Chute

It appears that this family owes its origins in county Kerry to George Chute, a soldier in the English forces sent to subdue the countryside after the rebellion of the Earl of Desmond in the sixteenth century. Various members of the Chute family held lands in county Kerry, principally in the Tralee area. Francis B. Chute, of Chute Hall, owned over 10,000 acres in the 1870s while Rev. George Chute owned over 4000 acres. Pierce Chute of Ballyroe was the proprietor of over 1100 acres at that time. Richard Chute was one of the principal lessors in the parishes of Killorglin, barony of Dunkerron North, Killaha, barony of Magunihy, Kilgarvan, barony of Glanarought and Ballymacelligott and Castleisland, barony of Trughanacmy at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Caleb Chute was leasing property in the parish of Dromod, barony of Iveragh, at the same time. Reverend George Chute was a principal lessor in the parish of Molahiffe, barony of Magunihy. The estate of Arthur B. Chute, then a minor, was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Annagh, barony of Trughanacmy. In 1863, premises in the town of Tralee, held by Daniel Curry, assignee of Richard Chute, was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In 1865, rentals of lands in Trughanacmy barony and premises in Tralee, the property of Francis B. Chute, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. The purchasers included Mr. Sanders of Tralee and Edward Mulchinock. Mr. Neligan bought the other lots in trust. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Arthur Chute held land in the parish of Carrigrohane, barony of East Muskerry, county Cork. In November 1877 his estate at Coolroe and Great Island, barony of East Muskerry and at Firmount, barony of Barretts, was advertised for sale. The Irish Times reported that one lot was sold and the remaining lots withdrawn.

Associated Families

Chute

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Waterville	Waterville	Dromod	Cahersiveen	Loughcurrane	Iveragh	Kerry	OSI Ref: V502652 OS Sheet: 79 Discovery map: 83
Kilkeaveragh House	Kilkeaveragh	Killemlagh	Cahersiveen	Portmagee 21	Iveragh	Kerry	OSI Ref: V391729 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 83
Belmont	Cloghers	Annagh	Tralee	Tralee Rural 173	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q836134 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Chute Hall	Tullygarran	Ballymacelligott	Tralee	Arabela 161	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q881153 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Spring Hill	Clogherclemin	Ballymacelligott	Tralee	Arabela 161	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q890149 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Camp Lodge	Camp	Castleisland	Tralee	Castleisland 152	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q975095 OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 71
Mullaghmarky House	Mullaghmarky	Castleisland	Tralee	Lackabaun 153	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q993114 OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 71
Lee Brook	Curraghleha East	Ratass	Tralee	Ballyseedy 162	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q869130 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Glenfield House	Ballygarret	Kilgobban	Tralee	Knockglass	Corkaguiny	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q688097 OS Sheet: 36 Discovery map: 71
Ballyroe Lodge	Ballyroe	Ardfert	Tralee	Clogherbrien 171	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q806175 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Tullig House	Tullig	Castleisland	Tralee	Castleisland 152	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: R018091 OS Sheet: 40 Discovery map: 72
Firmount	Firmount	Donaghmore	Cork	Firmount 101	Barretts	Cork	OSI Ref: W533 820 OS Sheet: 50 Discovery map: 80
Castlecoote	Castlecoote	Fuerty	Roscommon	Fuerty 77	Athlone	Roscommon	OSI Ref: M807 629 OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 40
Roxborough (Molahiffe)	Roxborough	Molahiffe	Killarney	Molahiffe	Magunihy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q906048 OS Sheet: 48 Discovery map: 71

Archival sources

Chute Family Papers & Deeds, 1823-1940; Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section
Rowan Collection: Legal papers & some accounts relating to the Chute, Hickson, Thompson and Wilson families in county Kerry, 1687-1845. Ms. 20,609. ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of mortgage between James & John Segerson and Francis Chute re lands at Carraugane Prior, county Kerry, 1780. D.26,668. ; National Library of Ireland
Rowan Papers: grant by George Rowan of Rathanny to Richard Chute of Tullygaran, of £300, part of charge on lands at Tubrid, 1746. D.26,664. ; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Russell/Chute/Hickson, 22 May 1863, Vol 68, MRGS 39/034, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Chute, 4 May 1865, Vol 76, MRGS 39/037, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Chute, 6 Nov 1877, Vol 130 (8), MRGS 39/058, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes plain copy will of Richard Chute of Chute Hall, Co Kerry 1861 & assignment of trusts under will of Hon Rose Chute, 1898. Small Accs. Index 105, T.11,806, D.21,033; National Archives of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Survey, 1942-43: Parish of Tralee (Chute Hall); Kerry Library, Local History & Archives Section

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 141
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Iveragh Barony: 58 (Waterville), 88 (Kilkeaveragh)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 41 (Spring Hill), 80 (Camp), 98 (Mullaghmarky), 201 (Curraghleha)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 144 (Ballymacelligott parish)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 260 (Curraghleha), 261 (Ballygarret)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of names of proprietors and area and valuation of properties in counties in Ireland, held in fee or perpetuity or long leases at chief rents,'' 1876. (412) LXXX. 395: 75.
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.I, 250, Ballymacelligott Parish, Castleisland Parish, 350 & 374 (Tullig House & Mullaghamarky House)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxiv, 50 (Castlecoote), xxiv, 133 (Chute Hall), xxvii, 225 (Glenfield)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 362 (Roxborough)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.90

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 111-112
Bary, Valerie. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes of some Houses of Kerry'' Whitegate, county Clare: Ballinakella Press, 1994. : 224-5 (Spring Hill), 167 (Leebrook), 214 (Roxborough)
''Irish Times'': Landed Estates Court sales, 5 May 1865, p.4. 7 November 1877, p.3.