Sandford/Wills Sandford

The descendants of Captain Theophilus Sandford of Moyglare, county Meath, settled at Castlerea, county Roscommon, in the late 17th century and represented the county in Parliament. Henry Moore Sandford (1751-1814) was created Baron Mount Sandford of Castlerea in July 1800. The title became extinct in 1846 following the death of George Sandford, 3rd Baron and the Sandford estates which were in the parishes of Dysart, barony of Athlone, Drumatemple, barony of Ballymoe and Ballintober, Kilkeevin and Kiltullagh, barony of Castlereagh, passed to the families of his sisters Wills of Willsgrove, Pakenham and Newenham. In the 1870s Thomas G. Wills Sandford owned 24,410 acres in county Roscommon and 949 acres in county Dublin. Over 1,200 acres of the Wills Sandford estate was vested in the Congested Districts' Board on 5 Nov 1911.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Fortwilliam (Castlereagh)	Ballyfinegan	Ballintober	Castlerea	Ballintober 60	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M726 742 OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 40
Frenchlawn	Frenchlawn	Ballintober	Castlerea	Ballintober 60	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M711741 OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 39
Willsgrove	Willsgrove	Ballintober	Castlerea	Ballintober 60	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M737754 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 40
Cloonkeen House	Cloonkeen	Kilkeevin	Castlerea	Coolougher 67	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M647 788 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 33
Castlereagh House	Demesne	Kilkeevin	Castlerea	Castlereagh 65	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M647788 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 39
Termonbeg	Termonbeg	Kilkeevin	Castlerea	Castlereagh 65	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M709809 OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 32
Willsbrook House	Willsbrook	Kilkeevin	Castlerea	Coolougher 67	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M691756 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 39
Ballinlough	Ballinlough	Kiltullagh	Castlerea	Ballinlough 64	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M580769 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 39
Willsborough	Willsborough	Kiltullagh	Castlerea	Ballinlough 64	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M583783 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 39
Cashlieve House	Cashlieve	Kiltullagh	Castlerea	Ballinlough 64	Castlereagh	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M608773 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 39
Derry Lodge	Derry	Tibohine	Castlerea	Artagh North 55	Frenchpark	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M580869 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 32

Archival sources

Longfield maps - surveys and maps of the Sandford estate in the barony of Athlone & in the barony of Castlereagh, no date. 21 F 43 (11 & 12) & 21 F 44 (61); National Library of Ireland
Donnellan Deposit (1931), includes deeds, maps & surveys of Sandford, Wills & other families in Co Roscommon, 1717-1880. D.8002-8151, M.531-545 ; National Archives of Ireland
Two maps of Lord Mount Sandford's estate in Ballindrimley, county Roscommon, 1770 & 1812. M.542a, M542e. ; National Archives of Ireland
Map of Sandford estate, Kilkeevan parish, 1781. M.540.; National Archives of Ireland
Map of Sandford estate, Malthouse park, Castlerea, 1785. M.542b.; National Archives of Ireland
Boyd map of Sandford estates in Ballintober barony, 1795. M. 532.; National Archives of Ireland
Papers including rentals of the Mount Sandford estate, Castlereagh, 18th-19th centuries. !2 S 35. ; Royal Irish Academy Library
Rentals of Lord Mount Sandford's estates in Roscommon & Westmeath, 1835-1845. MSS. 4281-4289. ; National Library of Ireland
Map of boundaries of estates of Lords de Freyne and Mount Sandford. n.d. ; National Archives of Ireland
Deeds, maps & other documents re the Sandford Wills estates, 18th-19th centuries. Small Accs. Index 40, See Report of Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, No. 58 page 34; National Archives of Ireland
Private Act, House of Lords, to enable the Devisees under the last Will and Testament of the Right Honourable Henry Lord Mount-Sandford, deceased, to make Leases etc, 1830. HL/PO/PB/1/1830/1W4n252 ; Parliamentary Archives
Rental,1718 & leases circa 1750. MS 10,152; National Library of Ireland
Pakenham Papers, Tullynally, Co Westmeath, contain estate material re the Sandford family of Castlerea, Co Roscommon. See introduction to archive by Anthony Malcomson at T/3763 in PRONI.; Private Possession
Letter from J. Redding of Castlerea to G.R. Wills Sandford re vacancy for gamekeeper on estate of Major O'Hara, 1 Dec 1910. MS 24,197; National Library of Ireland
Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes papers re Court of Appeal case in matter of estate of Thomas George Wills Sandford, Co Roscommon, 1904. Small Accs. Index 105, M.4086(1-9); National Archives of Ireland
Papers re the property of the Wills & Sandford families mainly in & near Castlereagh, 17th-19th centuries. Includes references to Lord Bophin & Burkes of Portumna. M.6237; National Archives of Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castlerea Union, 11 (Ballyfinegan [Fortwilliam]), 14 (Frenchlawn), 17 (Willsgrove), 56 (Cloonkeen), 61 (Castlereagh House), 68 (Termonbeg), 70 (Willsbrook), 71 (Ballinlough), 75 (Cashlieve), 103 (Willsborough), 143 (Derry Lodge)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 118.
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. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 478
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 319.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 57
WELD, Isaac. ''Statistical Survey of the county of Roscommon''. Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1832. : 483.
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 95 & 212
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. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 478
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 319
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 238
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 63 (Castlerea)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix III. Abstracts of the conveyances from the trustees of the Forfeited Estates and Interests in Ireland in 1688'.: 365
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 114 (Castlerea)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 470
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 125 (Castlerea House)
''Jnl. of the Roscommon Archaeological and Historical Society''.: ROCHFORD, Rhona. The Sandfords, Landlords of Castlerea, 1641-1914. V (1994), 99-101
''The Irish Genealogist'': WILLS SANDFORD, Tom. Memorandum of the events of the married life of Mary Wills (nee Sandford, later Wills Sandford) of Castlerea, Co Roscommon. XIII (2010), 8-20