Estate: Hewitt (County Cork)

Associated Families

• Hewitt (County Cork)

Description

A family established at Clancoole, Bandon, county Cork, from the late 17th century. Thomas Hewitt was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Liscleary, barony of Kerrycurrihy and Ballymodan, barony of Kinalmeaky, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. In the 1870s he was the owner of over 1500 acres in county Cork. In the mid 19th century Thomas H. Hewitt held land in the parish of Ballclogh, barony of Orrery and Kilmore and in the parish of Carrigtohill, barony of Barrymore. 58 acres at Inch, barony of Imokilly, the estate of Thomas Henry Hewitt was advertised for sale in July 1880.

Houses

House Name / Description	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Ballea Mill (H3117) Thomas Hewitt was leasing this property to Thomas Sullivan at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £20, including the adjacent mill. The latter property is labelled "in ruins" on the 25-inch Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s.	Ballea	Liscleary	Kinsale	Liscleary 201	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.82397 -8.43951 OSI Ref: W697636 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #86, 98.
Ballea A (H3118) At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Thomas Hewitt was leasing this property to Shaw Busteed, when it was valued at almost £10. Buildings are still extant at the site.	Ballea	Liscleary	Kinsale	Liscleary 201	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.81495 -8.44958 OSI Ref: W690626 Discovery map #87. OS Sheet #86.
Clancool House (H3475) Held in fee by Thomas W. Hewitt at the time of Griffith's Valuation, when it was valued at £25. Lewis refers to Clancool as the seat of Mrs. Gillman in 1837. This house is still extant.	Clancoolmore	Ballymodan	Bandon	Ballymodan 1	Kinalmeaky	Cork	Lat/Lon: 51.73705 -8.74415 OSI Ref: W486541 Discovery map #86. OS Sheet #110.

Archival sources

• Cork City and County Archives: Hewitt Estate Bandon, 2 rentals & 10 account books, 1768-1866. U204
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hewitt, (Inch, barony of Imokilly), 2 July 1880, Vol 139 (28), MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Archives of Ireland: Land Judges’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Upington, (Croughta, barony of Orrery & Kilmore, leased from Coote & Hewitt), 25 July 1880, Vol 139 (25), MRGS 39/062, (microfilm copy in NUIG)
• National Library of Ireland: Detailed abstracts of wills of Hewit and Hewitt of Dublin and Cork, 1666 -- 1808. Genealogical Office: Ms.142, pp.15-8 & 22

Contemporary printed sources

• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 41 (Ballea)
• GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND, 1850-1858. : Barony of Kinalmeaky, 2 (Clancoolmore)
• HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878: 216
• PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland. HC 1876, LXXX: 125

Modern printed sources

• BURKE, Sir Bernard. A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 263

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