’s edge. In the
foreground is a moored open boat with oars. Written on the back is
“Abbeyleix House and the [Wasden/Wooden] Bridge”. Aged tissue paper
covers it. This was received from the Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin, on
22 nd May 1998.
12.5cm x 17.8cm
3323 1822
see also
3329 – 3333
Pencil sketch of a ruined church and tower surrounded by houses by the side
of a lake or a coastline. There are various types of fishing boats on the water.
In the background is a tower on hill, mountains, more water and a ship. The
original tissue paper remains, covering the front of the sketch.
3324 [1841]
3325 [1841]
9.2cm x 13.2cm
Ink and pencil sketch of decorative panels, paintings, and fireplaces along a
wall in an unidentified house. Various chairs and tables are faintly drawn in
the foreground. It may originate from Richard White’s (Viscount Berehaven)
trip to Europe. This was received from the Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin,
on 22 nd May 1998.
36.9cm x 22.5cm
[Iron gall] ink drawing of a one level cottage, with an ornate entrance, four
windows and four chimneys. It is in the style of Richard White, Viscount
Berehaven.
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3326 1869
3327 1948
Pencil and watercolour drawing of a view of part of the gardens of Bantry
House and Banty Bay by Mary Herbert.
749
14.2cm x 23.8cm
Copy of a pencil portrait drawing of a smiling young child. Written in the
lower right corner is “Eileen Chandler 1948”.
20.4cm x 15.2cm
3328 [nd]
see also
3356
Pencil and ink drawing of Tunbridge Castle, Kent. The image is drawn on
cardboard and ‘framed’ within the cardboard by embossed images of flowers
and thistles, with “DOBBS LONDON” on it.
7.8cm x 11.8cm
3329 [nd]
see also
3323, 3330 – 3333
Pencil drawing entitled “Powerscourt Waterfall”. Written in ink on the reverse
is a poem on the waterfall. The original tissue paper remains, covering the
front of the sketch.
13.3cm x 9.3cm
3330 [nd]
see also
3323, 3329, 3331 – 3332
Pencil drawing of “Poul a Phuca Co. Wicklow”. There are three individuals
fishing in the foreground, with a castle on a ridge in the background. There is
an indistinct drawing on the reverse. The original tissue paper remains
covering the front of the sketch.
9.3cm x 13.2cm
3331 [nd]
see also
3323, 3329, 3330, 3332, 3333
Pencil drawing entitled “MIDDLEHAM CASTLE YORKSHIRE”. It shows
the castle and houses in the background, with people, a horse and a pond in the
foreground.
14cm x 18.4cm

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3332 [nd]
see also
3323, 3329 – 3331, 3333
Pencil drawing of “FOXHILL ABBEY WILTS. South West View”. The
Abbey is in the background, with landscape in the foreground. There is a poor
sketch on the reverse. The original tissue paper still remains to cover the
sketch.
750
12cm x 17.3cm
3333 [nd]
see also
3323, 3329, 3330 – 3332
Pencil drawing of [Ifley] Church, on the bank of a river or lake, with crooked
gravestones in the foreground. There are notes written about the Church on the
reverse. The original tissue paper remains to cover the front of the sketch.
3334 [nd]
3335 [nd]
3336 [nd]
3337 [nd]
9.9cm x 15.8cm
[Copy] drawing of a man and a woman sitting down watching dogs hunt a
rabbit and a bird. Sitting next to them are two dogs. There is what looks like a
Jester behind them, and a village in the distance. There are dressed in
[Restoration] period clothing.
7.9cm x 13.5cm
Two separate sketches stuck back to back of women. The first is an ink
drawing of a head and shoulders of a woman, her right profile. Her hair is tied
up and is wearing a choker necklace. She is wearing late 18 th century dress.
Written on the bottom right corner is [Là Fornarina]. On the reverse is a pencil
drawing of another woman in a different artistic style. It is a head and shoulder
shot, her right profile. Written at the top of the drawing is “Ciprima”.
2 items
Pencil drawing of a man, with his heading leaning on his right hand, looking
upwards. He has a beard and short hair.
25.3cm x 21cm
[Iron Gall] ink drawing of a roadway over a bridge leading to a ruined
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3338 [nd]
3339 [nd]
3340 [nd]
3341 [nd]
3342 [nd]
3343 [nd]
building.
751
16.5cm x 27cm
Pencil and blue watercolour drawings of furniture supplied by C. Hindley &
Sons, 134 Oxford Street, London.
Ink and watercolour drawing of an unidentified large country house set
amongst trees and its lawns, with a river or lake in the foreground.
5 items
25.2cm x 35cm
Mounted ink drawing of a winding street in a town, a mixture of shop-fronts
and residential buildings, with people and two parked cars. There is a church
spire in the background. It is signed “HA” or “AH” (the letters are on top of
each other) on the lower left corner. It is detached from its mount.
20.9cm x 29.6cm
33.2cm x 49cm (with mount)
Pencil drawing of a large house and gardens, set amongst forestry. In the
foreground is a flagpole with a flag flying on it, by what seems to be a
lakeshore or riverbank. Written on it by Geoffrey Shelswell-White is “? design
for BH”. It is in the style of Richard White (Viscount Berehaven).
18.4cm x 22.4cm
[Iron gall] ink drawing of a country cottage, rather ornate, with a porch. On
the roof is a peacock. Similar to the style of Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven).
11.3cm x 15.8cm
Pencil and watercolour drawing of a woman seated on a stool, her hands
folded on her lap. She is wearing a long veil and dress.
25cm x 22.5cm

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3344 [nd]
3345 [nd]
3346 [nd]
3347 [nd]
3348 [nd]
3349 [nd]
Pencil drawing of a ruined castle, situated on a rugged hilltop. Written on the
bottom of the paper is “Dunluice Castle County of Antrim”. Two individuals
are drawn, one standing and the other sitting on the hilltop to the foreground.
There are sailboats and yacht in the background. This was received from the
Irish Architectural Archive, Dublin, on 22 nd May 1998.
752
14.2cm x 18.2cm
Pencil sketch of three oxen drinking from a lake. There is a large tree on a
rocky outcrop in the lake. In the distance is a church amongst trees.
Pencil drawing of the head of young boy, with wavy hair.
9.2cm x 13.2cm
12.7cm x 9.3cm
Pencil drawing of “Glengarriff from the forge”, showing a sailing boat in the
bay and mountains in the distance. In the foreground is greenery and a tree. It
is covered by its own tissue paper.
9.2cm x 13.2cm
Pencil drawing of “Lough na [braydanagh]”. It is a lake, with high mountains
and a waterfall in the background. In the foreground, two individuals are on a
hill overlooking the lake. It is covered by its own tissue paper.
9.3cm x 13.2cm
Pencil drawing of the “View from Robert Kenny’s Esq.” of [Bantry], showing
in the distance is a church spire, houses and ships in the Bay. There are
research notes written on the back by Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
14.4cm x 21.6cm

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3350 [nd]
3351 [nd]
3352 [nd]
3353 [nd]
3354 [nd]
3355 [nd]
Album of coloured and pencil drawings of individuals in costume, animals and
landscapes. The cover is an unusual one of coloured glass jewels and beads
around miniature frames for [portraits]. The metal clasp is also decorated in
coloured glass jewels, but is broken.
753
15 items & detached spine
Ink drawing by [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven] of a country scene. Two
men are on horseback, talking to a third standing on the road. To the forefront
is a tree on a bank of a [river] and a footbridge, leading to the road, and
houses. In the background are three houses, trees and a faint outline of
mountains.
12.1cm x 29.6cm
Pencil sketch of Madden’s Bridge, Glengarriff, by [Richard White, Viscount
Berehaven]. Found in an envelope addressed to A. R. Cooke, Bantry Estate
Office, Bantry, dated 29 th Jan. 1954.
9.4cm x 13.2cm
Unfinished pencil and ink sketches on the one page, one of Bantry House
Gardens, and the other is of two figures in period dress in a room.
30.2cm x 21.1cm
Ink drawing of an individual standing upright in a type of uniform, with batlike
head and wings, and a tail. He holds a [spear]. He has three medals pinned
to his chest (including the [Victoria Cross]), and written across it is “for valour
for hunting young devils”. Underneath him is a [motto] “PREPARE FOR
CAVALRY”. On the left of the figure is the letter “T” and to its right is the
letter “M”.
17.5cm x 11.4cm
Coloured stuck-on drawing of a man wearing glasses, in a suit and bowler hat,
and a pocket-handkerchief with the initials ‘P.H.’. Written underneath it is
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“Statuette of the ‘fair…’ The Colonel”.
754
18.2cm x 16.8cm
3356 [nd]
see also
3328
Pencil and ink drawings of “[Scotney] Castle Sussex” and Tunbridge Castle,
Kent. The images are drawn on cardboard and ‘framed’ within the cardboard
by embossed images of flowers and thistles, with “DOBBS LONDON” on it.
3357 [nd]
3358 [nd]
7.8cm x 11.8cm
Tracing of “LEON XII P.O.M CARDINALES AB. EO. CREATI” from the
Porta Della [Lagvistia]. This may have been traced by Richard White
(Viscount Berehaven).
[89cm x 65cm]
Pencil and ink drawing of an ornate panel or ceiling decoration. It is a floral
centrepiece with [fleur-de-lys] ornamentation and a floral border in each
corner of the frame. No scale given.
4. Prints
3359 [1792]
49cm x 37.7cm
Various b/w prints that may have belonged to Richard White (Viscount
Berehaven). There are two copies of a print of “Chateau de L’ile de Noe,
(Gers), Cote des Jardins”; and “La Madonna Dell Gatto”, two separate prints
pasted onto a loose page from a scrap-book, of horses gathered under a tree,
and a country scene of a shepard herding near buildings with a Spanish look to
them. Includes print of a decorative [sideboard], but written on the back in
pencil is a drawing of a [room] or [building], with calculations beside it.
3360 Dec. 1796
5 items
Reproductions of two portraits of General Vicomte G. Proteau, the French
Officer taken prisoner by Dan O’Sullivan, with his sailors and longboat. One
copy was given to Lady Ardilaun by Monsieur Proteau (Great-grandnephew of
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3361 [1797]
3362 1828
the General) in May 1907, showing the General in later years. The other
portrait is of “Lieutenant Prosheau” as he was in 1796.
755
17.8cm x 12cm
19.6cm x 13.3cm
Printed reproduction of General Lazarus Hoche, late Commander of the
French Troops, of the Bantry Invasion.
10cm x 13.6cm
Copy plate of a mounted sketch of Bantry house and bay, from a height and
distance, and sepia mounted print of Glengarriff. Both are in the style of
[Bartlett].
3363 [1831 – 1832]
3364 1925
3365 1935
20.4cm x 25.4cm
Reproduction prints by W. H. Bartlett and Le Petit, and W. H. Bartlett and W.
Taylor, of THE UPPER LAKE OF KILLARNEY, IRELAND. TAKEN ON
THE APPROACH FROM KENMARE, and of CITY OF WATERFORD,
FROM THE DUNMORE ROAD, published by FISHER, SON, & Co.
LONDON.
2 items
Copy colour prints entitled “Winter” and “SPRING” by Adrian Hill, ARBA,
the former taken from The Graphic Christmas Number. On the reverse of each
are poems “Winter” and “SPRING” by Claude Burton.
2 items
Copy colour print of Spithead Review, 1935 drawn by Lieut.-Comdr. Norman
Wilkinson, of naval vessels on show.
3366 21 July 1987
12.6cm x 18.3cm
Coloured print of a country scene, showing a [cathedral] in the background
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3367 [nd]
3368 [nd]
3369 [nd]
3370 [nd]
3371 [nd]
surrounded by trees. In the foreground is a stream running alongside a dirt
pathway. Written on the back is “[Herinnering] aan let Schalmer [oftreden] of
21 juli 1987 in let Bentry House”.
756
39.7cm x 29.9cm
Reproduced ink drawing on paper of the crest of Lieutenant General Dunne
(Brother-in-law of Richard White, 1 st Earl of Bantry). It is stuck onto the back
of a typed notice of the relaxing of travel censorship between Great Britain,
Northern Ireland and Éire (c. mid-twentieth century).
24.2cm x 19.1cm
B/w print of the “Horse Guards London” by Cyril [Manning]. Embossed in the
paper on the lower right corner is “MADE IN ENGLAND” and on the lower
left corner is “220”. There is discolouration around the image that may have
been caused by its over exposure to sunlight. Also copy b/w print of the “Alt-
Aachen um 1810. Villa S.M. des Konigs”
2 items
Sepia print of a row of shops along a street in an unidentified town/city. There
are people walking along the footpath, and horse-drawn carriages on the street.
They are in late 19 th century dress.
21cm x 17cm
Reproduction of a drawing of Cromwell’s Bridge, Glengarriff, on writingpaper.
Written on the back in pencil is “19.6”.
18.4cm x 11.5cm
Sepia [print] of a seated woman holding a little girl entitled “Madame Le Brun
et sa fille”. Written on the back is “Mrs A C Ferguson, Reen Desert, Bantry –
Bed 3/8 Slip 6/6 Send [Sat…]”.
37.9cm x 27.8cm

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3372 [nd]
3373 [nd]
3374 [nd]
3375 [nd]
3376 [nd]
Two copy W. H. Bartlett prints – Lough Gill, Co. Sligo, and Thomondgate
Bridge, Limerick, and a copy George Petrie print of Dublin from the Pheonix
Park.
757
3 items
Reproductions of prints sent by [C. F.]. One is of house/lodge in the
countryside, the other is a photocopy of a [Japanese] family sitting down for a
meal.
2 items
Copy Portrait of His Excellancy John Jefferies Pratt, Earl Camden, Lord
Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland.
Reproduction of a charcoal drawing of a child.
17.1cm x 12.3cm
20.7cm x 14.6cm
A series of coloured prints of the following – ‘Changing the Guard
Buckingham Palace’; The Scots Guard’; ‘ House Guard Sentries, Whitehall’;
‘Grenadier Guards Leaving Buckingham Palace’; ‘Beefeaters Tower of
London’; and ‘ Horse Guards, Changing the Guard’. There is a greeting
written by a child on the back of a few of the drawings.
5. Postcards
3377 May 1916
6 items
Embroidered postcard of a [dove] of peace, with flags of various countries in
its beak, and “Remember” written in the lower corner. It is from J.
[Commons], British Expeditary Forces, France.
8.8cm x 13.6cm

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3378 1923
Postcard of a sepia-toned photograph of “OFFICERS AND MEN OF FREE
STATE ARMY WITH TWO PRISON WARDERS OUTSIDE
KILMAINHAM GOAL, 1923”, published by The Office of Public Works.
3379 [c.1933]
758
12cm x 17.2cm
Blank b/w postcard of the “Termalbad Hofgastein mit Feuersang 2476m”.
3380 Oct. 1937
14cm x 9cm
B/w postcard of Mr. and [Olave] Baden-Powell. He is in [his study], seated at
a desk, and she is standing at his left shoulder, both looking at documentation.
3381 18 June 1949
10cm x 15cm
Postcards of Bantry House. Written on the back of one is an apology from
Arethusa Leigh-White to the Viscount Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow.
3382 19 July 1957
3 items
B/w postcard of Bantry Bay from one vantage point on the grounds of Bantry
House. There is statue of a Greek/Roman figure, and a cannon gun in the
foreground. Written on the back is “With love and all best birthday wishes
from Lady Bantry & her Bow Chaser”.
3383 [c1950s]
3384 [nd]
8.9cm x 14cm
Postcard from [Mr. Cilia], to Master J. C. Cilia, Bayview House, Ballylicky
Bay, Bantry. The coloured picture on the front of the card shows the War
Memorial, Church and Village [Stocks], Roydon.
10.2cm x 15.2cm
Sepia postcards of Westminster Cathedral, London, showing the High Altar,
the reverse side of the Rood, and the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
3384 contd..

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3385 [nd]
3386 [nd]
3387 [nd]
3388 [nd]
3389 [nd]
3390 [nd]
3391 [nd]
759
3 items
B/w postcard showing a woman in her later middle years, seated, wearing a
[girl guide] uniform. Printed on the back of the card is “BREVKORT”,
13.9cm x 8.9cm
Sepia postcard of the front side view of the British Residency, Zanzibar. A
native guard in uniform is standing at the entrance. A cannon is positioned at
the front, near the entrance.
8.5cm x 13.8cm
Hand painted postcard with a floral design, and a red and blue ribbon. Written
on the front is “Il toi ma Pensèe”. There is no inscription on the back.
B/w postcard showing a sketch of “Winchester Cathedral from S.”
13.4cm x 8.7cm
8.9cm x 14cm
Sepia postcards of Azay-le-Rideau, one is “face ouest – le vivier” and the
other is “Entrée”.
Blank postcard of “The Choir looking East, Wells Cathedral”.
2 items
13.6cm x 8.6cm
Colour postcards of “Bantry Bay, Bantry House and Whiddy Island, Bantry,
West Cork, Ireland”, published by Cardall Ltd., Dublin.
3 items

BL/EP/B/
3392 [nd]
3393 [nd]
3394 [nd]
3395 [nd]
3396 [nd]
3397 [nd]
3398 [nd]
B/w postcards (8.8cm x 14cm) of Bantry House and Bantry Bay. Includes a
b/w photograph (16.3cm x 21.5cm) of a Bantry House postcard, enlarged.
Blank postcard of a full-length side profile photograph of a man. He is
standing, leaning against a wooden fence, dressed in a suit c.1930s.
760
5 items
13.8cm x 8.2cm
Sepia postcard of “BROOMFIELDS, LARGS.” (217697 JV). It shows people
relaxing alongside a lake or the sea, with mountains and forestry in the
background.
8.9cm x 14cm
B/w postcard of Schloss Breiteneich bei Horn. Written on the back is a note on
how good the acoustics are “We played many times…on the balcony and
enjoyed sound and architecture together”.
10.5cm x 14.6cm
Postcard of the Round Pond at Kensington Gardens sent by a mother to her
child in Ashford, Co. Wicklow.
Sepia postcard of Koraku-en Garden, Tokyo.
8.7cm x 13.8cm
8.8cm x 13.9cm
Postcard of a photograph of a group of men and women, sitting on steps
outside a building.
8.7cm x 13.8cm

BL/EP/B/
3399 [nd]
3400 [nd]
3401 [nd]
Sepia postcard of Chester, Nova Scotia. Written on the back is “Style of
Lettering Semi matt Surface” may indicate that this was an example of the
type of postcard the Shelswell-White’s wanted for Bantry House.
761
8.9cm x 13.7cm
Sepia postcard of the “South view from ‘Plasheulog’ Llanfairfechan, N.Wales,
by J. J. Mills.
8.5cm x 13.5cm
B/w photo-cards of part of the Hotel and grounds of Parknasilla, Sneem, Co.
Kerry.
6. Miscellaneous Publications
3402 [1751]
2 items
Large vellum hardback book entitled HISTORIAE PONTIFICUM
ROMANORUM ET S.R.E.CARDINALIUM by [A. Mario Guarnacci]. The
type is in Latin, on [handmade] paper with illustrative plates pressed into the
paper. On the front inside cover is a [book plate] belonging to Col. Peter
Hawker, Longparish House, Co. Hants., England.
3403 [c.1770s]
410pp
Hardback [scrapbook] with TIRE DU NOUVEAU TESTAMENT embossed
on the front cover. Glued into the book are pages of typescript and illustrations
from the New Testament, beginning with “Discours pour servir de Preface au
Nouveau Testament”, [p.163], taken from “S Hrome en la Preface, sur S.
Mathieu”. It ends with “Jesus preche les huit Beatitudes” [p.188], taken from
“S. Matthieu Chap.5. S.Luc Chap.6”. Includes two loose red ribbons.
18pp & 2 enclosures

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3404 14 Jan. – 4 Feb. 1853
Royal Entertainment notices of performances by Her Majesty’s servants, at
Windsor Castle, of the plays Captain of the Watch, The Windmill, and
Macbeth. It gives a cast list. The notices are printed on lace like paper, with
the royal crest.
762
3 items
3405 1 May 1857
see also
3208, 3210, 3213
A supplement to The London Gazette listing the officers and men in Her
Majesty’s service who have been granted Her Majesty’s royal licence to
accept and wear the Insignia of the several classes of the Imperial Order of the
Legion of Honour, conferred upon them by His Majesty, the Emperor of the
French, for services during the late war. Mentioned amongst them is Brevet-
Major Alfred Tipping, Grenadier Guards.
3406 1873
Booklet entitled THE HISTORY OF CORK. A LECTURE by John George
MacCarthy (fifth edition) published by Francis Guy, Printer and Publisher,
Munster Works, 70 Patrick Street, Cork. There is a ms “B” on the front cover.
3407 24 Oct. 1877
3408 1877
3pp
55pp
A page torn out of a mass book, giving the readings for the 17 th -19 th Sunday
after Trinity. Note on top of page is “Macroom Church, Wednesday, Oct. 24
1877”
1 item
Front cover and front page of a booklet entitled “PRACTICAL HINTS ON
THE REVIVED ART OF Crewel and Silk Embroidery”, by MISS TURNER
(fourth edition).
3409 1878 – 1982
1 item
Books with sheet music for various instruments, including the accordion,
cello, trombone, and saxophone. Includes books for bands, marked Bantry
3409 contd..

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3410 1895
3411 1907
[Community] Brass and Reed Band; and “A Catechism of the Rudiments of
Harmony and Thorough Bass”, by J. A. Hamilton (1878). Also publications on
music – “CHORDS and their Resolutions” edited by H. J. Taylor (Organist to
the Corporation of Dover); “So you want to PLAY BY EAR?” by Claire
Liddell; and a tattered partial copy of a music theory book (chapters III –
XXI), its cover is missing.
763
56 items
Copy of “Deucalionea, or AUTUMN EPISODES OF ETON, 1894” by Arthur
James, with illustrations. It is printed by George New, Eton. It seems to be one
long poem.
Copy of the guidebook TOURS ET SES ENVIRONS from the
COLLECTION DES GUIDES-JOANNE.
3412 4 Dec. 1909
3413 1910
Original publication of “GLENGARRIFF AND GARNISH – Verses
ADDRESSED TO HIS MOTHER, AT WASHINGTON, BY NIGEL
ERSKINE BRYCE, ETON.”
24pp
148pp
Copy of GLEANINGS, quotes “Collected, Printed, and Sold in aid of the
Army Guild Home”. Includes an entry by Edward Leigh-White taken from J.
A. Symonds (p.80).
3414 21 Sept. 1923
6pp
80pp
Copy of Iris Ofigiuil (The Dublin Gazette), no. 193. It features information on
the Land Act, 1923, with copies of various forms.
20pp

BL/EP/B/
3415 1924
Copy of Surveying and Mapping Simplified FOR GIRL GUIDES AND
OTHERS by A. W. N. Mackenzie, owned by Rachel Leigh-White.
3416 1925 – 1926
764
55pp
Colourful brochure for “Canadian Pacific CRUISES Round the World &
Mediterranean 1925-1926”. Includes the maps of the routes for the two cruises
on the “Empress of Scotland”, and the “Empress of France”.
3417 [June 1927]
64pp
Cutting from [Tatler] magazine on the engagement of the Hon. Christopher
Roper Curzon and Miss Elspeth Whitaker, with photograph.
1 item
3418 7 Oct. 1928
see also
3086, 3675
Typed and hand-written Notes on Shooting by C. E. Milner. Includes typed
Hints on the Management and Upkeep of the Latona Oil Radiator; and typed
copy letter from an individual based in Falam, Chin Hills, to a Colonel on
fishing spots on the Hkamti plain. Also an article from The Times of India
Illustrated Weekly entitled “A TALE OF BIG FISH: Something New on
Mahseer and their Habits in Burma”, by A. M.
3419 1928
7 items
Booklet entitled A PRELIMINARY COURSE OF FIRST AID TO THE
INJURED adapted by a Committee from the official manual of the St. John
Ambulance Association, 2 nd edition.
3420 11 Dec. 1929
86pp
Page 511 taken from The Tatler magazine, no. 1485. It shows the marriage
picture of Lord and Lady Romilly, giving information on the day’s
proceedings and the bride’s dress. Lady Romilly is Diana Sackville-West. The
back of the page is the cinema reviews of “Rio Rita” and “Betrayal”.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
3421 1929
A copy of the quarterly ARTWORK, no.17, edited by D. S. MacColl.
3422 3 July – 18 Dec. 1930
765
95pp
Copies of the BULLETIN OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS Vol. VII, Nos.1-2,
8-9, 11, and 13.
3423 Nov. 1930
6 items
Copy of the JOURNAL of the ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS, Vol. IX, No. 6, and copy of the index for the Journal of No. 1-6,
Vol. IX.
3424 22 Aug. – 12 Sept. 1931
2 items
Copies of the Zanzibar publication, the Supplement to the Official Gazette.
Includes a printed list of individuals attending a gathering with His Excellency
and His Highness.
3425 Aug. 1933
3426 1933
6 items
Copy of the monthly journal The Catholic BULLETIN Vol. XXIII, No.8.
87pp
Booklet from The Zanzibar Museum series entitled THE EXPLORERS
EXHIBIT by R. H. Crofton, printed and published by the Government printer,
Zanzibar. This copy belonged to Geoffrey Shelswell-White.
3427 May 1935
15pp
Pamphlets showing the gift of Irish Dish Rings presented to their Majesties
King George V and Queen Mary on the occasion of their Silver Jubilee from
the Citizens of the Irish Free State. Inside is a printed message from Sybil
3427 contd..

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3428 1935
Powerscourt conveying the thanks from His Majesty.
766
5 items
Booklet of RULES AND LIST OF CLUBS of the Irish Ladies Golf Union.
3429 20 Jan. 1936
3430 1941
22pp
Souvenir Programme of the Lying in State of King George, at Westminster
Hall, London.
1 item
Paperback entitled ATLANTIC BATTLE and the Future of Ireland by Mairin
Mitchell.
3431 [post 1945]
72pp
Typed copy of an article entitled The Task in Germany – Impressions of the
British Zone, by Michael [Berrick]. He writes of “a new and self-contained,
self-sufficient world about which most of England is quite oblivious: the
world of CCG.” He writes of the work of the Youth and Education Officers of
the CCG.
3432 1 April 1952
3433 1955
12pp
Booklet no. 7 from the Bank of Ireland entitled “Trustee and Executor
Department”, with an enclosure of its “GENERAL CONDITIONS FEES
AND CHARGES” supplement No. 8.
3 items
A copy of a humorous book entitled “THE Hoffnung SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA” by Gerard Hoffnun. It is inscribed on the front inside page
“Uncle John and Magdalen – with love from Egerton and Jill”.
65pp

BL/EP/B/
3434 Oct. 1956 – Aug. 1975
3435 1956
Features from THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS – Princess Margaret’s
visit to Zanzibar; the royal wedding of Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Philips;
and the Queen Mother’s 75 th birthday.
767
3 items
Hardback copy of the Automobile Association’s MEMBERS ANNUAL
HANDBOOK ENGLAND & WALES SCOTLAND.
3436 [1950s]
Tourism brochure on Gibraltar.
3437 April 1963
374pp
22pp
Copy of the journal AA Grapevine – The International Monthly Journal of
Alcoholics Anonymous, Vol. 20, No. 11.
3438 25 Oct. 1963
49pp
Catalogue of Important English Furniture, Tapestries, Rugs and Carpets and
English Pottery, to be sold at auction on the 25 Oct. 1963. Notes made on
pages 32-46.
3439 March 1969
50pp
Copy of the publication by the Irish Tourist Board News from Ireland
featuring Bantry House in an article entitled “The history of Europe in one
house”, as part of series on Irish Homes and Gardens.
3440 1971 – 1976
Handbooks – includes “Irish Silver – the Irish Heritage Series: 7” and “Irish
Glass – the Irish Heritage Series : 5” published by Eason & Son, Dublin. Also
a copy of “The Irish House” by Desmond Guinness; and a copy of “Irish Glass
3440 contd..
4pp

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– from the eighteenth century to the present day”, an exhibition held at the
City Art Gallery, Limerick (28 th Oct.-29 th Dec. 1971).
3441 16 Nov. 1974 – 19 Nov. 1977
768
4 items
File entitled “SHRUBS” containing articles from the magazine Popular
Gardening.
3442 1977 – 1979
21 items
Two publications relating to music – The Instrumentalist (vol. XXXI no. 8),
and “Musical Concepts 1979 Catalog”.
3443 3 Nov. 1982
A copy of the weekly magazine Punch.
3444 [early 1900s]
2 items
47pp
Copy of the book The Game of BILLIARDS WITH A SPECIAL TREATISE
ON NURSERY CANNONS BY WILLIAM COOK, Nursery Cannon
Champion. It is published by the Office of the New World of Billiards,
London. Hand written on the inside front page is a list of items with figures
across from them – “Red chinese spread 20”.
3445 [early 1900s]
3446 [nd]
120pp
Hardback copy of The Illustrated DICTIONARY of GARDENING, A
PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC Encyclopaedia of Horticulture for
GARDENERS AND BOTANISTS vol.III, P-S, edited by George Nicholson,
ALS (Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), published by L. Upcott Gill,
London.
546pp
Hardback copy of RICHARDSON’S NEW CHART OF BRITISH ISLES. It is
two halves of one large coloured map of the British Isles, with a scale of 1
3446 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3447 [nd]
3448 [nd]
inch to 10 miles. Includes information on Legal Generalities, Foreign Moneys,
Taxation Licences, Stamp Duty and Estate Duty, Metric Measures and
Weights, and English Measures and Weights.
Sepia coloured paper [booklet] on the history of the declaration of the First
Holy Year by Pope Boniface VIII, subsequent Holy Years, to the 22 nd Holy
Year. The captions are printed in Italian, French and English. The illustrations
used are reproductions taken from the Secret Vatican Archive, the Galleria
Degli Uffizi, Florence, the Museo Nazionale, Naples, [the Palazzo Spada],
Rome, and the British Museum, London.
769
2ff
44pp
Copy of a booklet entitled Herb-Collecting FOR BOYS and GIRLS by Mrs. T
Chamberlain and Miss E. C. Wheelwright, published by Claxton’s Printing
Works, Pimlico Road, Sloane Square, London.
3449 [nd]
see also
3452
Page taken from a book. One side is a b/w illustration of Burnham beeches
“reduced from Vere Foster’s Drawing Book”. The other side gives instructions
on the colours to use when painting the Llanberis Waterfall.
3450 [nd]
3451 [nd]
8pp
1 item
Publication on Breamore House, [published by Bennett Brothers, Salisbury
Journal].
23pp
Pamphlet on the “Method of ascertaining the Richness of Milk by means of a
GLASS LACTOMETER”.
1 item

BL/EP/B/
3452 [nd]
see also
3449
Booklet entitled SIMPLE LESSONS IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING part IV of
Vere Foster’s Water-Colour Series.
3453 [nd]
3454 [nd]
3455 [nd]
3456 [nd]
3457 [nd]
3458 [nd]
Copy colour photograph of Seyyid Khalifa bin Harub, the Sultan of Zanzibar,
from [The National Geographic]. On the reverse is a colour photograph of [the
Sultan’s Palace].
Booklet entitled SEX EDUCATION OF SMALL CHILDREN by Mrs. Basil
Hood, for The British Social Hygiene Council, London.
770
8pp
1p
15pp
Booklet entitled THE NEW ERA SCHOOL SONG BOOK arranged by E. J.
O’Riordan for The Educational Company of Ireland Limited.
32pp
Catalogue for the new season’s hats from Woollands, Knightsbridge, London.
1 item
Booklet entitled HOW TO SEE GIBRALTAR SOUTHERN SPAIN AND
MOROCCO by Thos. Cook & Son. Ltd.
18pp
Coloured poster of the English Crown Jewels, in its centre is a reproduction of
a photograph of Queen Mary (Consort of King George V), and Princesses
Elizabeth and Margaret standing on a balcony. Over the photograph is a
coloured drawing of the late King George V. There is an index at the bottom
3458 contd..

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3459 [nd]
3460 [nd]
3461 [nd]
of the page to the various jewels, and a quote from the King’s Christmas
address from 1934.
771
61cm x 49.3cm
Miscellaneous documents on gardening – a mss list of herbaceous perennials,
and a copy of booklet on Herbaceous Plants from Donard Nursery Co.,
Newcastle, Co. Down.
2 items
Booklet entitled Kenya Silhouettes, published by E. A. S. Ltd, Nairobi, with
verses by RFM.
Pamphlets on the instruction of Confirmation into the Church. These are
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THEM THAT COME TO BE CONFIRMED, BY
WAY OF QUESTION AND ANSWER, by Robert Nelson; A SHORT
ADDRESS BEFORE CONFIRMATION (no.344); THE MEANING OF THE
ANSWER “I DO” IN THE CONFIRMATION SERVICE (no. 655);
QUESTIONS FOR YOUNG PERSONS ABOUT TO BE CONFIRMED (no.
814), by the Rev. E. P. Hannam. Each has been published by the Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge, London. Also WINDSOR PARISH
CHURCH CONFIRMATION PAPERS.
7. Photographs
7.1 The White Family
3462 [c.1874]
3463 1876
4pp
5 items
Sepia [carte de visite] of William White (Viscount Berehaven). It is a halflength
portrait, in which he is dressed as a jockey.
16.5cm x 10.7cm
Album belonging to Lady Elizabeth White (later Elizabeth Leigh) of sepia
3463 contd..

BL/EP/B/
photographs of members of the White family, the Herberts of Muckross, and
family friends. These include the Ricketts, Lady Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
Hildyard, the Leighs, Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, Major Knox, Count Rupell, Lord
and Lady Ardilaun, Sir and Lady Warren, Lady Cunliffe, and Mr. Kennedy-
Herbert (husband of Lady Jane White).
3464 1900 – 1906
772
94 items
Album of sepia photographs belonging to Ina Countess Ferrers (née White), of
Lord Ardilaun, and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Scahill (workers at Ashford), at Ashford
and St. Anne’s, Clontarf.
3465 Dec. 1903
3466 [nd]
3467 [nd]
3468 [nd]
B/w card portrait photograph of Baron Ardilaun, in late middle age.
19 items
15.8cm x 11.3cm
Sepia [carte de visite] portrait photograph of Lord Ferrers (husband of Ina
Ferrers, née White). He is wearing a dark coat and hat. He is a man in his 50s-
60s, with greying hair and moustache.
16.6cm x 10.7cm
Framed sepia photograph of a middle-aged woman, standing, looking down
upon a small dog sitting on a seat, with a treat in her right hand. Written on the
back is “Lady Jane Kenney-Herbert”.
20.7cm x 15.8cm
Print of a b/w photograph of a plaque erected to the memory of Elizabeth
Mary Gore (daughter of William and Jane White, Earl and Countess of
Bantry) in Bantry Church. Written on the back is “My Mother. Bantry
Church”.
28.5cm x 23.8cm

BL/EP/B/
3469 [nd]
3470 [nd]
3471 [nd]
3472 [nd]
3473 [nd]
Sepia full-length photograph of [William White 3 rd Earl of Bantry], standing
facing the camera, leaning on a cane in his right hand. There is a signed piece
of paper attached to it “sincerely yrs Bantry”.
773
2 items
9.7cm x 6.3cm
Head and shoulder studio sepia photograph of Simon White, in late 19 th /early
20 th century dress.
27.7cm x 20.3cm
Sepia studio photograph of [William White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry]. He is seated,
holding a document in his right hand.
B/w photograph of a portrait of Elizabeth Leigh (née White).
35.8cm x 30.3cm
15.4cm x 11.5cm
Sepia carte de visite studio portrait of a man in his [twenties], wearing a
jacket, starch collar and tie. It is a head and shoulder frontal shot. He may be
William White, Viscount Berehaven (son of William White, 3 rd Earl of
Bantry).
7.2 The Leigh-White Family
3474 1880
16.6cm x 10.7cm
Sepia carte de visite studio portrait of Edward Egerton Leigh as a child. He is
dressed in a [sailor] suit, seated on a stone railing.
16.5cm x 10.9cm

BL/EP/B/
3475 1880 – 1932
3476 1909
3477 1911
3478 1912
[Family] photographs belonging to Arethusa Leigh-White found together in an
envelope marked “The Danish Royal Family” and “Property of A. Leigh-
White (died Feb. 1959)”. Includes images of Chwaka, Zanzibar; the Hawker
family (Peter Ryves Hawker, aged 14); and Rosamund 4 th Countess of Bantry.
774
15 items
B/w photograph of [Clodagh Leigh-White], aged [five], standing, looking at
the camera, with an illustrated book open on a [table] on which she is leaning
against.
20.4cm x [15.3cm]
Sepia photograph of Edward and Arethusa Leigh-White standing together,
taken at Glengarriff Lodge.
11.2cm x 8.6cm
[Sepia] photograph of the Whites standing together outside Bantry House with
the Bay in the background.
3479 1914 – 1915
6.1cm x 8.6cm
“Kodak Souvenirs” photograph album of black and white images of various
people and places that may relate to Arethusa Leigh-White. Written on the
inside front cover is a list of places photographed – Bath (May); [Sunninghill];
Stock; Hillside; etc. Includes a programme for two plays “THE JACOBITE”
and “The Duchess of Bayswater and Co.” that include Mr. and Mrs. Leigh-
White as two players, that took place at the Village Hall, Womersley, from 13-
15 February, 1906.
3480 June – July 1919
94 items
Album [belonging to Clodagh Leigh-White] containing sepia photographs of
the Leigh-White family and friends at home and visits to parts of Cork and
Kerry – Killarney, Parknasilla, and Garnish Island.
48 items

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3481 1918
Sepia group photograph of Edward Leigh-White, Mrs. O’Grady and Eileen
O’Grady standing in front of trees. There is a third unidentified woman.
3482 July 1919 – March 1920
775
6.3cm x 8.8cm
Album of sepia photographs belonging to Clodagh Leigh-White, Bantry
House, of the Leigh-Whites and friends at Lakeview, Glengarriff, and Castle
Freke. There are interesting shots of military camping at Bantry, and gunships
in the Bay.
33 items
3483 Nov. 1919 – Sept. 1920
see also
3617
Album containing b/w photographs belonging to Clodagh Leigh-White, of
family and friends, the Hoskyns at Bantry, [Wezwood] House, Pylewell Home
Farm and Pylewell Park. There are shots of a skiing holiday at Charterella,
near St. Moritz.
3484 1922
3485 1923
51 items
B/w head and shoulder studio shot of Clodagh Leigh-White. We see only her
left profile.
30.2cm x 23.1cm
Sepia full side-profile portrait of Arethusa Leigh-White, wearing a ball-gown,
trail, and diamond tiara. The photograph has been stuck onto board, and
roughly cut.
3486 June 1931
22cm x 16.3cm
B/w studio photographs of Arethusa Leigh-White and [ ] Gogarty in 19 th
century costume. Includes photographs of unidentified women in similar
costume. The captions on two refer to “Period Ball, Dublin”.
4 items

BL/EP/B/
3487 1940
B/w photograph of Rachel Leigh-White riding a bicycle with the initials
“WVS” and “PRESENTED BY PLATERS OF STREATHAM” printed on it.
Written on the back is “World War II 1940 R L-W on bike”.
3488 9 Nov. 1948
3489 1948
776
8.4cm x 13.1cm
Album containing b/w photographs of children at Camp near Aachen,
Germany, as a souvenir for [Arethusa Leigh-White], relating to her work with
the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad.
17 items
Album containing b/w photographs of a camp for young German Catholics
near Aachen, compiled for [Arethusa Leigh-White] by Milly [Muhlenberg] as
a token of thanks for her help.
3490 8 May 1949
50 items
Album containing b/w photographs of buildings in Aachen and a camping trip
with the children, sent onto [Arethusa Leigh-White] by the German [Catholic]
organisation in Aachen she supported after the war.
3491 1949 – 1950
3492 [nd]
34 items
Album containing b/w photographs of the visit to [Germany] by Arethusa
Leigh-White. Includes newspaper cuttings.
38 items
B/w mounted photograph of a commemorative plaque erected in Bantry
Church for Edward Leigh-White. The inscription is “Sacred to the memory of
EDWARD EGERTON LEIGH-WHITE of Bantry House Deputy Lieutenant
and Justice of the Peace for the County of Cork. Grandson of William 3 rd Earl
of Bantry. Obt: Feb. 28 th 1920 in the 44 th year of his life.” It is a brass plate on
Connemara marble. The photograph may belong to Margaret Marton, because
written on the back is “My brother-Bantry Church-”.
21.5cm x 16.3cm

BL/EP/B/
3493 [nd]
3494 [nd]
3495 [nd]
3496 [nd]
3497 [nd]
3498 [nd]
Album belonging to Edward Leigh-White containing copy photographs of
sculpture, art and architecture of Bruges, Gand, Louvain, Firenze, and Pisa.
777
84 items
Sepia carte de visite studio portrait of a young boy (aged 7-9) in a dark suit.
He a standing, leaning next to a table as if in a drawing room. Near him is a
chair with an open [music] manuscript on it. He may be Edward Leigh.
16.4cm x 10.7cm
B/w group photograph, including Arethusa Leigh-White, of men and women
standing at a platform of a train station, in front of a sign for “DINING
ROOMS”. They are standing behind a table with large jugs and trays of cups.
It looks like a charity-organised event. Their names are written in ink at the
bottom of the mount.
23.4cm x 27.1cm
Oval shaped black and white ¾ length photograph of [Clodagh Leigh-White]
in evening dress dating from the 1920s.
12.4cm x 10.5cm
Sepia head and shoulder right profile photograph of a woman, possibly
Arethusa Leigh-White.
21cm x 16cm
Sepia photograph, that may include Arethusa Leigh-White, of a group of
dignitaries standing together on the steps outside a building. A number of
women are in Girl Guides Association uniform.
15.2cm x 20.9cm

BL/EP/B/
3499 [nd]
3500 [nd]
Mounted b/w photographs of a coffin lying in rest in Bantry House from
various angles. Wreaths and flowers surround it. This may be the coffin of
Edward Leigh-White.
778
9 items
35.5cm x 45.3cm
Kodak envelope of b/w photographs and negatives of a baby in a pram from
various angles. Processed at Harry M. Murphy (Chemist and Optician),
Bantry. They were developed for “Mrs. Lee White” [sic]. Includes a leaflet
from Kodak promoting enlargement of photographs.
7.3 The Shelswell-White Family
11 items
8.3cm x 5.8cm (photographs)
9.3cm x 6cm (negatives)
3501 1904 – May 1941
see also
3516
Files containing b/w and sepia photographs and negatives that may have
belonged to the Shelswell-Whites showing family members (the
Hawkers/Shelswells) and places – the Taj Mahal and coffee harvesting in
[Kenya]. Includes a file containing prints and negatives of officials and
members of the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts Associations, on various camps.
Also images from “the first District Ranger Camp held at Addington House”,
Surrey (1924); the 11 th Battersea Group; the 3 rd Group Gibraltar Boy Scouts
(1938); Girl Guide Honour Guard at Bogata Airport, Colombia (1941); and the
1 st Bantry Troop of Boy Scouts, their names written on the back. The Leigh-
Whites and Shelswell-Whites were involved with the Associations and
included in some of the shots. Also images of the Shelswell-Whites in
[Zanzibar].
3502 Aug. 1917 – Dec. 1937
4 files
Scrapbook belonging to Geoffrey Shelswell-White containing photographs
and cuttings of life at home and abroad. Includes cuttings on his marriage to
Clodagh Leigh-White; b/w postcards and photographs of Bantry House,
Glengarriff Lodge and Bantry town; photographs and documentation relating
to his work in Zanzibar; and photographs of the Shelswell-White children.
962 items & 8 enclosures

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3503 1917
3504 1917
B/w group photograph of the 78 th RFA displaying a number of cups and
shields won by its men, one shield has “BATTERY DRIVING
COMPETITION” inscribed on it. Written on it by Geoffrey Shelswell-White
is “Rawalpindi 1917”, and he may also be one of the men in the photograph –
fifth from left in the second row of men seated.
779
23.8cm x 31.2cm
Photographs of the 78 th Battery RFA in Rawalpindi – group shot and on
parade, with Geoffrey Shelswell highlighted.
3505 Aug. 1918
20.9cm x 29.6cm
23.1cm x 31.2cm
[Sepia] group photograph of the Gunnery Course [Quetta] that includes
Geoffrey Shelswell. Written on the back are the names of the individuals.
3506 13 Sept. 1921
20.7cm x 28.7cm
Sepia photograph of a group of people, including Geoffrey Shelswell in
colonial dress, at a picnic at [Kilindichi]. Details of the group are written on
the back.
3507 Sept. 1921
7.8cm x 9.8cm
Sepia photograph of two men standing in front of a hut in Pemba. They are
Paul Sheldon (DC Pemba) and H. E. (Mr. Sinclair). There are two African
soldiers standing guard to the left and right of the men. Geoffrey Shelswell-
White spent time in Pemba during his career in the Colonial Office. Details are
written on the back of the photograph.
3508 June 1922
5.6cm x 8.1cm
Sepia panoramic view of Zanzibar Town and port. Details are written on the
back by [Geoffrey Shelswell-White].
16.5cm x 79.3cm

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3509 Sept. 1922
3510 1922
Sepia photographs of a woman and a man. Both are on a beach with a
motorbike, and trees in the background. Written on the back of one is “Grace
at Chwara, Z’bar”.
780
4.7cm x 7 cm
7cm x 4.8cm
Sepia photograph of the wedding party of “Crisp” and Miss Lewis in
Zanzibar. Geoffrey Shelswell is standing in the back row.
3511 1923 – March 1951
19.2cm x 27.8cm
Album and folder belonging to Clodagh Shelswell-White containing b/w
photographs of the Shelswell-White family and friends. Includes photographs
relating to Boy Scouts and Girl Guide meetings, with a souvenir programme
of Chief Scout’s visit to Limerick (28 th May 1946); the family on board the SS
Matiana on their way to [Zanzibar]; life in Zanzibar, Bantry, Glengarriff
Lodge, Gibraltar, Palestine, the Lebanon, and Trans Jordan. Also various
newspaper clippings, one of which is from The Cork Examiner of a
photograph of Captain Stokes of “The Devonshire” standing between Clodagh
and Oonagh Shelswell-White (May 1950). Includes a number of Christmas
Greetings cards from friends.
67 items
3512 1923 – 1986
see also
3544
File containing photographs belonging to Egerton Shelswell-White of he and
his family. Includes wedding shots of Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White;
the Shelswell-White children in the grounds of Bantry House; and Egerton in
later years.
3513 1924
85 items
Faded sepia glossy photograph, written at the back is “King’s Birthday 1924 –
Zanzibar Police – Resident, Colonel Murphy (Commandant) + GHS”.
8cm x 10.5cm

BL/EP/B/
3514 23 Oct. 1926
Mounted b/w photograph of C. F. Battiscombe in British Army uniform –
written on the front is “To GHS and CEMS from Batty October 23 rd 1926”,
and on the back is “C F Battiscombe. Best Man wedding of C L-W to GH
Shelswell Zanzibar 1926”.
3515 Oct. 1926 – 1927
781
23.2cm x 17cm
Album containing newspaper coverage from the Zanzibar Official Gazette and
The Cork Examiner given to the wedding of Geoffrey Shelswell and Clodagh
Leigh-White. A copy of a photograph of the wedding party is reproduced.
Includes a b/w photograph of the SS “[ ] Castle” docked at Mombasa; and
three watercolours of buildings and scenery in the tropics by Ali [M.
Bakashmer].
5 items
3516 Oct. 1926 – May 1933
see also
3501
Album of photographs belonging to the Shelswell-Whites of their time in
Zanzibar, Bantry and Glengarriff. Includes photographs taken on a trip to
Kenya, of natives and its countryside.
3517 1926
3518 [1926]
288 items & 2 enclosures
B/w group photograph of the wedding party of Geoffrey and Clodagh
Shelswell in [Zanzibar].
4 items
Album of b/w photographs of the Shelswell-Whites in [Zanzibar]. Includes
photographs of trips on ships, their house and its environs, Victoria Falls, and
their journey back to the British Isles.
3519 Nov. 1928
100 items
B/w photograph of a woman holding a child (Delia Shelswell-White). Written
on the back is “Delia with Grandma at Genoa. November 1928”. There is also
a studio b/w photograph of Arethusa Leigh-White, photographed by Dorothy
3519 contd..

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Wilding.
3520 28 Jan. 1929
782
10.4cm x 7.9cm
25cm x 17.8cm
B/w group photograph that includes Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White,
taken at their home in Zanzibar, on the appointment of [Mathi Sheimh Habib
Inbarim el Mauli] at Chare Cham, Pemba.
3521 May – Sept.1929
17.3cm x 23.1cm
B/w photographs of Geoffrey and [Delia Shelswell-White] sitting at a beach in
Zanzibar.
3522 10 Nov. 1931
7.7cm x 10.3cm
6.8cm x 10.9cm
B/w photograph of an action shot from a game of polo in [Zanzibar].
3523 Nov. 1935 – Nov. 1937
7.7cm x 10.1cm
Album containing b/w photographs of the Shelswell-White family and friends
in Zanzibar, Gibraltar, and on holiday in Central Africa and Ireland. Includes
postcards of Bantry House and gardens; and shots of Geoffrey on official duty.
Includes a map of the route taken from Zanzibar to Cape Town, for their
journey to England in November 1935; and a photograph and postcards
relating to the 33 rd Commissioners’ Course at Gilwell Park, November 1937.
3524 July 1942
146 items
Two photographs found amongst a leaflet “I HAVE PROMISED”; or “LORD,
DEFEND THY SERVANT” by LOUISA THOMPSON. One is sepia showing
a girl on a pony and a man on a donkey outside Bantry House, dated “July
1942” on the back. The other is a b/w showing snow-covered mountains and
valley, with a large house in the background. Written on the back is “View
from [Muottas Muraigh]”.
3 items
6.9cm x 11.7cm

BL/EP/B/
3525 Dec. 1945
B/w photograph of Geoffrey Shelswell-White, walking down a street in Cork,
with a bag in his left hand.
3526 May 1946
783
13.9cm x 8.9cm
B/w photograph of [Clodagh Shelswell-White] walking in Patrick’s Street,
Cork.
3527 Aug. 1946
13.8cm x 8.2cm
Sepia photograph of Clodagh Shelswell-White, with a cat and a dog –
‘Dumbo’ and ‘Lady [Ambryse O’ Tregh]’, in the grounds of Bantry House.
3528 April 1947
8.4cm x 5.9cm
Sepia photographs of [Egerton Shelswell-White and his siblings] standing
outside Bantry House
3529 1947 – 1951
3530 1949
Photographs of Egerton Shelswell-White in Winchester, and related
individuals.
3 items
5 items
B/w photograph of Clodagh and Oonagh Shelswell-White at the Cork Show.
3531 22 July 1953
8.8cm x 13.9cm
B/w photograph of a man planting a tree, with [Clodagh Shelswell-White]
standing next to him, commemorating the centenary of Bantry School.
13.8cm x 9cm

BL/EP/B/
3532 Sept. 1954 – July 1956
File containing b/w photographs taken by [Egerton Shelswell-White] of the
many different Spanish fishing crews and boats that docked in Bantry
Harbour. Nearly all have an inscription at the back of the subject and when it
was taken. Some have been mounted on cardboard and numbered between 21-
74.
3533 1954 – 1956
784
121 items
B/w photographs of the Trinity First Summer Eight (rowing team) – a group
shot outside a building, and in action on the river. Also a b/w photograph of
Trinity College Rugby XV 1954-5, Winners of the Inter-Collegiate Cup. Their
names are printed below the photograph, and the teams beaten on the way to
the Cup.
3534 31 Aug. 1955
3 items
B/w photograph of the Rev. Buckley-Jones, Mrs. Shelswell-White and Mrs.
Buckley-Jones at the Durrus Sale of Work, The Rectory. Details of same are
written on the back.
3535 21 Sept. 1955
12.2cm x 16.5cm
Framed b/w photograph of Geoffrey Shelswell-White at the Agricultural
Show, Bantry House.
3536 26 July 1961
27.8cm x 21.5cm
B/w photograph of Geoffrey and Clodagh Shelswell-White, the Hon. Mrs.
Bell and Rev. Ian [Cownes] at the Parish Fete and Sale held at Bantry House.
3537 June – Aug. 1971
9cm x 13.2cm
B/w group photograph that includes Clodagh Shelswell-White in costume for
the “Eighteenth Century Evenings” with the West Cork Theatre Company held
in Bantry House. Includes a programme for the evening.
27cm x 22.4cm

BL/EP/B/
3538 1978
3539 [nd]
3540 [nd]
3541 [nd]
3542 [nd]
3543 [nd]
Colour photograph of two elderly women on board the “Canberra” of the P&O
line World Cruise 1978. One lady is dressed in an overcoat, and headscarf,
holding a blue bag, a shower coat and [tickets]. The other lady is dressed in a
fur coat, and headscarf, holding a handbag, [tickets] and a walking stick. One
of these women may be Clodagh Shelswell-White. Includes original plastic
holder.
785
12.6cm x 17.1cm
B/w photograph of a group of naval officers and crew on board a ship. Written
on the back is “Zanzibar”.
15.4cm x 20.5cm
B/w group photograph that includes the Sultan of Zanzibar, and Geoffrey and
Clodagh Shelswell-White. The names of the individuals are written on the
back of the photograph.
15.5cm x 20.6cm
Sepia photographs “from Dr. CA Walter, Bandon, 18/9/45” to Geoffrey
Shelswell-White. The first is of a one-storey house in Glengarriff, with four
individuals standing in the doorway. The house is by the road, sheltered under
a rocky outcrop. The second is of the front of Eccles Hall, Glengarriff.
21.5 cm x 27.8cm
23.3cm x 33cm
A negative of a public gathering in [Zanzibar]. Includes original Kodak Film
Wallet.
Sepia photograph of a military parade in [Zanzibar].
7cm x 11.6cm
15cm x 20cm

BL/EP/B/
3544 [nd]
3545 [nd]
A sheet of b/w passport photographs of a young girl, aged 5-6. She may be
Delia or Oonagh Shelswell-White, or Maria Bernard.
786
39 images
Photographic negatives of the [Shelswell-Whites] and [friends] swimming and
exterior shots of Glengarriff Lodge held in the original Kodak Wallet.
21 items
3546 [nd]
see also
2740
Photographic negatives of the [Shelswell-White] family at Glengarriff Lodge,
[Bantry House], on board a ship, in Zanzibar, in [Gibaltar] and harvesting.
Some may be of the sports day that we have the invitation for (BL/E/B/2740).
3547 [nd]
3548 [nd]
3549 [nd]
3550 [nd]
226 items
B/w photograph of [Clodagh Shelswell-White] and a woman standing together
outside a building, dressed in the style of 1940s/1950s.
13.9cm x 8.9cm
Sepia photograph of two young girls standing at the gates of [Bantry House]
with a baby nearby. They may be Delia, Oonagh and Egerton Shelswell-
White.
8.4cm x 5.8cm
B/w photograph of [Clodagh Shelswell-White] standing in the gardens of
[Bantry House] with a [cat] in her arms and a spaniel dog at her feet.
8.5cm x 6cm
Sepia photographs of Geoffrey Shelswell-White standing in a [naval] dress
uniform, with ¾ length trousers, medals, a sword at his waist and a hat and
3550 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3551 [nd]
3552 [nd]
3553 [nd]
3554 [nd]
gloves in his right hand. There is also a photograph of Clodagh Shelswell-
White in an evening gown and accessories, dating from the [1920s]. They are
stamped “ROUGH PROOF TO BE RETURNED. HARRODS”.
787
20.6cm x 14.5cm
Sepia photograph of Fir Tree House, Penshurst. It shows a house partially
obscured by foliage, beside a road. Written on the back is “With our love”. A
[postcare] copy of this image is found in a photograph album belonging to
Clodagh Shelswell-White, dated March 1936.
16cm x 19.8cm
Sepia photograph of a group of four women, possibly Clodagh Shelswell-
White amongst them, well dressed, holding bunches in flowers, similar to a
wedding pose. There are two young girls standing in front of the women, and
men in uniform and suits in the background. The dress is similar to the 1920s
style.
19.7cm x 14.8cm
Negatives of individuals and scenery that may well be the Shelswell-Whites in
Zanzibar.
43 items
A series of b/w photographs taken of Egerton and [Brigitta] Shelswell-White,
and a young child, in various rooms of Bantry House, also photographs of the
rooms.
7.4 Bantry House – exteriors
3555 1914 – 1979
10 items
Files containing photographs of the exterior and gardens of Bantry House.
Includes a photograph of Donnacha O’Dulaigh standing with the house and
bay in the background; photocopied images of photographs from the Irish
Architectural Archive, Dublin; a group photograph of schoolboys; and
3555 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3556 1959
negatives.
788
56 items
B/w photographs of the exterior of Bantry House and its grounds contained in
an envelope with “All taken by Jill Dumeresque at BH in summer 1959”
written on the outside.
7.5 Bantry House – interiors
3557 1919 – 1980
22 items
Files containing photographs of the interior of Bantry House. Includes glassplate
negatives of tapestries; a typed list of “TAPESTRIES in BANTRY
HOUSE” attached to images of the tapestries. Also there is an album of
interior and exterior shots.
7.6 Glengarriff Lodge
3558 [1896] – March 1947
121 items
File containing sepia and b/w photographs of Glengarriff Lodge and its
gardens. Includes a shot of Arethusa, Clodagh and Rachel Leigh-White and
Miss Hawker at the Lodge.
7.7 Related Families
7.7.1 The Hawker Family
3559 pre-1885
11 items
Mounted sepia photograph of Longparish House, taken from a distance at
ground level. The house is set on a flat plain, with mature trees on either side
of it.
24cm x 33cm

BL/EP/B/
3560 [c.1888]
Sepia photograph of Arethusa Hawker as a child [aged three] sitting on a
chair. It is mounted on a board, written on the back is details of a Committee
meeting and club match of the Longparish Cricket Club on the 23 rd
September. Includes envelope that contained photograph.
3561 [c.1897]
789
11.3cm x 8.9cm
Sepia carte de visite of Arethusa and Pauline Hawker, aged 13 and 12. It is a
full-length portrait of the two girls standing against each other.
3562 [c.1897] – Aug. 1903
16.5cm x 10.5cm
Two albums belonging to Pauline Hawker of b/w and sepia photographs. It
contains photographs of a family at Chalfont, the Drummond’s House,
Windsor, Walton, Bruges, London, Longparish, Southside Cottage, Albourne
Church, and [Hurstpierpoint].
3563 [c.1915]
207 items
Sepia ¾ length photographs of Captain [Perry-Ascroft] in a British Officer’s
uniform. Written on the back of one is “Captain [Perry-Ascroft] [ ] engaged
to Pauline Hawker 1915 Missing 1916 in France”.
22cm x 16.8cm
22.3cm x 16.5cm
3564 [Nov.] 1918
see also
3566
[Sepia] photograph of a group wedding, the groom and two other men in naval
uniforms. Written on the back is “Pauline Hawker’s wedding to – [Rorer] US
Navy [Bantry Nov. 1918] Included:- Best Man E L-W, Clodagh & Rachel
Leigh-White & Mrs. Conner”. It is stored in a card with “Best Wishes”
surrounded with a holly wreath printed in green on the front.
3565 [nd]
10.3cm x 7.5cm
Sepia [carte de visite] of Arethusa Hawker, a head and shoulder shot, showing
her right profile. She is wearing a hat and a white blouse. Written on the back
3565 contd..

BL/EP/B/
faintly is “Arethusa Hawker [aged 16]”.
790
9.5cm x 6.5cm
3566 [nd]
see also
3564
B/w photograph of a memorial plaque. Written on the plaque is “Sacred to the
memory of CECILY PAULINE CALVERT RORER 2 nd Daughter of the late
Peter Hawker JP of Longparish Hants Obt. New York USA 8 th March 1919”.
3567 [nd]
3568 [nd]
10.2cm x 14.5cm
Sepia head and shoulder photograph of Pauline Hawker (sister of Arethusa
Leigh-White).
21.4cm x 16cm
Two sepia photographs of Longparish House. One is taken from a distance
across a [lake] on the estate, set in mature trees. The other is taken closer
showing the [back] of the house. Both photographs are stuck back-to-back
onto the same mount.
7.7.2 The Marton Family
35.5cm x 28cm
3569 [nd]
see also
3573
Sepia photograph of Col. Oliver Marton, standing on steps outside an open
[patio] door. He is dressed in a [tweed] suite, with half-leg trousers. In his
right hand he is holding his pipe and cap.
3570 [nd]
16.4cm x 10.7cm
B/w studio photograph of [Margaret Marton, (née Leigh)] seated, holding a
baby in [christening] dress. She is wearing period dress, a [straw] hat, and
crocheted shawl.
16.7cm x 10.7cm

BL/EP/B/
3571 [nd]
3572 [nd]
B/w studio photograph of Margaret Marton (née Leigh). It is a
garden/conservatory scene, in which she is seated on a stone bench, holding a
fan in one hand and a bunch of roses in the other.
791
18.1cm x 13.1cm
Sepia studio photograph of Margaret Marton (née Leigh), in formal pose. She
is wearing a long dress, seated in an ornate high-backed chair, holding an open
book on her lap.
16.5cm x 10.8cm
3573 [nd]
see also
3569
Sepia professional photograph of Col. and Mrs. Oliver Marton (Margaret
Leigh), standing on steps outside a house in country clothing. He is wearing a
[tweed] suit with half-leg trousers. She is wearing period dress, a large hat and
holds a cane in her left hand.
3574 [nd]
16.4cm x 10.7cm
Sepia photograph of Christopher and Guy Marton as children, standing on
steps outside a building, one with a tennis racket and the other with a ball in
his hand.
7.7.3 Others
3575 24 Aug. 1955
3576 [nd]
25.4cm x 17.8cm
B/w photograph of an elderly woman standing outside a house holding
[flowers]. Written on the back is “Dunnamark Aunt Helen Birthday
Celebrations”.
5.8cm x 5.8cm
Photograph copies of portraits of individuals related to the White family by
marriage – Lord George Sackville, afterwards Germaine, and Viscountess
3576 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3577 [nd]
3578 [nd]
3579 [nd]
Crosbie (his daughter) sister to Mrs. Herbert of Muckross. Includes a
photograph of Lady Betty Germaine’s sittingroom in Drayton Hall (a cousin
of the above George Sackville). It contains ten portraits of [family members]
hanging on wood panelled walls. The room is filled with tables and chairs.
Next to one chair is a spinning wheel; on one table is an hourglass. A fireplace
is in the centre of the picture.
792
12.1cm x 9.9cm
12.7cm x 11cm
15.2cm x 20cm
Sepia carte de visite of W. A. Herbert, seated informally with a cane in his left
hand.
9.2cm x 6.3cm
B/w studio photograph of [Edward] Kenny-Herbert and Aubrey Kenny-
Herbert. The latter is sitting down with his arms folded and legs crossed, with
a hat balancing on his knee. The former is standing beside him, leaning on a
cane and his left hand in his jacket pocket. Both are looking straight at the
camera. They are in turn of the 20 th century dress.
16cm x 13.5cm
B/w studio portrait photograph of Arthur Leigh (uncle of Edward Leigh-
White). He is seated, dressed in a three-piece suit, with starch collar and tie.
He is middle-aged, with grey hair and a moustache.
7.8 Identified Individuals
17cm x 12.2cm
3580 [Pre-1870s]
See also
3581
Sepia studio photograph of a woman with a child seated on her lap [Kathleen
Herbert].
16.5cm x 10.6cm

BL/EP/B/
3581 Sept. 1872
see also
3580
Sepia and coloured carte de visite studio portrait of Kathleen Herbert,
[Montreal], Canada, as a young girl [aged c.6]. She is seated on a lounge seat,
propped up by a cushion. She is wearing a [white] dress. The photographer has
coloured the band around her waist blue, and her hair is coloured yellow. She
is holding a [hawthorn] walking stick.
3582 1896
793
16.3cm x 10.8cm
Sepia carte de visite of a head and shoulder portrait of a young gentleman,
[John Maxwell-Lota]. It is processed by Soame, Oxford.
9cm x 5.8cm
3583 1898
see also
3601 – 3603
B/w full-length studio portrait of Alfred Ashurst Morris. He is a young boy
(aged 3 or 4) in a [sailor] suit, standing up on stone bench. Also sepia fulllength
studio portrait of Herbert [Morris] “aged 8 ½ months”. He is seated in a
child’s chair, wearing a white dress.
3584 June 1902
3585 1904
23.7cm x 16.8cm
24cm x 16.9cm
B/w [carte de visite] studio portrait of a young girl – “Cat” – sitting on a
chaise long, facing the camera.
16.6cm x 10.8cm
Head and shoulder photograph and sketch of an adolescent boy, “Peter Eton –
1904”.
3586 [June] 1905
23.3cm x 17.1cm
B/w studio portrait of a young woman dressed in white, standing holding a
baby, wearing a [christening] dress. The inscription on the back in ink is
“Helen Dasent & George Cavin William Irwin Dasent June 1905”, and in
pencil is “Ambrose Dasent and his mother Helena Dasent Born March 27 th
1905”.
3586 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3587 July 1911
794
27.7cm x 20.4cm
Mounted sepia photograph of two young children sitting outside on a rug in a
garden. Written on the back is “ Dick & Tony”.
3588 Jan. 1912
13.8cm x 11.3cm
B/w ¾ length studio photograph a woman, [Vera Mair], in evening dress,
holding an open book in both hands.
3589 1914 – 1918
24.3cm x 19.4cm
Album containing b/w and sepia photographs of various individuals, some in
military dress, some are signed – P. C. Fleming, S. W. Stirling, and
[Commodore] Douglas to mention a few. Includes an unusual image of a fish
head.
3590 [1914 – 1918]
17 items
Sepia [professional] photograph of a woman, seated, in a [nurse’s] uniform.
Written on the back is “Miss Vera Mair War 1914 – 1918”. Includes a sepia
photograph of two women sitting amongst remains of ruined buildings. Along
one post are characters of oriental writing. One of these women looks very
similar to Vera Mair.
3591 26 Sept. 1920
12.8cm x 7.6cm
8.3cm x 11.1cm
B/w group photograph, including [Lord Sommerville], Reendesert, Bantry,
sitting outside on the steps of a building.
3592 May 1927
22.1cm x 28cm
B/w photograph of two women sitting together under a tree. Written on the
back in pencil is “Melle Pochard B S”. One is younger and wearing what
seems to be a school uniform.
8.9cm x 6.3cm

BL/EP/B/
3593 16 Sept. 1934
see also
3595, 3610
Sepia [studio] portrait of [Kit] Battiscombe (Best-man to Geoffrey Shelswell-
White and Godfather to Egerton Shelswell-White) seated at a writing desk,
looking at the camera. He is wearing a dark suit, high collar and tie. He has a
monocle on his right eye. It has an inscription – “The ‘Simbas’ Godfather
(complete with eyeglass) who, with love to his Godson & to you both, hopes
that this may remind you of [ ] Battiscombe 26.9.34”.
3594 1938
795
27.7cm x 33.6cm
Mounted sepia studio photograph of a young woman in the traditional dress of
a European Country. Hand-written underneath the image on the mount is
“Mariola Stagnetto 1938”.
22.5cm x 16cm
3595 1946
see also
3593
Black and white [photograph] of the College, Durham. Written at the back are
the names “Christopher & Georgina Battiscombe”.
3596 12 Sept. 1960
8.3cm x 13.4cm
B/w photograph of participants of the Kingswood Adult and Junior Meeting
golfing tournament. Their names are on the photograph. Includes a note on the
complimentary paper of the Editor of FAIRWAY AND HAZARD magazine,
London.
3597 July 1967
3 items
16.5cm x 21.5cm
B/w group photograph of the “Historical Party” outside Bantry House
attending a lecture. Copyright rests with “The Cork Examiner” newspaper.
3598 May 1978
20.2cm x 25.8cm
Colour photograph of a man in coat tails sitting with a bassoon. Written on the
back is “With my best compliments and kind greetings from Vienna. Walter
3598 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3599 [nd]
3600 [nd]
Henman [Sallegor] May 1978”.
796
14.8cm x 10.5cm
Photographic copy of a painting of George, 4 th Duke of Dorset. It is an
informal full-length portrait of the subject outdoors, leaning against a rock,
with mountains and a bridge in the background. Also a b/w photograph of a
commemorate monument to the 4 th Duke, marking the place where he was
killed on 14 th February 1815.
21cm x 15.8cm
11.8cm x 9.1cm
Postcard with a photograph of a woman, sitting down, with a baby, dressed in
a christening shawl, on her lap. Written on the back is “King & her baby”.
13.2cm x 8.1cm
3601 [nd]
see also
3583, 3602, 3603
B/w studio portrait of a woman and a young child. She is seated on a chair,
and the child is standing next to her, leaning across her lap. They are both
dressed in late 19 th century clothing. The young child is similar looking to
Alfred Arthurst Morris, taken in Montreal, Canada.
17cm x 12.7cm
3602 [nd]
see also
3583, 3601, 3603
B/w studio portrait photograph of a woman and two children – “Arhurst 5
years old. Herbert 2 ½”, the Morris children. The woman and 5-year-old are
seated and the 2-½ year old is sitting on the woman’s lap. They are dressed in
late 19 th century clothing.
21cm x 15.8cm
3603 [nd]
see also
3583, 3601, 3602
Sepia Carte du visite head and shoulder shot of Kathleen Morris. She is a
young woman, in [evening] dress, with a choker around her neck.
16.3cm x 10.7cm

BL/EP/B/
3604 [nd]
3605 [nd]
3606 [nd]
3607 [nd]
3608 [nd]
3609 [nd]
Colour photograph of the Leeside Singers, within a brown paper ‘frame’ with
“Seasons Greetings” printed in gold lettering on the front.
797
25.2cm x 50.6cm
B/w photograph of a self-portrait of Madam [Vigee] le [Brun] from the
[Liftihzie] Gallery, Florence. She is seated, painting, with an easel and brushes
in her left hand. She is wearing late seventeenth/early eighteenth dress.
20cm x 16.3cm
Sepia ¾ length studio photograph of Elespeth Whitaker, who married Chris
Roper Curzon firstly, and secondly Lord Northampton – this information is
hand-written on the back of the image. She is seated, looking away from the
camera, wearing an evening dress, c. 1920s.
26.2cm x 20.3cm
B/w ¾ length studio photograph of [Maddy]. She is seated, holding a [fan] in
her left hand, in mid-to-late nineteenth century dress.
15.6cm x 10.8cm
Sepia photograph of Geraldine [Mortimer], aged two years and five months.
She is seated on a child’s chair, looking at the camera.
13.5cm x 8.4cm
B/w and colour photographs and negatives of mainly unidentified individuals
(though there are some negatives of the Whites) and places (some of Italy)
taken by Jill Dumeresque. A number of negatives have “Peter Fowler &
Michael” written on the outside packet. They date from mid-to-late 20 th
century.
3 files

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3610 [nd]
see also
3593
B/w photograph of His Highness, the Sultan of Zanzibar, with his advisers,
one of which is [C. F.] Battiscombe.
3611 [nd]
3612 [nd]
3613 [nd]
3614 [nd]
798
27.7cm x 33.6cm
B/w photograph of a man and a boy in a field herding a flock of turkeys.
Written on the back is “Mr. [Davenport]. Michael turkeys”.
10.2cm x 12.8cm
B/w photograph of two children sitting in front of a large house. Written on
the back is “Jeffrey + friend 3321”.
8.9cm x 9.1cm
B/w photograph of two children, [Edward] and [Roderic], taken by Joyce
[Drummond], Surrey. They are seated and lying on a couch.
6.7cm x 9.8cm
B/w photograph of Sir E. [ ] Jodrell, Mrs. [Leigh], and Cynthia (later lady
[Skipwith]) at a meet at [Tatton], Cheshire.
7.9 Unidentified Individuals
3615 1873 – 1912
20.6cm x 16cm
File containing prints and negatives of hunting parties in [India and Africa].
Includes a mounted sepia image of a shooting party standing outside a small
thatched lodge/cabin, taken by Chancellor.
50 items

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3616 1890 – 1949
File containing photographs of men in various uniforms of the twentieth
century. Includes two leaves from an album of images of Queenstown and
Bantry Harbours, Gibraltar and Las Palmas; and images of WWI trenches.
3617 1923
see also
3483
Sepia and b/w photographs of individuals skiing and snow-covered
landscapes. Includes ice-skating [near] the Palace Hotel, Villais.
3618 [nd]
3619 [nd]
799
28 items
8 items
B/w photographs with negatives contained in an envelope with
“CHARACTERS – PALMA & SETE & MARSEILLES” written on it. They
are of local people going about their daily business.
Albums and folders containing images of unidentified individuals.
7.10 Identified Buildings and Scenery
3620 [1920 – 1930]
B/w image of individuals at Ascot Race Track.
3621 27 Oct. 1983
3622 [nd]
68 items
82 items
5.7cm x 8.3cm
Colour photograph of “Bantry Lodge”, Banks Penensula [sic], New Zealand,
sent on by the [Shodbatt] family.
12.1cm x 17.1cm
B/w professional photograph and reproduction of Port Said, and a
3622 contd..

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3623 [nd]
3624 [nd]
3625 [nd]
3626 [nd]
3627 [nd]
reproduction of a sepia photograph of the Port Said Native Quarters.
800
3 items
Sepia photographs of Chalfont Park, formerly the property of the [Hibberts]. It
is a castle-like building set amongst trees, with open lawns and a driveway.
The second image is taken from across a lake.
18.2cm x 27cm
6.3cm x 10.1cm
Sepia photographs of “Brin Kinalt, Chirk, N. Wales”. One is of its exterior,
and the other is of a drawing room.
2 items (18.8cm x 28.9cm)
Album of sepia photographs – Leap Castle, Co. Offaly; Raglan Castle;
Tintern; Berry Pomeroy; Kilkenny Caste gardens, the town, the Canal walk,
and St. Canice’s Cathedral; the Barracks, Kilkenny, showing a regiment in
dress uniform, and army tennis and cricket teams. Also Abbey [Dore]; copies
of artwork from Firenze, Italy; train engines; shooting parties; various
regiments in pose and on parade; and a copy of a advertisement for the
“YORK Four Days Stage-Coach” (12 th April 1706).
103 items
Scrapbook of faded sepia photographs of scenes from Italy and Palermo,
Sicily.
49 items
Album containing sepia and b/w photographs/prints of various cathedrals in
England (Gloucester, Hereford, Wells, Winchester, Salisbury, Ramsey Abbey,
Rosslyn Chapel); large country houses; and shooting parties. One image has a
page of newspaper advertisements glued over it.
77 items

BL/EP/B/
3628 [nd]
3629 [nd]
3630 [nd]
3631 [nd]
Copy photographic print of skate-sailing near Stockholm, Sweden.
801
29.3cm x 39.5cm
B/w photographs of ships in Bantry Bay. Includes a shot of a sailing boat
semi-submerged in water; and of Spanish trawlers sheltering in the Bay.
Copy b/w photograph of a bridge over a river near Bantry.
Aerial shot of Bantry Town with Bantry House in the background.
7.11 Unidentified Buildings and Scenery
3632 [nd]
3 items
22.3cm x 29cm
Images of unidentified buildings and scenery. Includes churches and
seascapes.
8. Watercolours
3633 [1869]
3634 1922
35.5cm x 25.3cm
13 items
Watercolours by Mary Herbert and [Edward Leigh-White] of [Irish] scenes
and gardens. Includes incomplete views of Bantry Bay by Herbert, and one of
[Screth] Sands by Leigh-White.
Watercolour of Bolt Head by Clodagh Leigh-White.
13 items
3634 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3635 26 Dec. 1931
3636 [nd]
3637 [nd]
3638 [nd]
3639 [nd]
3640 [nd]
802
17.7cm x 25.3cm
Watercolour of a man wearing a turban and North African style of dress,
drawn by T. M. W. [Sheppard].
36.9cm x 26cm
Watercolour of a shepherd and three ox in the foreground near ruins. In the
background, people are walking, and one person is by a water fountain. The
buildings are Mediterranean in nature.
27.5cm x 34.9cm
Watercolour sketch of a man in a suit of armour. Written on top is “Dale
obolum Bolisaero”, and on the back is “by Mr. H [Broadwood]”. This was
found amongst one of the scrapbooks of Richard White (Viscount Berehaven).
14.5cm x 8.7cm
B/w watercolour of three men sitting astride a roof, each of them is holding a
[gun]. The man in the middle is wearing what looks like a round metal hat.
The background is cloudy. This may be a battle scene.
30.1cm x 26.2cm
B/w watercolour of a house and its ornate tiered gardens bounded by a high
hedge. The architectural style of the house is similar to Dutch or German
houses. In the foreground are a water pump and a country track [leading]
towards the house.
33.5cm x 50.5cm
Two watercolours on the same paper – one of trees on a hill and a road/river,
and the other is of a large tree and numerous flowers on a riverbank or
lakeside.
17.2cm x 11.4cm

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3641 [nd]
3642 [nd]
3643 [nd]
3644 [nd]
3645 [nd]
3646 [nd]
3647 [nd]
Watercolours of the Sunk Garden (Rose Garden) at Bantry House by [Mrs.
Oliver Marton].
803
25.4cm x 17.8cm
24.8cm x 16.5cm
Watercolour of an entrance hall and grand stairs of a large house. There are a
number of paintings on the upper landing. In the centre of the painting is a
large statue.
35.3cm x 25.3cm
Unfinished watercolour of one wing of a large house with turrets. The rest of
the building has been outlined in pencil.
Watercolour of a partial front of a house, its driveway and garden.
25.2cm x 35.3cm
35.3cm x 25.2cm
Mounted watercolour of Col. Peter Hawker, in military uniform, with his two
hands resting on his sword and his horse by his side. In the lower right corner
is a cavalry skirmish.
59.5cm x 50cm
Mounted watercolour showing the entrance courtyard of Bantry House, the
stables to the left and the steps leading from the Italian gardens in the
background. It is by [Frank] F. Murphy.
37.2cm x 49.2cm
Watercolour of Bantry House and Bay from the Abbey lands, entitled “Bantry
from the Abbey”. It is in the style of Richard White (Viscount Berehaven). On
3647 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3648 [nd]
3649 [nd]
3650 [nd]
3651 [nd]
3652 [nd]
3653 [nd]
3654 [nd]
the reverse is a draft pencil sketch of the same scene.
804
14cm x 24.2cm
Watercolour of three monks, one standing, with a bucket at his feet. There are
mountains in the background.
22.8cm x 18.1cm
Oval-shaped watercolour sketch of a young girl, [seated], dressed in a
pinafore. It has been stuck onto board.
Water-coloured drawing of a stork (ciconia alba) on cardboard.
14.5cm x 17cm
10.8cm x 9cm
Watercolour of two sailing boats moored in an inlet, near a boat-house.
Watercolour of palm trees and huts in the undergrowth.
Watercolour of a naval vessel at sea by C. Fothergill.
17.6cm x 25.3cm
25.2cm x 17.6cm
11.3cm x 17.6cm
Water colour by [Richard White, Viscount Berehaven] of a [Spanish] building
with a plaque of the Virgin Mary and Child on its wall.
20.5cm x 15.2cm

BL/EP/B/
3655 [nd]
[Watercolour] of sailing vessels “moving into Gibralta in a squall” (written on
the back).
9. Oil Paintings
3656 [1934]
3657 [nd]
805
11.9cm x 20.8cm
Two oil paintings, one of a male nude seated, and the other of a nude man and
woman standing together, with a young deer at their feet. It is signed by
[FARLS BAR 34].
40.7cm x 32.7cm
Oil painting on wood of Slieve na Goil by [Letitia] M. Hamilton, RHA,
Woodville, Lucan.
10. Projection Slide
3658 [nd]
12.6cm x 18.3cm
Projection slide of a Latin manuscript from the [Keeper of Western
Manuscripts], Bodleian Library, Oxford. John Massey Stewart, London,
reproduced it.
2 items

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I. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Estate Administration
3659 23 – 26 Sept. 1896
Mss letter from Alfred Stubbs, Danby, Ballyshannon, to Frederick A. B.
Turner (Agent), [Gorey, Co. Wexford], relating to the fee-farm rent that is
owed by [Mr.] H. [Crane], Higginstown. Written in reply by Turner on the
back of the letter is how he wants the rent to be paid from now on by [Crane].
3660 15 May 1897 – 26 April 1912
see also
141
Various adjustments of rent on land situated at Mullafernaghan, Magherally,
Banbridge, Co. Down, between Miss Ellen Corker & Mrs. Johnson Smyth
(Landlords) and David Watt (Tenant).
3661 20 July 1901
806
4pp
8 items
Demand Note for payment of Poor Rate made out to Mr. P. [W.] A. Holmes,
Ballinderry Little, from the Electoral Division of Lauree, Rural Divison of
Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath.
3662 5 Sept. 1908
1 item
Copy typed agreement between Capt. A. S. Philpotts (retired Navy Captain),
Torquay, and Frank A. B. Turner (Agent), Dublin, for Turner to act as Agent
for Philpotts’ estate in Counties Cavan and Meath known as the Rantavan,
Loganstown, and Philposttstown Estates.
3663 12 Nov. 1912
Mss cover letter from Benjamin Ryan, Lowerpark, Kilbane, [Kilbagy], to
Ernest Ellis, Estate Office, Gorey, relating to Ryan’s payment of his half years
rent.
2pp
1p

BL/EP/B/
3664 [8] Dec. 1920 – [1921]
Mss letter from Harford Kelly (Solicitor), Dublin, to Ernest Ellis (Agent),
Dublin, relating to documents on Clonatin Upper; and a mss [Dividend
Warrant] on Guaranteed Land Stock made payable to Stopford & Turner
(Agents), Dublin.
3665 16 July 1934
3666 [nd]
807
2 items
Receipts for First Moiety Rates for the townlands of Magheralave and Lambeg
South in the rural district of Lisburn (Old), rate nos. 2511-1527 and 2306-
2307.
19 items
Blank form for a “Summary of Particulars of Estate” from the Congested
Districts Board for Ireland.
2. Correspondence
2.1 General
3667 5 June [1811]
Letter from Bat Sullivan, 31 st Regiment, [Eldas], Portugal, to William
Sullivan, Macroom Forge Cross, Co. Cork. The letter is to his mother assuring
her of his, and his brother John’s safety after an engagement with the enemy
“it was a Greater Battle than that of Tallevara While it lasted”. He has slight
wounds to his back and leg. He asks her to sends letters to him via Capt.
Ferans Company, 2 nd Batallion, 31 st Regiment, [Almas], Portugal, though they
will be going on to Spain.
3668 Aug. 1821
Envelope addressed to the Viscountess Doneraile, 3 Merrion Square North,
Dublin, from the Earl of Bandon.
1ff
2pp
1 item

BL/EP/B/
3669 [1825]
[Copy of a telegram sent by Lord Carrington to Martin Smith, giving financial
details and the 23 seats to be taken] signed by Evan Baillie. On the back of it
is mss pencil note to [Jacob] from Baillie, a list of furniture, and [individuals’
names].
3670 24 Oct. 1851
808
4pp
Letter from Jack Roberts, Potters Village, to Mrs. Roberts (his mother),
sending his regards to her, “Dick, Sally and Minney and Bill”. It is the
handwriting of a child.
3671 11 Jan. 1877
Letter from Elizabeth [Warren], Kingstown, Dublin, to Mrs. Hutchins, Bantry
area, asking if Mrs. Hutchins knows of her relative, a Mr. Heaphy, a brother of
Mrs. Warren’s grandmother. A solicitor has been in touch with her, and she
thinks that she may be in line for an inheritance.
3672 17 Jan. 1881
3673 [1909]
Letter from Anna H. White, Dublin, to A. N. [Hicke], asking that [Hicke]
continues his business with her late husband’s firm. There is a note in a
different hand at the end of the letter, stating that the woman was a wife of a
William White (Solicitor), and it was received by this person’s father. The
note was written on 16 th June, 1943.
Empty envelope that held the certificate of death of Henry Lavallin Puxley,
who died on the 6 th Feb. 1909.
2pp
4pp
4pp
1 item
3674 25 Feb. 1910
see also
3704
Typed letter from Fred Terry [Actor], to Captain Hawley Smart
acknowledging receipt of his play, and an assurance that he will read it in the
near future.
3674 contd..

BL/EP/B/
3675 21 Sept. 1917 – [2 Jan. 1918]
see also
3086, 3418
Mss reports to the office of the Deputy Conservator of Forests, MU Division,
Shewbo, from the Range Officer, [Kanbalu]. Written on the back of each page
is a mss draft of Notes on Shooting by C. E. Milner.
3676 2 Dec. 1923
Mss letter from [C.A.B.], London, to Mrs. Hawker, offering £10 for the
purchase of china, and requiring a written history of a table before considering
an offer.
3677 Oct. 1940
3678 [nd]
3679 [nd]
A “Thank you” card from Gladys [Harrington], Cheltenham.
809
1p
8pp
2pp
1 item
An empty envelope with “Letter re military Compensation” written on the
outside.
1 item
Mss letter from [Audrey], 56 Paulton’s Square, London, to [Miss Betty]. She
writes that she “Catherine and Charley” were at the [Iyvonne Arnauld
Theatre], and “Murray is working like a dog, he is producing ‘Milestones’
written by Arnold Bennett.”
3680 [nd]
see also
120
Mss letter from Thomas Leahy to Mr. [Leman], Esq., declaring that Elizabeth
(Leahy’s sister), made her will on the 15 th January, [1815], appointing Thomas
Leahy, Daniel Leahy and Nicholas Leahy as her Executors. She died six days
later.
4pp
1p

BL/EP/B/
3681 [nd]
3682 [nd]
3683 [nd]
3684 [nd]
3685 [nd]
3686 [nd]
Typed letter in French from [Amielle], the Familie Elting, Luxembourg-
Fetschenhof, to [the Shelswell-Whites].
Mss letter from [Barney], New York, to [Joosie], informing [her] of his
divorce problems. He has decided to move to California – “a sunny home for
shady people”.
Christmas card from [T. O’L].
Christmas card from Doris and Shiela Findlater.
Blank Christmas card on [parchment]. Written on the back is “With
remembrances from Birdie O’Higgins”.
Mss letter of thanks from [Farnright], to [Herbert].
2.2 Letters belonging to [Landon/London]
3687 19 Nov. 1840
810
2pp
2pp
1 item
1 item
1 item
Mss letter from [Palmerston] to [Fox], informing him that he must refuse
Fox’s request for the moment for the return of two officers from Spain.
Stamped by the “Master General Ordnance”.
1p
2pp

BL/EP/B/
3688 3 Oct. [1853]
Mss letter from [Disraeli], [Hughenden] Manor, to [General Duncombe],
inviting he and his wife to visit “the [Chiltern] Hills”.
3689 25 [Nov.] 1881
Mss letter from [Millais/Williams], Kensington, London, to H. W., changing
the date of a meeting they had arranged.
3690 [20 Feb. 1847]
Mss note from Maria Edgeworth to [Camilla], asking to look over a note (not
enclosed) before she sends it off.
3691 29 May 1903
811
3pp
1p
3pp
Mss letter from [J.] Chamberlain, 40 Prince’s Gardens, London, to Mr.
London, stating that he does not hold him responsible for an unfavourable
article in The Mail.
3692 [post 1904]
Mss letters from R. K. (Rudyard Kipling), Bateman’s, Burwash, Sussex, to
London, on attendance to a party and confirmation of a visit.
3693 9 March 1909
2pp
2 items
Typed letter from Christabel Pankhurst (The National Women’s Social and
Political Union), Strand, London, to Miss Kathleen Streatfield, Sydenham,
thanking her for joining the Deputation on March 30 th .
3694 14 [April] 1909
Mss letter from [Sven Hedin], Stockholm, to Mr. Landon, apologising for not
meeting him. He is busy finishing a book. He congratulates Landon on his
3694 contd..
1p

BL/EP/B/
work “Under the Sun”.
3695 11 May 1909
Mss and typed letter from Roberts, Ascot, to Parsons, asking if he could find
employment for two men.
3696 22 June [1910]
812
2pp
Mss letter of invitation to lunch from Mary [Maxwell], Lichfield House,
Richmond, Surrey, to Mrs [Cory]. Noted at the bottom of the invitation in
another hand is “autograph of ‘Miss Braddon’, 1910”.
3697 27 Feb. 1911
Mss letter from [ Vanburgh], Bryanston Square, London, to [Mr.] Landon,
arranging a time for Landon to come and read a part in a play.
3698 [15 April]
1p
2pp
Mss letter from [Landseer], St. John’s Wood Road, [London], to [ ],
thanking [him] for sending on a photograph.
3699 7 May [nd]
Mss letter from [Robert Peel], Whitehall, to General [Willoughby Gordon],
asking if [Gordon] could help in the appointment of an individual to the
“[military] departments”.
3700 8 Aug. [nd]
Mss letter from [Mahaffy], Senior Lecture’s Office, Trinity College, Dublin,
to [Sadleir], suggesting topics of interest for the next visit of the [Georgian
Society].
1p
2pp
3pp
2pp

BL/EP/B/
3701 [nd]
3702 [nd]
3703 [nd]
Mss letter of invitation from [Sir Thomas Lawrence], Russell Square, to [ ],
to an “another Nights fatigue”.
Mss letter from [ ], Chelsea, to [Landon], thanking him for sending on
“Under the Sun”.
Mss note of thanks from [au Balle], Regal Lodge, Kentford, Newmarket, to
[W. du Cane].
3704 [nd]
see also
3674
Mss letter in pencil from Violet Vanburgh (Actor), Portland Place, London, to
Smart, arranging a time for a meeting.
3705 [nd]
3706 [nd]
3707 [nd]
Cutting from a letter with the signature of [Edith] Somerville.
813
1p
2pp
1p
1p
1 item
Mss note from [Daphne] du Maurier, regretfully turning down a dinner
invitation, though “I should much like to know [Mr.] Ferdinand Rothschild”.
Mss letter from [F. Lugard], Surrey, to London, thanking him for sending a
telegram about “the demonstration”, and regretting that he will miss it.
1p
2pp

BL/EP/B/
3708 [nd]
Cuttings from Visitors Books or other sources of signatures and sometimes
comments of famous individuals – John Burns, Aubrey de Vere, John Lavery
(British Painter), Count Aval and General [Lt.] Arnaud, Fridtjof Nansen (Polar
Explorer), Curzon, Daniel O’Connell (Irish Barrister and Politician), Arthur
James Balfour (British Politician), [John Morley], [Williams], and a George
[Rex]. Includes an envelope addressed to Sir James [Graham], Duncombe
Park and a slip of paper with the address of the Earl of Bandon, London
c.[1831]. Also mss and typed lists of the names in the handwriting of
[Arethusa Leigh-White].
3. General
3709 [30 April 1831]
814
15 items
Official water-coloured illustration of the front and reverse of the Award [La
Croix de Juillet] for the Commission des Recompenses Nationales. An
explanation for the Award is printed in French.
3710 1 June 1919
1 item
Notebook with mss notes in pencil on the inside front cover only – “Bardge
[sic] 11000 gallons”.
3711 17 May 1933
Printed Order of Service for the funeral of Susan Elizabeth Worsley, at All
Saints’ Church, Hovingham.
3712 1 Jan. 1949
Printed wedding programme of [Geoffrey and Rosemary], at Christ Church,
Totland Bay, giving directions regarding the hymns and some prayers.
3713 1959 – 1962
Two calendars for Vickery’s Hotel & Garage, Bantry.
1p
4pp
4pp
3713 contd..

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3714 5 Aug. 1978
3715 [nd]
3716 [nd]
3717 [nd]
3718 [nd]
3719 [nd]
3720 [nd]
815
2 items
Complimentary tickets for admission to the Eastern Music Festival, at the
Dana Auditorium, Guildford College.
2 items
Typed transcript of the draft for a play (Act I), with hand written corrections.
38pp
Hardback notebook with mss script for a play entitled “The artist’s model”,
scenes I – III. At the back of the book is the script for “Honour” Act III, with
corrections in pencil.
148pp
Printed b/w [book-plate] of the star sign Scorpio. It is of two men holding onto
a scorpion-like creature.
Six View Letter Card set of South Lytchet Manor School.
Recipe for barley soup, with instructions.
1 item
6 images
2pp
Child’s note of warning during play – “P Gore Take Notice By Captain
Moonlights Orders. To get Shot of Blind Dick…” It is signed by “Captain
Moonlight”, “Lieutenant Starlight”, and “Major Dynamite”. There is a
drawing of a rifle and a coffin.
2pp

BL/EP/B/
3721 [nd]
3722 [nd]
3723 [nd]
3724 [nd]
3725 [nd]
Information on a letting of a house from the 8 th May – 8 th Nov., describing it,
and giving the rental options “An ample supply of china and glass as well as
some tables etc. could be left to the tenant at a low valuation.”
Printed pamphlet of “Confirmation Papers of Windsor Parish Church.”
816
1 item
3pp
Partial copy of “Philips’ World Atlas – An Illustrated Atlas-Guide to the
British Empire and Foreign Countries” (front cover and first four pages).
Typed list of “Equipment with Overland Touring Car Serial No. 755”, that has
mss notes written alongside that seems to be a service checklist– “Oil Can at
Glengarriff”.
Typed religious verse about Jonas and the whale “But suspicions are strong
‘twas in Bantry Bay”.
9pp
1p
1p

BANTRY ESTATE COLLECTION
A. ESTATE OWNERSHIP
CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
i Introduction
viii Abbreviations
x White Family Tree
Page No.
1. Deeds of Title (Pre-White Ownership) 1
2. White Deeds of Title
2.1 Releases 6
2.2 Deed Poll/Freehold 9
2.3 Mortgages 9
2.4 Grants 24
3. Wills, Settlements and Associated Documents
3.1 Wills
3.1.1 White Family Wills 25
3.1.2 Wills of Associated Families 31
3.2 Marriage Settlements and Associated Documents
3.2.1 White Family Settlements 34
3.2.2 Settlements of Associated Families 37
3.3 Trusts
3.3.1 White Family Trusts 39
4. Land Sales and Transfers
4.1 The Irish Land Commission 40
4.2 Castletownbere 47
4.3 Glengarriff Forestry 50
4.4 Gulf Oil Terminals (Ireland) Limited 53
4.5 East Wall, Church Road, Dublin 54
4.6 6/7 South William Street, Dublin 60
4.7 Dunnamark, Bantry 61
4.8 Keelneruvane, Bantry 64
4.9 Other Sales 66

5. Legal Case Papers
5.1 Legal Cases
5.1.1 Samuel Hutchinson v. Richard White et al 76
5.1.2 Robert Warner & Richard White (a minor) v. Hamilton White 76
5.1.3 Thomas Leahy v. Richard White 77
5.1.4 Westropp v. Spread 77
5.1.5 Ingham v. Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry 79
5.1.6 Hutchins v. Richard 1 st Earl of Bantry 79
5.1.7 Baillie & Taylor v. 1 st Earl of Bantry & Viscount Berehaven 80
5.1.8 Robert Hedges Eyre/Viscount Berehaven v. O’Sullivan 81
5.1.9 Richard, 1 st Earl of Bantry et al v. O’Leary & [Falvey] 82
5.1.10 Herbert v. Viscount Berehaven et al 83
5.1.11 The Queen v. Michael Murphy 83
5.1.12 Browne v. Dillon 84
5.1.13 Capt. Edward R. White v. Warren 84
5.1.14 Longfield et al v. William 3 rd Earl of Bantry et al 84
5.1.15 The Shelswell-White Estate v. Costigan 85
5.1.16 [The Shelswell-White Estate v. Bird-Warner] 85
5.1.17 Guardi Paintings 85
5.2 Counsels’ Opinions 89
5.3 Affidavits 92
5.4 Costs 93
5.5 Searches 95
6. Re-Settlement of the Estate
6.1 Appointment of Receivers 96
6.2 Re-Settlement of the Estate 98
7. Bantry Estates Company
7.1 Correspondence 103
7.2 Accounts 105
7.3 Valuation Reports 106
B. ESTATE ADMINISTRATION
1. Rentals
1.1 Ledgers 107
1.2 Rental Sheets 113
1.3 Receipt Books 170
1.4 Day Books 171
2. Leases and Tenancy Agreements
2.1 Leases 171
2.1.1 Sub-leases 285

2.2 Fishing and Shooting Rights 292
2.3 Tenancy Agreements 295
2.4 Government Permits to Cut Trees 299
3. Disputes with Tenants and Evictions 300
4. Accounts and Financial Records
4.1 Account Books 303
4.2 Cash Books 305
4.3 Debit and Credit Vouchers 307
4.4 Income and Expenditure Records 308
4.5 Rates 309
4.6 Income Tax Payments 311
4.7 Insurance 322
4.8 Invoices 326
4.9 Receipts 329
4.10 Stocks, Shares and Investments 332
4.11 Release of Capital 335
4.12 Estate, Death and Succession Duties 339
4.13 Bantry Town Tolls 344
4.14 Accounts 345
5. Estate Correspondence 360
6. Employee Records
6.1 Workmen’s Account Sheets 403
6.2 Insurance and Tax Payments 406
6.3 Related Correspondence 408
7. Family Residences
7.1 Bantry House
7.1.1 History 409
7.1.2 Tourism 413
7.1.3 Insurance Records 417
7.1.4 Valuations and Inventories of Tapestries and Heirlooms 420
7.1.5 Occupation (Military and Medical) 425
7.1.6 Maintenance and Building Works 426
7.2 Glengarriff Lodge
7.2.1 History 430
7.2.2 Insurance Records 431
7.2.3 Maintenance and Building Works 432
7.2.4 Lettings, Sales and Inventories 435
8. Sundry Estates within the Bantry Estate
8.1 General 437
8.2 Montpelier Estate 446

9. Estate Industry
9.1 Timber Business, Glengarriff 454
9.2 Berehaven Mines 456
9.3 Glengarriff Fisheries 458
10. Bantry Town
10.1 History 458
10.2 Improvements 459
10.3 Tourism 461
11. Maps and Surveys 462
C. FAMILY AND PERSONAL PAPERS
1. Richard White (1701-1776)
1.1 Letters 496
1.2 Accounts 499
2. Simon White (1739-1776)
2.1 Letter to his wife Frances Jane White (née Eyre) 499
3. Frances Jane White (née Eyre) (1748-1816)
3.1 Letters 499
3.2 Family Accounts 501
4. Hamilton White (1740-1789)
4.1 Letters 502
4.2 Legal Documents 502
5. Margaret Longfield (née White) (1736-1809)
5.1 Letters to Frances Jane White 502
6. Richard White, 1 st Earl of Bantry (1767-1851)
6.1 Letters to his mother, Frances Jane White 509
6.2 Letters on Political Matters 512
6.3 Letters on the marriage of his son, Richard White, Viscount Berehaven 520
6.4 Letters to his nephew William White Hedges 522
6.5 General Correspondence 523
6.6 Awards 524
6.7 Accounts 525

6.8 Personal Memorabilia 525
7. Simon White (1768-1838)
7.1 Letter to his mother Frances Jane White 526
8. Edward Eyre White (d.1790)
8.1 Letters to Family 526
8.2 Letters relating to the circumstances of his death 527
9. Martha Goold Adams (née White) (d.1847)
9.1 Letter to her mother Frances Jane White 527
10. Richard White, 2 nd Earl of Bantry (1800-1868)
10.1 Letters to Family 528
10.2 General Correspondence 530
10.3 Personal Accounts 532
10.4 Journal 532
10.5 Personal Memorabilia 532
11. Mary White (née O’Brien), 2 nd Countess of Bantry (1805-
1853)
11.1 Letter to [Mr. White] 533
11.2 Journal/Diary 534
12 William White Hedges, 3 rd Earl of Bantry (1801-1884)
12.1 Letters between Family 534
12.2 Letters on Political Matters 536
12.3 General Correspondence 540
12.4 Personal Accounts 545
12.5 Prescriptions 546
12.6 Personal Memorabilia 546
13. Jane White (née Herbert), 3 rd Countess of Bantry (1823-
1898)
13.1 Letters to her husband William White Hedges, 3 rd Earl of Bantry 547
13.2 General Correspondence 548
13.3 Letters on the Death of her daughter, Elizabeth Leigh 550
13.4 Personal Accounts 554
13.5 Personal Memorabilia 554
14. Elizabeth Leigh (née White) (1847-1880)
14.1 Letters to Family 555
14.2 General Correspondence 559
14.3 Journal/Diary 559

14.4 Personal Memorabilia 560
15. Egerton Leigh, husband of Elizabeth Leigh (née White)
(1843-1928)
15.1 Letters to the White Family, Bantry 561
15.2 Letters on the death of his wife, Elizabeth Leigh 562
15.3 Personal Memorabilia 563
15.4 Newspaper Obituary 564
16. Olivia Guinness, Lady Ardilaun (née White) (1850-1925)
16.1 General Correspondence 564
16.2 Newspaper Articles 566
17. Ina [Shirley], 10 th Countess Ferrers (née White) (1852-
1907)
17.1 Letters to Family 566
17.2 Personal Memorabilia 568
17.3 Newspaper Obituary 568
18. William White, 4 th Earl of Bantry (1854-1891)
18.1 Letter to his father William White, 3 rd Earl of Bantry 569
18.2 Letters to Col. Hawker 569
18.3 Legal Documents 569
18.4 Life Assurance Policy 570
18.5 Personal Memorabilia 571
19. Rosamund Petre, Lady Trevor (Wife of the 4 th Earl of
Bantry) (d.1942)
19.1 Newspaper Obituaries 571
20. Edward Leigh-White (1876-1920)
20.1 Letters to Family 571
20.2 General Correspondence 573
20.3 Academic Reports 574
20.4 Personal Accounts 574
20.5 Awards 576
20.6 Art and Poetry 577
20.7 Personal Memorabilia 578
20.8 Newspaper Obituary 579
21. Arethusa Leigh-White (née Hawker) (1885-1959)
21.1 General Correspondence 579
21.2 Diaries 583
21.3 Awards 584

21.4 Personal Accounts 585
21.5 Passports 586
21.6 Personal Memorabilia 587
21.7 Newspaper Obituaries 589
22. Rachel Leigh-White (1906-1987)
22.1 General Correspondence 589
22.2 Diary 590
22.3 Personal Accounts 590
22.4 Personal Memorabilia 591
23. Margaret Marton (née Leigh) (1875-1955)
23.1 Newspaper Obituaries 592
24. Clodagh Shelswell-White (née Leigh-White) (1905-1978)
24.1 General Letters 592
24.2 Diaries 597
24.3 Personal Accounts 599
24.4 Medical Records 601
24.5 Personal Memorabilia 602
25. Geoffrey Shelswell-White (1897-1962)
25.1 Family Correspondence 604
25.2 Letters relating to Family History 605
25.3 Letters relating to Tourism in the Bantry Area 608
25.4 General Correspondence 609
25.5 Career Records 613
25.6 Awards 616
25.7 Invitations 616
25.8 Accounts 618
25.9 Personal Memorabilia 619
25.10 Publications 625
25.11 Newspaper Obituary 626
26. Delia Shelswell-White (1928-1990)
26.1 Family Letters 627
26.2 Diaries 628
26.3 Educational Records 628
26.4 Medical Reports 630
26.5 Personal Memorabilia 630
27. Oonagh Yarrow (née Shelswell-White) (b.1930)
27.1 Family Letters 631
27.2 Personal Memorabilia 632

28. Egerton Shelswell-White (b.1933)
28.1 Family Letters 632
28.2 General Correspondence 635
28.3 Diary 636
28.4 Winchester College Memorabilia 637
28.5 Personal Memorabilia 639
D. RECORDS OF ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS
1. The Eyres/Hedges-Eyres of Galway and Macroom
1.1 Richard Eyre, [Galway] 642
1.2 Edward Eyre, [Galway] 642
1.3 Capt. Richard Hedges 642
1.4 Richard Hedges Eyre, (Macroom) 643
1.5 Edward Eyre 644
1.6 Robert Hedges Eyre, (Macroom)
1.6.1 General Correspondence 646
1.6.2 Leases 648
1.6.2.1 Sub-leases 657
1.6.3 Legal Documents and Accounts 658
1.7 Margaret Burke (née Eyre) 662
2. Annesleys/Earls of Anglesey 662
3. Richard, Earl of Cork and Burlington 666
4. John and William Gash 666
5. The Levinges 667
6. Richard and Margaret (née White) Longfield, Viscount
Longueville
6.1 Leases 668
6.2 Sub-leases 685
7. Catherine Herbert 688
8. Peter Hawker 688
9. John Puxley 689

10. Somers Payne 689
11. Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, Baron Ardilaun 691
12. Robert Hedges Eyre White 691
13. Lieut. Col. William Somerville 692
14. Ernest Ellis 695
15. Major Adelbert C. E. Salvin-Bowlby 698
16. Richard Edmund Longfield 699
17. Miscellaneous Individuals
17.1 Legal 699
E. OFFICIAL PAPERS
1. Nursing Associations 710
2. Bantry Voluntary Aid Committee 711
3. Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) 711
4. Scouts and Girl Guides Association 712
5. The Civics Institute of Ireland 715
6. The Irish Red Cross Society 716
7. The Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad 716
8. Irish Synod of the Church of Ireland 717

9. Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 717
10. Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(CSPCA) 718
11. The Royal Horticultural Society 718
F. FAMILY HISTORY
1. The White Family
1.1 General 719
1.2 Family Tree 720
1.3 Research 720
1.4 Enquiries 721
1.5 Family Crest 721
2. The Herbert Family 721
3. The Hawker/Tippinge Families 722
4. Lord Thomond 723
5. The Eyre Family 724
6. Charts 724
7. Others 725
G. MAPS AND PLANS
1. Maps
1.1 General Maps 728
1.2 Nautical/Coastal Maps 732
2. Plans
2.1 Architectural Drawings
2.1.1 Individual Plans 736
2.1.2 Lodges 737
2.1.3 Filling Station, Bantry 738
2.1.4 Westlodge Hotel, Bantry 738
2.2 Town Plan 738
2.3 Sites 739
2.4 Construction 740

H. PRINTED AND PICTORIAL MATERIAL
1. Newspapers 741
2. Sketchbooks 741
3. Drawings 748
4. Prints 754
5. Postcards 757
6. Miscellaneous Publications 761
7. Photographs
7.1 The White Family 771
7.2 The Leigh-White Family 773
7.3 The Shelswell-White Family 778
7.4 Bantry House – exteriors 787
7.5 Bantry House – interiors 788
7.6 Glengarriff Lodge 788
7.7 Related Families
7.7.1 The Hawker Family 788
7.7.2 The Marton Family 790
7.7.3 Others 791
7.8 Identified Individuals 792
7.9 Unidentified Individuals 798
7.10 Identified Buildings and Scenery 799
7.11 Unidentified Buildings and Scenery 801
8. Watercolours 801
9 Oil-paintings 805
10 Projection Slide 805

I. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Estate Papers 806
2. Correspondence
2.1 General 807
2.2 Letters belonging to [Landon/London] 810
3. General 814

INTRODUCTION
BL/EP/B are the estate and family papers generated by the White/Leigh-
White/Shelswell-White family of Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork. In February 1997
the Bantry Estate Collection was surveyed and boxed at Bantry House in preparation
for its transfer to the Boole Library, University College, Cork. This transfer took place
in the same month. On the 20 th May 1997 the owner of the Bantry Estate, Egerton
Shelswell-White, formally donated the Archive to UCC.
From research carried out by Geoffrey Shelswell-White (the present owner’s father),
it appears that the first member of the White family of whom there is any record at
Bantry was Captain Richard White. Son of Simon White of Knocksentry, Co.
Limerick, Captain White lived on Whiddy Island at the end of the 17 th century, later
acquiring property in the Bantry area from the Earl of Anglesey. His son, Richard,
was born on Whiddy Island in 1701, and was later called to the Irish Bar. At some
point in the 1760s this Richard White bought Blackrock (as Bantry House was then
called) from a Samuel Hutchinson. He was eventually to become the largest
landowner in the area. In 1766 Richard’s son, Simon, married Frances Jane Hedges
Eyre, the daughter of Richard Hedges Eyre of Mount Hedges and Macroom Castle.
They had a large family together though Simon died in his thirties in 1776, the same
year as his father.
By the end of the 18 th century the Whites now held most of the land in Bantry and the
Beara Pennisula, becoming the largest landowners in this part of Cork. It was Simon’s
son, also named Richard, who established the family name in the area, when in 1796
he was instrumental in alerting the British Army Headquarters in Cork to the
appearance of French ships in Bantry Bay. He gathered intelligence of the enemy’s
movements, organised local resistance and opened his house, then known as Seafield,
to the Army and made it their Headquarters. He was rewarded in 1797 by being
created Baron Bantry. In 1801 the title Baron Bantry was advanced to Viscount and in
1815 Richard White was granted the title Earl of Bantry, his eldest son receiving the
title Viscount Berehaven. Richard married Margaret Anne Hare, daughter of the 1 st
Earl of Listowel in 1799.
It was the first Earl’s eldest son, again named Richard, who in the 1830s-1840s while
still Viscount Berehaven, laid the plans for the magnificent house and gardens extant
today. Prior to and after his marriage he extensively toured the Continent, travelling
as far as Russia and Poland, making sketches of landscapes, vistas, houses and
furnishing which he later used as inspiration in expanding and refurbishing Bantry
House. As Viscount Berehaven he married Lady Mary O’Brien, the daughter of 2 nd
Marquis of Thomond in [1834]. They did not have family and when Richard died in
1868 the title went to his brother, Col. William Henry Hare Hedges White, who lived
with his wife, Jane Herbert of Muckross House, Killarney and family in Macroom
Castle, an inheritance from his grand-uncle, Robert Hedges Eyre.
His only son William White, the fourth and last Earl of Bantry, married Rosamund
Petre in 1886 but died without issue in 1891. The ownership of the estate passed to
Edward Leigh, his nephew. He was the only son of Elizabeth White, eldest sister of
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the 4 th Earl, who had married Egerton Leigh (D.L.) J.P., Cheshire, in 1874. Edward
assumed the additional name of White in 1897. In 1904 he married Arethusa Hawker,
daughter of Peter Hawker, Longparish House, Hampshire. Their daughter Clodagh
Leigh-White, mother of the present owner, inherited Bantry House and estates on the
death of her father in 1920 when she was 15. In 1926 she married Geoffrey Shelswell
who assumed the additional name White. In 1978 Clodagh Shelswell-White died and
the ownership of the house and estate passed on to her son, the present owner,
Egerton Shelswell-White.
Part of a privileged élite, intermarrying with other notable families, the White family
played an important role in provincial government before 1800, acting as local
magistrates and agents of the Crown. After 1800, as the British Empire grew in size,
some of the family like many Anglo-Irish Protestants served as colonial officials
abroad.
The archive contains the formal records regarding the legal, financial and general
administration of this large house and estate over a period of 300 years, and also the
more personal records relating to the lives and personalities of the family who owned
the estate. However, not all of the original records have survived. Due to a fire in the
Estate Office in early 1900s a significant part of the original collection was lost.
Principally, there are no rental ledgers for the 19 th century. However there are Rental
Sheets for 1840, 1856/57, 1865-1866 and 1881 which provide information for certain
areas of the estate. Similarly, very few records survive for the design and
development of the magnificent gardens at Bantry House. These were presumably
destroyed prior to the transfer of the archive.
The Bantry Estate Collection naturally falls into two main parts. Firstly, formal
records regarding the legal, financial and general administration of this large Irish
country house and estate. Secondly, less formal records containing personal and social
information about the personalities and lives of the family who ran the estate and who
shaped its orientation and character. Collectively, both parts form a wealth of
information on the evolving nature of Irish political, economic and social life over a
period of three hundred years. The archive is by its nature, unique and irreplaceable
and contains information not recorded in any other form. It is an invaluable historical
resource both for the Munster region and also in terms of national Irish history.
As stated previously, a survey was carried out on the archive at Bantry House in
February 1997. This included gathering the material from around the house
(basements, attics, the strong room, and various other storage spaces) and sorting the
archive into general sections and sub-sections, performing basic conservation work
and boxing the individual items. The dispersed storage of the archive meant that little
of the original order had survived. However in some cases, especially relating to legal
and administrative records, files were still homogenous and in order. Where this
occurred no attempt was made to impose a new order or to split up file series.
Sections A.4.5 and A.4.6, the sales of property at East Wall, Church Road, Dublin,
and 6-7 South William Street, Dublin are examples of this.
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In the case of personal records (Section C, Family and Personal Papers), there were
some obvious series e.g. letters to William White Hedges (3 rd Earl of Bantry) on
Fenianism in Macroom in the 1860s; and letters to Jane White (wife of William, 3 rd
Earl of Bantry) on the death of her eldest daughter, Elizabeth Leigh, in 1880. In the
majority of cases it was necessary for the archivist to impose order.
The Collection is divided into nine sections, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and I, each
containing records of similar origin and content.
Section A, Estate Ownership is further divided into seven sub-sections. It begins
with 1-2. Deeds of Title (Pre-White Ownership and White Ownership); 3. Wills
(White Family/Associated Families), Marriage Settlements (White Family/Associated
Families), and Trusts (White Family); 4. Land Sales and Transfers; 5. Legal Case
Papers with counsels’ opinions, affidavits, costs and searches; 6. Re-settlement of the
Estate, which included the appointment of Receivers; and finally 7. the Bantry Estates
Company (est. 1964).
Section B, Estate Administration, contains financial records of the working of the
Bantry Estate; rentals, leases, ledgers, tenancy agreements, accounts, sundry estates,
industry within the estate; and information on the family’s two residences, Bantry
House and Glengarriff Lodge. Of particular value are two rental ledgers belonging to
Richard White (grandfather to the 1 st Earl of Bantry) dating 1755-1775 (BL/EP/B/440
& 441). Not many employee records still survive but there are workmen’s account
sheets, insurance and tax payments and some correspondence from the twentieth
century.
Copious correspondence relating to the administration of the estate in the twentieth
century is described in this section. The White family was assisted in the
administration of their property by a succession of agents. In the twentieth century the
agency of Stopford and Turner, Dublin, and later Turner and Ellis managed the Estate.
The principal agent for much of this time was Ernest Ellis who oversaw the estate up
to the middle of the twentieth century, aided by Herbert W. Cooke, and later his son
A. R. Cooke at the Bantry office, and Patrick Falvey at the Glengarriff office. The
agency was then transferred to Charles Dunlop (Architect & Agent), Dublin, until his
death in 1946. From 1947, the Shelswell-Whites oversaw the management of the
estate with the assistance of A. Cooke. There is a marked absence of correspondence
from the early part of the twentieth century compared to later years. There also
seemed be a practice of re-using paper within the estate office, so letters dating 1911-
1919 are found within later correspondence files from the 1950s, the reverse of a mss
letter having been typed on. Where possible, this has been noted within the item
description.
Also in Section B is material relating to Bantry Town, its history and the development
of tourism in the area.
Estate maps and surveys complete this section. These are mainly official Ordnance
Survey maps of the immediate and surrounding areas of Bantry, Glengarriff and
Castletownbere. In many cases, tenancy plots are highlighted. The Collection holds a
hardback book of original OS 6" maps of Cork County (West Riding)
(BL/EP/B/2049). However there are some unique maps: of the plowlands of
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Killcaskane, Barony of Beare, dating from [1655] (BL/EP/B/2041); and a coloured
paper map of Inchiclough Demesne dating from 1791 (BL/EP/B/2042) – this item in
particular is a lovely example of aesthetic cartography.
Section C, Family and Personal Papers contains those records generated by
members of the White/Leigh-White/Shelswell-White families, which related to their
day-to-day lifestyle. Letters, diaries/journals, accounts, awards, personal memorabilia,
etc. are all grouped under the name of their originator/recipient and cross-referenced
where necessary. Descriptions in this section are in date order and begin with the
records of Richard White ([1701]-1776) which are business orientated, showing
consolidation of his Estate.
Letters of particular social interest stem from Margaret Longfield (née White). She
was married in 1756 to Richard Longfield, Lord Longueville, Mallow. Letters from
White to her sister-in-law Frances Jane White, Bantry, from Dublin give news on
contemporaries and politics (BL/EP/B/2205 & 2206) in 1775.
Of great research interest are the private papers of Richard White, 1 st Earl of Bantry.
There was a dispute between him and his uncle, Hamilton White, as to the inheritance
of the family estate (BL/EP/B/308 & 366), arising from the death of his father Simon
White on 2 nd Sept. 1776, a matter of weeks before Richard’s grandfather’s death on
27 th Sept. 1776. After legal wrangling Richard White won out.
Through his papers not only do we get an impression of his attitude during his early
schooling in Harrow, England and his later education in Cambridge, but also his
strong opinion regarding older members of his family (BL/EP/B/2236 & 2238). There
is a large group of letters relating to the failed French invasion in 1796-1797 (see
Section C.6.2), first-hand accounts and exchanges between White and the British
army presence, Brig. General Eyre Coote and General Dalrymple. Of notable interest
is a hand-written report on the numbers amassed by the French fleet set to invade
Ireland, the type of ships and their provisions. It includes a detailed account of the
manifesto of the ship La Ville de L’orient which was captured. There is also a list of
the ships and their commanders of the British fleet (BL/EP/B/2254).
Also preserved here are White’s award of the title Baron of Bantry, a deportation case
in 1798 (BL/EP/B/2271-2273) and a skirmish with the political activists, the
Whiteboys, in 1822 (BL/EP/B/2277). In letters to his brother Col. William White
Hedges (later 3 rd Earl of Bantry) concerns of the finances of the estate are discussed
(Section C.6.4).
Another individual of interest is Edward Eyre White, a brother of the 1 st Earl of
Bantry, who was a member of the British navy (Section C.8). There are only five
documents relating to him directly but his existence was previously unknown, as he
was not recorded by official sources. He died at an early age as a result of a duel
while serving abroad in Jamaica. Curiously, in the Will of Hamilton White (uncle to
the 1 st Earl of Bantry), there is a Margaret White listed as one of his nieces who is not
mentioned in official sources. One can only assume she died at an early age
(BL/EP/B/104).
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The private papers of both Richard White, 2 nd Earl of Bantry and Col. William White
Hedges (later 3 rd Earl of Bantry) mention civil unrest in the country between 1840s-
1860s. The former travelled to Europe in the early part of the nineteenth century
gathering ideas for improving Bantry House and gardens, as shown in a Mélange
book (BL/EP/B/2331). There is a first-hand account of emotions when the latter
succeeded to the title in 1868, found in a journal kept by his daughter Elizabeth White
(BL/EP/B/2458).
There is little personal material to be found in the collection relating to William
White, 4 th Earl of Bantry and his successor, his nephew, Edward Leigh-White as both
died in mid-life.
However, copious records survive generated by Arethusa, wife of Edward Leigh-
White, covering the period in the 1920s after her husband’s death and her daughter’s
inheritance of the estate. Correspondence between her and the estate agent, Ernest
Ellis, gives a good picture of the state of the Bantry estate and the country at the time
(refer also to Section B.5, Estate Correspondence). Arethusa also corresponded with
a number of English and American naval officers who were stationed off Bantry
leading up to and during World War One (BL/EP/B/2546). She was awarded a
certificate from the Red Cross and an OBE for her work during this period. Her work
in later years was concentrated on the Girl Guides Association, Irish Branch, and as
Director of World Bureau, World Association of Girl Guides and Scouts. She was
also involved in the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad in the period after World
War Two, though the Collection does not hold much related material (see also
Section E.4, 6 & 7, Official Papers).
Clodagh Leigh-White inherited the Bantry estate in 1926. In the same year she
married in Zanzibar Geoffrey Shelswell who assumed the additional name White in
1927. He served abroad in the Royal Field Artillery during World War I, and
thereafter in the Political Department of Iraq until 1921 when he was appointed to the
British Colonial Service. He retired on pension from the service in 1947 after his last
position in the Postal & Telegraph Censorship (Ministry of Information), Aintree,
England during World War II (BL/EP/B/2727 & 2754). There is material relating to
the family’s travels with his work. On his retirement he took it upon himself to gather
information on family and local history (see Section F, Family History) and thus
helped to preserve the material now found in the Collection.
Sketchbooks and drawings belonging to the Whites throughout the nineteenth century
can be found in Section H, Printed and Pictorial Material, showing scenes and
individuals from Ireland, England and Europe. Other items in this section are
newspapers gathered by the family relating to them, the estate and Irish history. A
large number of photographs have been preserved, again showing the family through
generations, family friends and relations and their houses. Many were not identifiable
and so have been placed together, marked accordingly. There are also a large number
of postcards from around the world.
Information on the two principal homes of the family, Bantry House and Glengarriff
Lodge, can be found in Section B.7, Family Residences. It may be of interest to note
that Bantry House has played its own part in the history of the Bantry area. It was
occupied in 1920 by the Auxiliaries (BL/EP/B/1599, 1603 & 1859). The Workhouse
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hospital was burnt down during this period of unrest and part of Bantry House was
given over to the Bantry Board of Guardians and Catholic nuns as temporary
accommodation. They remained on until 1925 (BL/EP/B/1598, 1647, 1648 & 1860).
During World War II part of the House was again given over as temporary
accommodation for the Irish Army (BL/EP/B/1697, 1698 & 1861).
Section D, Records of Associated Individuals deals with material generated by
relatives or acquaintances of the Whites which for various reasons was stored in
Bantry House, and became integrated with the family collection there. The Eyres of
Galway and Macroom are a prominent example of a family that married into the
Whites in the eighteenth century; in fact Macroom Castle was the home of William
White Hedges until he became the 3 rd Earl of Bantry on the death of his brother
Richard White. Robert Hedges Eyre, an uncle of the 1 st Earl, held leases in
Castletownbere which also involved Daniel O’Connell, who acted as the legal
representative for John O’Sullivan who had a business arrangement with Hedges Eyre
(see Section D.1.6.2) Another such family is the Longfields of Castlemary and
Mallow. As mentioned previously, Margaret White married in 1756 Richard
Longfield, who later became Viscount Longueville. He held leases in the Bantry area.
A descendant, Richard Edmund Longfield ([1843]-1933) was made a Trustee of the
Bantry Estate from 1875 by the third Earl, remaining on until Clodagh Shelswell-
White came of age in 1926. One item in the Hawker section is a first-hand account of
conditions experienced by an individual who fought in the [Crimean] War
(BL/EP/B/3208). It is dated Sept. 1854, and on its reverse is a sketch of the position
of ships, the regiments and commanders in each, and their distinguishing flags.
Other items of interest in this section: the conferring of title Baron Ardilaun of
Ashford on Sir Arthur E. Guinness (BL/EP/B/3071); and the personal diaries of
William Somerville of Co. Wicklow, who served in the British Army in Malta and
India (1899-1909).
The section is completed with legal documents of various individuals that happen to
be preserved with the Collection.
In Section E, Official Papers are found documents relating to associations the Leigh-
White/Shelswell-White families were involved in, e.g. The Nursing Association; the
Bantry Voluntary Aid Committee; the Scouts and Girl Guides Association; the Red
Cross; the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad; and the Cork Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA).
Section F, Family History relates to research undertaken primarily by Geoffrey
Shelswell-White in the 1950s on the White family and their related families through
marriage – the Herberts, the Eyres, and the Hawkers. Charts, crests and family trees
can also be found here.
In Section G, Maps and Plans there are general and nautical maps that do not
directly relate to the running of the Bantry estate (see Section B.11, Maps and
Surveys). Items of interest – a map of Cheshire (1748); maps of Europe, Asia, Africa
and North America (1878-1802); a survey of Muckross Abbey and Burial Ground,
Killarney, Co. Kerry (1908); and of Zanzibar, Europe and Palestine in the 1930s and
1940s. In the nautical section there is an interesting book of maps of the
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Mediterranean belonging to William 3 rd Earl of Bantry from [1764] (BL/EP/B/3255).
The remaining maps show the coastlines of the British Isles. The second part of the
section is devoted to plans, architectural and construction.
Finally, in Section I, Miscellaneous, there are documents that do not directly relate to
the Bantry estate or the White family. There are a number of interesting items: a letter
from Bat Sullivan to his family from Macroom, Co. Cork, whilst serving with the
British Army in Portugal and Spain in 1811; and a collection of letters belonging to an
individual named [Landon/London]. They include items from Disraeli, Maria
Edgeworth, and Rudyard Kipling to name but a few. It is likely that this section is a
type of autograph collection (notably BL/EP/B/3708).
The Bantry Estate Collection is one of the most complete collections of estate papers
in Ireland both to survive and be publicly accessible. That it has done so is due to the
generosity of Egerton and Brigitte Shelswell-White in offering the collection to the
Boole Library. Ranging as it does across three centuries (c1690-1980) it affords real
and sustained insight into the social and economic world of the Protestant Ascendancy
in the south-west of Ireland, while preserving a unique record of their tenancy. It is an
invaluable resource for people interested in a broad range of disciplines, academic and
non-academic.
Ancillary records can also be found in the following locations;
� Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG,
England
� Genealogical Office, 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
� Irish Architectural Archive, 73 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
� King’s Inns (The Honourable Society of King’s Inns), Henrietta Street,
Dublin 1, Ireland
� National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland
� National Library of Ireland, 2/3 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
� Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 66 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast
BT9 6NY, Northern Ireland
Emer Twomey, MA DAA, RMSA
Assistant Archivist,
Boole Library
March 2003
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Abbreviations used within text:
A/c : Account
Adj. : Adjutant
AGM : Annual General Meeting
ALLCE Allowance
a.r.p. : acres, roods, and perches
B.A.S. : Bantry Agricultural Show
B.E. Bachelor of Engineering
B.H. : Bantry House
BL : Barrister–at-Law
B.Y. : Bay
Brig. : Brigadier
c. : circa
Capt. : Captain
Co. : County
& Co. : and Company
Col. : Colonel
C.C.R.A. Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad
C.D.B : Congested Districts Board
C.I.E. : Córas Iompair Éireann (Irish Rail)
CS : Chartered Surveyor
C.S.P.C.A. Cork Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
D.L. : Deputy Lieutenant
Dr. : Doctor
E.C. : [Estate Commission/Earth Coverage]
E.G.M.: Extraordinary General Meeting
et al : and others
E.S.B : Electrical Supply Board
E.M.S.A. Estate Management and Supply
Association
Esq. Esquire
est. : established
F/ff/fol. folio
G.C.S.I Grand Commander of the Star of India
Gen. : General
H.H. : His/Her Highness
H.I.T.H.A Historic Irish Tourist Houses & Gardens
Association
H.M. : His/Her Majesty
H.M.S : His/Her Majesty’s Ship
I.L.C. : Irish Land Commission
I.R.C.S. Irish Red Cross Society
J.P. : Justice of the Peace
Lieut. : Lieutenant
Ltd. : Limited
MBE : Member of the Order of the British
Empire
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M.D. : Doctor of Medicine {Medicinae Doctor}
M.P. : Member of Parliament
Messrs : plural of Mister; abbr. Messieurs
Mss/mss Manuscript (handwritten)
No. : Number
[nd] : no date
OBE Officer of the Order of the British
Empire
OS : Ordnance Survey
p.a. : per annum
P.H. : Public Highway
P.O.W.: Prisoner of War
P.P. : Parish Priest
P. Rate: Poor Rate
p/pp : page/pages
PRONI Public Record Office Northern Ireland
P.R.S.I : Pay Related Social Insurance
P.L.V. : Poor Law Valuation
Q.C. : Queen’s Counsel
R.A.F. : Royal Air Force
R.C. : Roman Catholic
R.C.B. : Representative Church Body
R.D. : Rural District
R.E. : Royal Engineer
Retd. : Retired
Rev. : Reverend
R.I.C. : Royal Irish Constabulary
R.N. : Royal Navy
S.C. : Senior Counsel
[sic] : thus used/spelt
S.S. : Steamship/Screw Steamer
T.D. : Townland
T.P. : Town Plan
Tss/tss : typed
U.S.S. : United States Ship/Steamer
U.S.S.R. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
v. : versus
V.R : [Valuation Rate]
w/e : week ending
Y.M.C.A Young Men’s Christian Association
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