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Carlow Leases
Ormonde Papers
- Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann
- National Library of Ireland
Collection List No.176
Ormonde Papers (Additional)
(MSS 48,367-377)
A collection of estate property deeds generated by the Butler family relating to properties in Counties Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow, as well as some properties in northern England (1635-c.1940)
Compiled by Owen McGee, 2011
MS 48,371/35
1698
Counterpart of a lease between James, Duke of Ormonde, and John Boles of Ballintrane, Co. ‘Catherlogh’ (Carlow), of the townlands, tenements and hereditaments of ‘Mogerbane’, ‘Saucerstown’ and ‘Garristockidony’, totalling 501 acres in the barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary, for the lives of the children of said John Boles at a yearly rent of £20 13s. 4d. with an additional initial payment made of £679. This deed is signed and sealed by Boles. 10 Aug. 1698. 1p.
1.iii. County Carlow Estate (1669-1780)
MS 48,373/1
1669
Lease from Richard [Butler], Earl of Arran, to Benjamin Bunbury of Killerrig, Co. Catherlogh (Carlow), of 512 acres of land at Tobinstown in the barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, for the lifetime of Bunbury and his family at a rent of £68 per year. 13 Mar. 1669. 1p.
MS 48,373/2
1673
Lease from James, Duke of Ormonde (first party), to Sir William Flower of Durrow, Co. Kilkenny and Sir John Stevens of Dublin City (second party) of various lands, principally within the manor of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, for six months at a nominal rent. 22 Apr. 1673. 1p.
MS 48,373/3
1676
A draft of a lease agreement between Richard [Butler], Earl of Arran, and Thomas Byrne of ‘Cueravagh’ [Curravagh] for land (which had yet to surveyed or measured) at Cueravagh in the county of ‘Catherlogh’ (Carlow) at a yearly-rent of 2 shillings per acre. The document bears Byrne’s mark. 17 Oct. 1676. 1p.
MS 48,373/4
1697-1703
Counterpart of a lease from James, Duke of Ormonde, to The Honourable Robert Rochford [Rochfort], Speaker of the [Irish] House of Commons, of 264 acres of land at Rahindorane (Raheendoran), Co. Carlow, as well as some grazing rights, for three lives at a yearly rent of £29 6s 8d in consideration of an initial payment made of £192 (12 Mar. 1697).
Also included, the counterpart of a release from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Robert Rochfort, Attorney General, of the town and lands of Rahindorane for ever in consideration of £742 paid. Attached is a 2pp schedule of property sold by the Duke of Ormond under the terms of the 1701 legislation. This deed is signed and sealed by Rochfort (2 Mar. 1703). 2 items
MS 48,373/5
1698
A counterpart of a lease between James, Duke of Ormonde, and Samuel Carpenter of Leighlinbridge, Co. ‘Catherlogh’ (Carlow) for part of Leighlinbridge for three lives at a yearly rent of £15. An annotation on the reverse of this deed indicates that a subsequent fee farm grant of this land was made to Thomas Heuston on 9 Sep. 1705. 15 Apr. 1698. 1p.
MS 48,373/6
1698-1705
Counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Robert Hewetson of Cloghsutton, Co. Carlow of the town, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Cloghruske, Co. Catherlogh (Carlow) for a yearly rent of £15. An initial payment was made of £79. This deed is signed by Robert Hewetson (15 Apr. 1698).
Also included, a counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Thomas Hewetson of Cloghsutton, Co. Carlow of the town, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Cloghruske, Co. Catherlogh (Carlow) for a yearly rent of £15. An initial payment was made of £75. This deed is signed by Thomas Hewetson (9 Sep. 1705). 2 items
MS 48,373/7
1701-07
Fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to John Bernard, tenant of Newstown in the barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, of 645 acres of land at Newstown at a yearly rent of £26 13s (28 Nov. 1701). Also included, a later deed to the same effect, with a rental figure of £26 13s 4d (20 Aug. 1707). 2 items
MS 48,373/8
1702
Draft of a release from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Sir William Robinson of Dublin City of 1,300 acres of land in the barony of Forth, Co. Carlow for ever at a yet to be determined price. This deed is neither signed nor sealed and was evidently never executed. Attached is a schedule of property sold by the Duke of Ormond under the terms of 1701 legislation. 11 Mar. 1702. 2pp.
MS 48,373/9
1702
Counterpart of the release from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Thomas Greene of Rahera, Co. Catherlogh (Carlow), of the town and lands of Mount Arran [later renamed Mount Wolseley], Crosclogh and other smaller plots of land in the barony of ‘Ravelly’ (Rathvilly, Co. Carlow) for ever in consideration of the payment of £1,622 14s. 9d. Attached is a schedule of lands recently sold by Ormonde under the terms of 1701 legislation. This deed is signed and sealed by Greene. 24 Mar. 1702. 2pp.
MS 48,373/10
1702
Counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Benjamin Bunbury of Killerrig, Co. Carlow, of 112 plantation acres of land at Martlestown, Co. Carlow, together with grazing rights at ‘Cloghgrenane’ (Clogrennane), at a yearly rent of £13 6s. 8d. An initial payment of £78 5s. was made. 23 Jun. 1702. 1p.
MS 48,373/11
1702
Counterpart of a fee farm grant between James, Duke of Ormonde, and William Keating of Dublin City of 686 acres of land in the vicinity of Ballygown, Co. Carlow, at a yearly rent of £56. An initial payment was made of £239. This deed is signed by Keating. 4 Sep. 1702. 1p.
MS 48,373/12
1703
Fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Thomas Burdett of Garryhill, Co. Carlow, of the lands of ‘Accreneskeagh’ [?] in Co. Catherlogh (Carlow) at a yearly rent of either 5 shillings or ‘one fat heather’ [sheep]. Burdett was also required to serve, upon Ormonde’s demand, at the court of the Manor of ‘Kelliestown’ (Kellistown), Co. Carlow. 2 Jun. 1703. 1p.
MS 48,373/13
1703
Assignment from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Robert Lackey of Ballykealy, Co. Catherlogh (Carlow) of his right to the lands at Cappenagh and Ralaheen in the barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, which totalled 556 acres and collected £45 in fee farm rent a year, in return for a payment by Lackey of £927 12s. 6d. [which was, by law, to be applied to the creditors of Ormonde]. This deed is signed and sealed by Lackey (1 Mar. 1703) and its reverse is annotated ‘sold to John Lackey’.
Attached is a two page ‘schedule of what lands and tenements have been sold or disposed [of] by [Ormonde] …. pursuant to a power given him by a late act of parliament in Westminster [in 12 & 13th yr., Wm. III, i.e. 1701], …enabling the said Duke to sell lands and rents….for [the] payment of the creditors of James, late Duke of Ormond, and of the present Duke of Ormond’. 4pp.
MS 48,373/14
1703
Counterpart of a release from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Benjamin Bunbury Jnr. of ‘Killerick’ [Killerrig], Co. Catherlogh (Carlow), of the lands of Butler’s Grange, Co. Carlow, totalling 412 acres, for ever in consideration of a payment of £825 2s. 6d. This deed is signed and sealed by Bunbury. Attached is a 1p schedule of [palatine] lands recently sold by Ormonde to enable him to pay his creditors under the terms of 1701 legislation. 20 Apr. 1703. 2pp.
MS 48,373/15
1705
Counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Rt. Hon. Robert Doyne, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, of the town, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Kelliestown, Co. ‘Catherlough’ (Carlow) for a yearly rent of £60 upon the receipt of an initial payment of £255. The deed is signed by the second party. 9 Sep. 1705. 1p.
MS 48,373/16
NFC 161
1705
A lease and counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Colonel John Allen of Dublin for lands at Brohillstown, Co. Carlow, at a yearly rent of £81 17s. 4d.
Not for consultation
MS 48,373/17
[1705]
Undated and incomplete copy of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Richard Tisdall of Dublin City of 666 acres of land in vicinity of ‘Rathomane’ [Rathoman], Co. Carlow, for a yearly rent of £66. An initial payment was made of £256 (undated [1705]). 2pp.
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MS 48,373/18
1708
Lease from James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, Sir Stephen Fox, Richard Miller and Edward Nicholas of Westminster, Edward Southwell of Middlesex and Thomas Gibson of London (first party) to [Col.] John Allen of Stillorgan, Co. Dublin (second party) of 640 acres of land of the manor of Rathvilly for one year at a nominal rent. 9 Dec. 1708. 1p.
MS 48,373/19
1709
Lease from James, Duke of Ormonde, Charles, Earl of Arran, Sir Stephen Fox, Edward Nicholas and Thomas Gibson (first party) to Jeffery Paul of Balbriggan, Co. Dublin (second party) of 441 acres of land at ‘Knockeagle’ [?] in the barony of Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, for one year at a nominal rent. 25 Nov. 1709. 1p.
MS 48,373/20
1711
Counterpart of a fee farm grant (signed and sealed by the second party) from James, Duke of Ormonde (first party) to Thomas Jones of Osberstown, Co. Kildare and Anthony Sheppard of Newcastle, Co. Limerick (second party), for 350 plantation acres at Rathowe in the barony of Forth, Co. Carlow, at a rent of £35 a year in consideration of an initial payment made of £155. 4 Oct. 1711. 1p.
MS 48,373/21
1712
Counterpart to a deed of annuity between Bernard and Mary Granville of St. James Westminster parish in Co. Middlesex (first party), John Bell, Barnaby Browne, Delapoole Corbett, Nicholas Lepine, Taylor B. Barrett and David Willaime (second party) and Pauncefote Greene of St. Martins-in-the-field parish, Co. Middlesex (third party). With the second party’s consent, Granville assigned to Greene a trust to collect the yearly sum of £200 on property in Co. Carlow once let by Ormonde. This deed is signed and sealed by the first party. 10 Oct. 1712. 1p.
MS 48,373 /22
NFC 161
1713
A counterpart of a fee farm grant from James, Duke of Ormonde, to Wentworth Harmon of Dublin City of 57 plantation acres of land at Ballure in the barony of Forth, Co. Carlow, at a yearly rent of £2 6s. 8d. 19 Dec. 1713. 2pp.
Not for consultation (this deed cannot be unfolded totally).
MS 48,373/23
1723
Counterpart of fee farm grant from Charles, Earl of Arran, to John Bayly of the town and lands of Williamstown, Co. Carlow, containing 600 plantation acres, at a yearly rent of £36 14s 4d. (10 Dec. 1723). Also included, a copy of an agreement signed by John Bayly to the same effect (20 Feb. 1723). 2 items
MS 48,373/24
1724
Articles of agreement between [Charles, the Earl of] Arran, Archibald [Butterson], Joan Cotton and Alex Clayton (first party) and Lord Viscount Allen and his son (second party) for the continuation of payments of yearly rents, formerly made by the Duke of Ormond to the second party, for land in the vicinity of Philipstown, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow. 11 Jan. 1724. 1p.
MS 48,373/25
1739
Counterpart of a fee farm grant between Philip Doyne of Dublin City and Charles, Earl of Arran, to meet the outstanding want of a counterpart for an agreement made between Doyne’s father, Robert, and James, Duke of Ormonde, for 835 acres of land at ‘Tulloghphelim’ (Tullowphelim), Co. Carlow on 10 Jul. 1703. 10 Dec. 1739. 2pp.
MS 48,373/26
1743
Renewal of a lease between Charles, Earl of Arran, and James White of ‘Ballinha’ [Ballina], Co. Wexford, of a house and yard in ‘Tullough’ (Tullow), Co. Carlow for two lives at a yearly rent of £10 1s. 8d. The reverse of the deed indicates that this lease was renewed to Anthony Drought on 1 May 1753. 24 Aug. 1743. 1p.
MS 48,373/27
1779
A ‘lease’ [fee farm grant] from John Butler of Kilkenny Castle to Thomas Kavanagh of Borris, Co. Carlow of part of the town and lands of Killcopican (a.k.a. Ballycopican), Co. Carlow, totalling 73 acres, 3 roods and 37 perches, for 999 years at a nominal yearly rent of five shillings. 1 Oct. 1779. 1p.
MS 48,373/28
1780
A lease from John Beauchamp of Ballytore, Co. Kildare to John Butler of Kilkenny Castle of an undivided moiety of the commons of Borris and ‘Ballyteaglea’ in Co. Carlow, totalling 28 acres 20 perches of land, for three lives at a yearly rent of £4 7s. Attached is a map of the area to a scale of 20 perches per inch. 24 Jan. 1780. 2pp.
Source: http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/176_Ormond%20Papers%20(Additional)%20Collection%20List.pdf
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