Petworth House Collection: County Clare Documents
Petworth House Archives catalogues, Vols. I-IV
The following is a list of documents in the Petworth House Archives catalogues, vols, 1-4, which appertain to Ireland and in particular to County Clare. A fifth volume of the catalogues has been completed but is only available online. For details see the Petworth House Archive website.
Brackets [ ] indicate uncertainty whether documents relate to County Clare.
Teresa Shoosmith, N.U.I. Galway, 2010.
Volume I
| Page nos. | Doc. Nos. | Contents |
| 1-2 | 342 | Quietuses for crown rents: Fedamore and Faningstowne, Co. Limerick 1604-8, 1608-12. 2 documents |
| 343 | Rental of Sir Barnaby O’Bryen’s lands in Munster and Thomond 1626. 1 document | |
| 344 | Accounts for grazing on Deer Island, Co. Clare 1693-96, and 1 letter 1711. 5 documents | |
| 352 | Accounts of the estates of Henry Earl of Thomond 1691-1704. 1 volume | |
| 1706 | Rental of Irish estates of Henry Earl of Thomond 1704. 1 volume | |
| 1707 | Rental of Irish estates of Henry Earl of Thomond by Ambrose Upton 1711 | |
| 1708 | Rental of Irish estates of Henry Earl of Thomond by Edmund Hogan 1741 | |
| [1709-1714, 355-356] | Irish estates, but does not list locations. 6 vols Ditto. 1 gathering and 1 volume | |
| 357 | Ennis | |
| [1715] | Irish estates. 1 volume | |
| [3960-4030] | Lord Leconfield’s Irish estate accounts 1875-1944. 71 volumes | |
| 3104, 3105, 4031-4104 | Rentals in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, 1875-1929; 1930; 1931; 1932-1950. 74 volumes | |
| 359 | Rentals and arrears of estates in Clare and Limerick, 1900. 1 document | |
| 12 | [4472-4591] | Irish estate rentals, 1810-1874. Cottier rentals from 1848. (See erratum slip in Vol. 1) |
| 81 | 3949 | Letter from Earl of Thomond to Terlagh O’Brien 19 Sept 1617. 1 document |
| 3081 | Abstract of Patents granted to the Earl of Thomond 1543-1622, 17C. 1 document | |
| [3016] | Memoranda of lands in Ireland, 17C. 2 documents | |
| [1716-1719] | Letters re. Irish estates, 1806-1851. 4 volumes | |
| [1126,1127,1720] | Business documents re. Col. George Wyndham, 1838-1844. | |
| [1129-1130] | Abstract of premiums re. above, 1847. 2 documents | |
| [1128] | Correspondence of Col. George Wyndham, 1851-1856. 1 notebook and 9 documents | |
| 3950 | Correspondence between Henry Lord Leconfield and J. W. Scott re. Roslevan House, 1873-1876. 1 bundle (35 documents) | |
| 1131 | Statement re. Moyhill and Freaghcastle farms, Co. Clare, 6 April 1901. 1 document | |
| 24 | 2355-2357 | Accounts of William Tyler with George O’Brien, 3rd Earl of Egremont, 1801-1816. 3 volumes (Several volumes following re. Lord Egremont and Col. George Wyndham, unclear whether they refer to Ireland or Clare) |
| 29 | Correspondence with the Bishop of Killaloe re. rectories in Omullod, 1868-1873. 26 documents | |
| 32-33 | 674 | Printed plan of Ennis & R. Fergus, Co. Clare, 1860-865. 3 documents |
| 678 | Letter re. Clare slob land reclamation, 1879. 1 document | |
| 35 | 56 letters from George, 3rd Earl of Egremont, to Euseby Cleaver, 1796-1797. 7 documents. (See Microfilm Catalogue, Reel 2, p.2, for a further list of letters from Cleaver which are on microfilm in The Local Studies Centre, Ennis.) | |
| [91 letters from Arthur Young, 1793-1815. 26 documents] NB: Young’s tour of Ireland was 1776-8 so they probably do not refer to Ireland or Clare | ||
| 41 | 710 | Letters re. O’Briensbridge Church, Ennis parish (Belfast Catholic Appeal), Kilmurry and Milltown Malbay parishes, 1858-1862. 17 documents |
| 712-714 | Letters re. Protestant schoolmaster and his anti-Catholic stance, Milltown Malbay 1859-63. 40 documents | |
| 42 | 1631 | Letter from the Bishop of Killaloe and parishioners to Lord & Lady Leconfield on the death of their son (among other condolence letters). |
| 43 | 719 | Misc: Ennis fuel fund, doctor at Milltown Malbay, book on R.C. clergy and Wexford clergyman, 1860-61. 4 documents |
| 44 | 730 | Correspondence, including documents re. Ennis market. |
| 45 | [736,739, 742,745, 748,749, 753] | Irish estates, 19C. |
| 47 | 1673 | Letter re. death of Wainright Crowe, Irish agent, 1873. |
| 70 | 1044 | Documents re. Tulla and Milltown Malbay schools, Ennis library and Limerick Athenium, 1839-41. 12 documents |
| 74 | 1050 | Lists of Irish emigrants, 1839. 1 volume |
| 79 | [1114] | Register of purchases of properties including Ireland, mid-19C. 1 volume |
| 84 | 1140 | Inquisition post mortem re. estates of Connor, late Earl of Thomond, August 1581. |
| 1703 | Summons re. enquiry to be held in Limerick, 15 February 1620/21. 1 document | |
| 1141 | Inspeximus re. estates pf Donat Earl of Thomond, January 1624/5. 1 document | |
| 1704-1705 | List of jury to appear at Castle Bank, Co. Clare, August 1637. 2 documents | |
| 84-87 | 3178 | Letters re. sale of Limerick estates, 1890. 2 documents |
| [1152] | Letters re. instment in Ireland, 1913-14. 1 file | |
| 3179-80 | Documents relating to Clare and Tipperary lands, 1634-36. 2 documents | |
| [1172] | Irish leases in dispute, 1684. 1 gathering | |
| 1173 | Leases in Clare, Limerick and Carlow, 1704. 1 volume | |
| 1174 | Marriage settlement of Henry Earl of Thomond to Elizabeth Seymour, post-1707. 1 volume | |
| 1189-90-91 | Documents re. Clare estates etc. 1881-1903. 18 documents | |
| 87 | 1193 | Papers re. lands at Annaghmore, Co. Clare, 1579-1597. 12 documents |
| 1196-97 | Dispute re. lands in Fendamora, Co. Limerick, September-October 1592. 1 document | |
| 3181-3183 | Answers of Earl of Thomond to Lord Inchiquin re. Co. Clare advowsons, 17C. 2 documents | |
| 3183-84 | Disputed land at Caronusk’en between Earl of Thomond and Bishop of Killaloe, 17C. 3 documents | |
| 3185 | Earldoms of Thomond and Clanricarde, 17C. 1 document | |
| 3188-90 | Dispute re. lands in Limerick, 17C. 3 documents | |
| [3191] | List of residences in Ireland, 17C. 1 document | |
| 3198-99 | Documents re. timber, 17C. 2 documents | |
| 3200, [3192], 3186-87, 3193-94, 3195-97, [3900], 3901, 3902-04, 1206, [3905], 3906, 3907, 1207, 3908, 1208, 3909, 1209, 3910, 3911, 3912, 3913, 3914, 3915, [3916], 3917, 3918, 1210, 1211, 3919-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28, 1213-14-15, [1216, 18, 19] | Legal papers re. lands in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. | |
| 92 | 1223 | Re. Ennis market et.al., 1843-44. 11 documents |
| 96 | 1666 | Letter from Sir Lucius O’Brien to Col. Wyndham, 1847. |
| 1668 | Letters re. Clare election expenses, 1859-61. 7 documents | |
| 97 | Legal Documents: petitions, addresses, Co. Clare:- | |
| 3959 | Early 17C, 1 document | |
| 3942 | 1625, 2 documents | |
| 3958 | 1625, 2 documents | |
| 3943-44 | 1630, 2 documents | |
| 3945 | 1635, 1 document | |
| 98 | [3946] | 1640, 1 document |
| 99 | 2957 | Luke Gernon’s letter to ‘my Lord of Thomond abowt the abolition of c’missioners in ye Gouernments’, c. 1645. 1 document, badly mutilated |
| 3003 | Photographs of George O’Brien Wyndham and his mother Constance, Lady Leconfield, July 1869. 5 items | |
| 103 | [3065] | List of documents re. the Irish estates received from Messrs. Farrer & Co., 1953. |
| 3020 | Copy of letter confirming to Henry, Earl of Thomond, of lands in right of his wife, Sarah, Countess of Thomond, 1660-1. | |
| 3021 | Copy of post-nuptial settlement of Henry, Lord O’Brien (son of Earl of Thomond) to Katherine, sister of Charles, Duke of Richmond and Lennox, April 1664. | |
| 3024 | Copy of conveyance by Henry, Earl of Thomond, to trustees in Ireland re. jointure of Sarah, Countess of Thomond, May 1684. | |
| 3025 | Settlement on marriage of Henry Horatio, Lord O’Brien and Henrietta, Lady Somerset., June 1686. | |
| 3026 | Receipt of Henry Earl of Thomond, for marriage portion of Lady Henrietta Somerset, June 1686. | |
| 114 | 3070 | List of properties in cos. Clare, Tipperary, ‘Cross Tipperary’ and Limerick, with notes of rent charges, fishing rights etc., 17C. 1 document |
| 116 | 1449 | Draft particulars of lands in co. Clare (not detailed), 17C. 1 document |
| 1450 | ‘An abstract Of such Rents and Revenues as doe belong to the Right Honorble Henry Earl of Thomond… taken by Thomas Spaight, 1681. 1 volume | |
| 119 | [1491] | Certified copy of valuation of the Irish estate pf Henry, 2nd Lord Leconfield, by Thomas Hunt, 1882. 1 volume |
| 1493 | Certified extract from the ‘Book of Survey and Distribution – Co. Clare concerning Cloundrelaw Barony, 1893. 1 document | |
| 120 | 1582-83 | Certified copy (1836) of indenture of composition (Aug. 1585) between the Crown and Donnoghe, Earl of Thomond, on lands in Thomond. 2 documents |
| 122 | 1602 | Will of Henry, Earl of Thomond, April 1639. 1 document |
| 1605 | Copy of will and declaration of Henry, Earl of Thomond, Oct. 1738. 1 document | |
| Ireland: Estate maps and public schemes | ||
| 163 | 3406 | Cloghaunmore, barony of Ibrickane, late 17C. |
| 3407 | Islands barony, Co. Clare, late 17C. | |
| 3556 | Erebole, Co. Clare, 1809. | |
| 3549 | Killeenaveragh, Co. Limerick, 1817. | |
| 3683 | Shanavough, barony of Ibrickane, 1825. | |
| 164 | 3684 | Feakle (map and survey of Killanena), 1831. |
| 3685 | Kilfarboy, barony of Ibrickane, 1834. | |
| 3859 | Clare and Limerick, 1838. (Copied from Dr. Beaufort’s map by H. H. Knight, aged 9 years.) | |
| 3494 | Clare: plans, sections and elevation of a stream at Kildemon, intended for the erection of a flax mill, 1846. | |
| 170-71 | 3413-345, 4642 | Ordnance Survey maps of Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, showing Wyndham and Leconfield estates. |
Volume 2
| Page nos. | Doc. Nos. | Contents |
| 38 | 5396 | Letter from William Cleaver, with brief biography of Euseby Cleaver, and explanation of descent of the O’Brien estates to the Wyndham family, 1845. |
| 70 | [6491] | Parliamentary notebook of Percy, Earl of Thomond, c. 1798. |
| 6490 | Notebook (of Percy Wyndham, later Earl of Thomond) on Succession Laws, Conventicles and on rights to vote, 18C. | |
| 82 | 5411 | Lands at Poulmore, Kynahow and Cule Theamrogg, barony of Bunratty, 1622. |
| 5401 | Land at Moughavald, Co. Clare, 1635. | |
| 5410, 5412 | Lands in Co. Limerick, 1638. | |
| 5402 | Lands at Ardkeile, Crivagh and Carhowlegan, 1638-9 (barony of Bunratty). | |
| 83 | 5384 | Deed of farm at Sixmilebridge, 1712 |
| 5399 | Grant to Samuel Burton of lands in Clare and Limerick. | |
| 5382 | Grant to Earl of Thomond of lands in Clare and rights including wrecks at sea, 1878. 1 file | |
| 5383 | Grant to Earl of Thomond to lands in Clare, 1898. 2 files and 1 gathering. | |
| 5387 | Assignment of land to extend graveyard at Kylcatrum, Kilcorcoran, 1916. | |
| 90 | 6500 | Thomas Moland’s maps of the estate of the Earl of Thomond, 1703. (available on microfilm at Local Studies Centre, Ennis) |
| 5133 | Henry Pelham’s Grand Jury Map of Co. Clare, 1787. (available on microfilm at Local Studies Centre, Ennis) |
Volume 3
| Page nos. | Doc. Nos. | Contents |
| 21 | [9374] | Bills and abstract of bills for goods and services
etc. 1776-1777 1 bundle, including Magdalen Hospital donation, location unclear |
| 24 | 7872 | Pass book of the Countess of Egremont and Earl of Thomond as guardians to the Hon, Wm. Wyndham, in account with Messrs. Drummond, 1764-1784. 1 volume |
| 7873 | Copy of Guardianship account of the Countess of Egremont and the Earl of Thomond, guardians to Wm. Fredk. Wyndham, 1764-1784. 1 volume. | |
| 27 | 7874 | Bill to Wm. Fredk Wyndham or his guardians, for legal expenses incurred in the suit concerning the personal estate of Percy, Earl of Thomond, and on his coming of age, 1784. 2 documents |
| 105 | [9265] | Letter from Sir Robert Peel to Col. G. Wyndham, thanking him for information concerning outrages in Ireland, 1841. 1 document |
| 128 | 7596 | ‘Copies of letters and Bills of Exchange’ of W. Barker, servant of Lady Henrietta O’Brien, concerning the Thomond family, the settlement of the deceased Earl’s estate, and Irish estate matters, 1692-1695. 1 gathering |
| 139 | 9751, 9752 | Documents in re. Blackwell v. Thomond, concerning alleged repudiation of lease of lands at Jerrevicklane(?) and counter-claim for debts; and in re. Callaghan v. Thomond (wardship of Maurice Fitz Gibbon) 1636-1639. |
| 140 | 9736-9745 | Legal documents including several referring to Co. Clare and Limerick, 1661-1668. |
| 9746-9750 | Actions between Thomond and others re. property in Co. Clare, 1675-1688. 14 documents | |
| 9735 | Papers in re. Hewett v. Thomond (renewal of lease at Liseene, Co. Clare, undated & 1706-7. 2 documents | |
| 9755 | Papers re. Craven v. Thomond (lands at Castlebankes, Co. Clare.) 1707 | |
| 9753-9754 | Documents in re. Thomond v. Butler and Wilson v. Thomond, 1711-1717. | |
| 184 | 9581 | Map of central and southern Ireland by Robert Lythe, 1571. |
Volume 4
| Page Nos. | Doc. Nos. | Contents |
| 1-2 | 11,216-11,236 | Rentals of Clare estates of George, 3rd Earl of Egremont, 1812-1822 |
| 11,327 | Summary account of receipts and payments on the Irish estates of George, 3rd Earl of Egremont and Col. George Wyndham, 1837. 2 documents | |
| 11,929 | Accounts of workmen employed for embanking the Fedamore Corcass, July-November 1840. 1 volume | |
| 11,926-11,927 | Accounts of workmen employed on Model Farm, 1841-1842. 2 volumes | |
| 11,928 | Account of Col. Wyndham’s model farms at Spaneel, Carruduf and Kildemon, 1842-1845. 1 volume | |
| 11,237-11,245 | Labour account for Kildeema , Co. Clare, model farm, 1845-1847. | |
| 11,195 | Weekly returns showing receipts and expenditure at Ennis Markets, compiled by John MacBeth, weighmaster and collector, 1845-1852. 1 volume | |
| 11,246-11,249 | Labour accounts for work on Croveraghan, Co. Clare, embankment, 1846-1847. | |
| 11,940 | Accounts of Kildeemon mill, including amounts of grain ground, for whom, and wages and expenses, 1848-1850. 1 volume | |
| 11,949 | Ditto, 1849-1850. 1 volume | |
| 11,951-11,952 | Ditto, plus other papers, 1851. 1 bundle | |
| 11,953-11,954 | Accounts of Erribul (Erebole, Co. Clare?) farm 1851-1852, plus related papers. 1 volume and 1 bundle | |
| 11,955-11,956 | Accounts for Fanningstown model farm and other documents, 1851-1852. 1 volume and 1 bundle | |
| 11,957-11,958 | Accounts for Kilderry model farm and other documents. 1851-1852. 1 volume and 1 bundle | |
| 11,959-11,960 | Accounts for Coogy West farm and other documents, 1851-1852. 1 volume and 1 bundle | |
| 11,961 | Labour account for Clonfadda farm, 1851. | |
| 11,962 | Labour account for Deer Island, 1851. | |
| 11,963-11,964 | Accounts of Tilery at Kildeema and other documents, 1851. 1 volume and 1 bundle | |
| 11,965-11,966 | Account of labour used to cut drains across Corriderry bog, 1852. | |
| 11,967-11,968 | Account of expenditure on repairing Mayhill embankment and Green Island sea wall, 1851. | |
| 11,969 | Flax account, 1851. | |
| 11,824 | Copy of succession and estate duty accounts in respect of the Irish settled estates of Lord Leconfield, deceased, 1901. | |
| 17 | [11,851-11,852] | Schedules of Irish and Cumberland estates to calculate duty on succession to the estates of Henry Lord Leconfield, 1869. 2 volumes |
| 18 | [11,844-11,845] | Auditors’ report books on annual accounts of estates, including Ireland, 1923-1930, 1936-1940. 2 volumes |
| [10,959] | Valuation of the horses of Percy, Earl of Thomond, 1774. (N.B. fragile document) | |
| 19 | [11,157] | Bills from butcher, baconman, poulterer etc. for goods supplied to the Earl of Thomond, 1737-1739. 1 bundle |
| [11,156] | Ditto, 1739-1740. 1 bundle | |
| [11,157] | Ditto, 1741. 1 bundle | |
| 20 | [10,958] | Receipts from servants of Percy, Earl of Thomond for wages & expenses, paid by George, Earl of Egremont, 1774-1775. 1 bundle |
| 29 | [11,145] | Bill for china supplied to Percy, Earl of Thomond, from the royal manufactory in France, 1763. 1 document |
| [11,146] | Correspondence and bill for glasses purchased in France for Percy, Earl of Thomond, 1767-1768. 6 documents | |
| 32 | 11,155 | Bills and accounts for goods and services supplied to Henry, Earl of Thomond, delivered to Robert French for payment, 1741. |
| [10,986] | Correspondence re. a bill said to be owing to Thomas Worlidge from Percy, Earl of Thomond, 1770-1777. 1 bundle | |
| 72 | [11,151] | Letters from James Lahy to Percy, Earl of Thomond, concerning a former employee, 1771-1773. 5 documents |
| 11,149 | Letter from Percy, Earl of Thomond, in Dublin to Mr Brady (a legal agent) concerning a case about rent in Doonasse, 1772. 1 document | |
| 73 | 11,974 | Letters to Col. and Mrs Wyndham and Thomas Crowe on Irish estate matters, including a gift to Fr. Sheehy of Tulla, 1847-1951. 1 bundle |
| [11,570] | Letter from Col. George Wyndham to Charles Murray concerning the policy towards Irish estates, c. 1837-8. 1 document | |
| 81-82 | 11,158 | Correspondence and bills re. refreshments for those accompanying the body of Henry, Earl of Thomond, at O’Brien’s Bridge, 1741. 1 bundle |
| 11,160 | List of queries brought from Ireland by Robert French for Lord Inchiquin’s decision, 1741. 1 document | |
| 11,945-11,948 | Weekly remarks on markets and fairs of Ennis and tolls and customs, 1841-1845. 4 volumes | |
| 11,934 | Valuation of Col. Wyndham’s Irish farms, with a note of the rent reductions, 1843. 1 document | |
| 11,944 | Valuation of part of the estates of Col. George Wyndham in Clare, Limerick and Tipperary, 1843. 1 volume | |
| 11,930-11,933 | Reports by J. F. Clarke on Col. Wyndham’s Irish estates, 1843, 1849-51. | |
| 11,970 | Description and valuation of Kildeemon corn mill. | |
| 11,935 | Report by J. F. Clarke on drainage needed on Irish estates, 1849. 1 document | |
| 11,936 | Report by J. F. Clarke on Irish estates and on Mr. White’s farm at Clonfadda, 1849. 1 document | |
| 11,937-11,938 | Memoranda and notebook of Col. George Wyndham on visit to Irish estates, 1849. 2 volumes | |
| 11,971 | Letter and estimated costs of the mill at Kildeema, 1849. 2 documents | |
| List of Irish farms for which Col. Wyndham sanctioned rent abatement, 23 April 1849. | ||
| 11,973 | List of Irish farms on lease, 27 June 1849. | |
| 11,975 | Reports and valuation on Irish properties by J. F. Clarke, also notes and a letter from Col. Wyndham, 1849-1851. 1 bundle | |
| 11,939 | ‘Irish Order Book’, Col. Wyndham’s orders following his tour of Irish estates, 1851. 1 volume | |
| 11,950 | Notices to Col. Wyndham as owner of land affected by reclamation of land in the Fergus estuary, 1854. 1 bundle | |
| 89 | [11,154] | Inventories of goods belonging to Henry, Earl of Thomond, deceased, in various houses, 1741. (Other similar documents follow but unclear whether these include Clare estates.) |
| 91 | [11,161] | Statement re. Mary Manwaring v. Henry, Earl of Thomond and others, concerning ejectment. c.1741. |
| 97 | 11,250-11,251 | Accounts for costs for ejectments and other legal proceedings on Irish estates, 1848. 2 documents |
| 110 | [11,144, 11,139, 10,957] | Accounts, legal documents, letters of administration etc. on estates of Henry Earl of Thomond, 1771-1786. 1 bundle and unspecified others |
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