Bateman

The Bateman family were lessors in the parish of Killinny, barony of Corkaguiny and Ballincuslane, Brosna, Kilgarrylander and Ratass, barony of Trughanacmy, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. Rowland Bateman was the lessor of several townlands in the parish of Duagh, barony of Clanmaurice at the same time. Thomas Bateman was also the proprietor of over 500 acres in county Galway, mainly in the civil parish of Oranmore. In 1859, over 1700 acres of the Bateman estate was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. Almost 4500 acres of John Bateman's estate was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in June 1860. This included lands in the baronies of Trughanacmy and Corkaguiny and house property in Tralee town. In the 1870s, the estate of John Bateman amounted to over 2400 acres in county Kerry while that of Rowland Bateman of Tralee was over 1200 acres in Kerry and a similar amount in county Limerick.

Associated Families

Bateman

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Magh House or Edenburn	Magh	Ballymacelligott	Tralee	Nohaval 154	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q931115 OS Sheet: 39 Discovery map: 71
Ballinorig House	Ballinorig South	Ratass	Tralee	Ratass 166	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q865147 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Kilcarra House	Kilcarrabeg	Duagh	Listowel	Duagh 119	Clanmaurice	Kerry	OSI Ref: R079291 OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 72
Bedford House	Bedford	Galey	Listowel	Listowel Rural 121	Iraghticonnor	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q992374 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 63
Oakpark or Collis-Sandes House	Killeen	Tralee	Tralee	Tralee Rural 173	Trughanacmy	Kerry	OSI Ref: Q846163 OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 71
Altavilla	Altavilla	Lismakeery	Rathkeale	Riddlestown 132	Connello Lower	Limerick	OSI Ref: R339 462 OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 64
Angliham	Angliham or Gortacallow	Oranmore	Galway	Carrowbrowne	Galway	Galway	OSI Ref: M294305 OS Sheet: 83 Discovery map: 46

Archival sources

17th Century Papers relating to the estate of Rowland Bateman and his descendents. Co.1762 & C.3547, D.8212-8260, 16,127-45. M.599, 1534-1469, 1670-1796, T.2586a, 5774. ; National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bateman, 8 July 1851, Vol 7, MRGS 39/003, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Stoughton Family Papers: D979B: Stoughton & Bateman marriage settlements, 18th and 19th century. ; Gloucestershire Archives
Manuscript map of the Carker & Inchincummer estate of J. Bateman, 1800. 16 H 8 (17); National Library of Ireland
Manuscript map of Ballinorig, estate of Colthurst Bateman, 1822. 21 F 77 (13); National Library of Ireland
Map of the Bedford, barony of Iraghticonnor estate of Colthurst Bateman. Includes names of tenants and description of land. [Mid 19th century?]. 21 F 77(12); National Library of Ireland
Map of Balloonagh, part of the estate of John and Rowland Bateman, parish of Tralee. [mid 19th century?]. 21 F. 77(10-11); National Library of Ireland
Map of parts of the town of Tralee, the property of John and Rowland Bateman. [mid 19th century?]. 21 F 77(7-9). ; National Library of Ireland
Documents on the affairs of John Bateman, Killeen House, Tralee, 1707-1716. Ms.13,021. ; National Library of Ireland
Letters by, to or concerning members of the Bateman family, of Tralee & Dublin, 1684, 1696, 1789-1807. Ms.10,598. ; National Library of Ireland
Account of custodian rents due to Rowland Bateman on crown lands in county Kerry & bonds of tenants in Listowel area, c.1679-98. Ms.18,594. ; National Library of Ireland
Bateman Papers: Letters of appointment of Rowland Bateman as sheriff of county Kerry, 1669. M.1554. ; National Archives of Ireland
Bateman Papers: Material relating to activities of Rowland Bateman as collector of quit-rents in county Kerry, 1670-79. M.1713. ; National Archives of Ireland
Documents re Bateman family include will of Rowland Bateman 1794, deeds re lands in Cos Kerry & Limerick & Land Judges' Court documents 1890s-1900s. Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong solicitors' collection, Small Accessions Index 47, T.2079, D.14782, D.14844, D.14859, D.14893, D.14898, D.14902, D.15034-5, D.15115 & Bundle 59; National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bateman, 1 July 1859, Vol 56, MRGS 39/028, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bateman, 8 June 1860, Vol 59, MRGS 39/030, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Bateman & Berry, 26 Jan 1869, Vol 92 (22), MRGS 39/045, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Barnard Presentation (1948), Bateman family papers, 1648-1848. T.5774, D.16127-16147, C3547, M.1534-1771; National Archives of Ireland
Longfield, Kelly & Armstrong, solicitors collection, includes records re Rowland Bateman of Co Kerry & Batemans of Altavilla, Co Limerick, 18th & 19th centuries. Small Accs. Index 47, T.2079, D.14,782; 14,844; 14,859; 14,893; 14,898;14,902; 15,034-5;15,115 & Bundle 59 ; National Archives of Ireland
Pedigree of Bateman family of county Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library

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
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] : 24
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Trughanacmy Barony: 197 (Ballinorig)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.II, 642 (Oakpark), 282 (Altavilla)
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 12 (Artivilla)
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: 104 (Altavilla)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 166 (Oak-Park), 178 (Alta Villa), 180 (Bedford), 393 (Anglingham)

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1912: 32-33
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Ainsworth, J.F. Report on papers relating to the families of Copley, Browne, Bateman and Bennett and to lands in counties Cork, Waterford, Kerry and Limerick. Report No. 260.
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 3 (Altavilla), 35 (Bedford House), 228 (Oakpark)
WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.60