Southwell
The Southwell family were established in county Limerick in the early 17th century. Their estate in the barony of Connello was purchased from William Godolphin and Edward Lloyd in April 1674 and amounted to over 4,800 acres. The 3rd Baron, Thomas George Southwell, was created a Viscount in 1776. The Southwell estate was mainly in the parishes of Nantinan, Rathkeale, Tomdeely and Kilscannell, barony of Connello Lower, Rathronan, barony of Shanid and Abbeyfeale, barony of Glenquin. The 400 acre fee farm estate of George and George Joseph Crowe in the parish of Nantinan, part of the Southwell estate, was advertised for sale in November 1852. Lord Southwell, of Victoria Castle, Kingstown and Castle Matrix, county Limerick, is recorded as the owner of 4,032 acres in county Limerick, 2,252 acres in county Cork, 329 acres in county Kerry, 1,147 acres in county Donegal and 4,017 acres in county Leitrim in the 1870s. In 1840, the Ordnance Survey Field Name Books indicated that the Southwell estate was the proprietor of townlands in the parish of Duagh, barony of Iraghticonnor, county Kerry. The agent for this property was Capt. Brown, county Limerick.
Associated Families
Houses
Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref |
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Stoneville | Stoneville | Nantinan | Rathkeale | Riddlestown 132 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R354 438
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 64 |
Castle Matrix | Castlematrix | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Rathkeale Rural 130 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R352 412
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
Court Lodge | Courtmatrix | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Ballyallinan 133 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R351 403
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 64 |
Rockfield Tower | Cloghatrida | Rathkeale | Rathkeale | Rathkeale Rural 130 | Connello Lower | Limerick |
OSI Ref: R354 433
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 64 |
Archival sources
- Exemplification of a recovery Thomas Baron Southwell of lands in Co Limerick with associated deed, 1747. Fred Sutton solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 1/698, Co.2560 & D.16332; National Archives of Ireland
- Deeds, testamentary, legal & miscellaneous records including documents re Southwell Bt, mainly 19th century. A.Lane Joynt solicitor's collection, Small Accessions Index 51, Co.965-990, M.353-363, D.5534-5753, T.1176-1198; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Crowe, 4 Nov 1852, Vol 18 (50), MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Pedigree of Southwell of Barham, Suffolk, of Singleland & Enniscouch, Castlemattress, Danesfort, Co Limerick, c 1480-1810. GO MS 112:198-201; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of Southwell of Barham, Suffolk, of Singleland & Castlemattress, Barons, c 1480-1729. GO MS 160:145-146; National Library of Ireland
- Lease of tithes of some Co Limerick glebes by Vicars Choral of St Marys, Limerick, to Agnes Southwell, 14 Apr 1740. D 18,640; National Library of Ireland
- Account book relating to Thomas, 2nd Baron Southwell, 1728-1743. MS 34,880; National Library of Ireland
- Transaction of 2 recoveries by Sir Thomas Southwell re property in Limerick, 1698 & 1700. Co. 983-984; National Archives of Ireland
- Leases of lands in Co Limerick by Col William Southwell & Bowen Southwell, 1712, 1777, 1779. 99/56/10/4/1-3; National Archives of Ireland
- Map of the abbeyland near Rathkeale surveyed for Richard Southwell by Dan Sullivan, 5 May 1719. LM2001.0026; Limerick City Museum
- Frederick Sutton, solicitor's collection, includes exemplification of a recovery suffered by Thomas Lord Baron Southwell of lands in Co Limerick, with associated deed, 1747. Small Accs Index 1/698, Co 2560, D.16332; National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- 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] : 421
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 154, 306
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Connello Lower, 52 (Cloghatrida), 55 (Stoneville), 63 (Castlematrix), 64 (Court Lodge)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, county Limerick: V,229 (Stoneville)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 60 (Godolphin), 232
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS County Kerry: Vol.II, 134 (Duagh Parish)
- 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'.: 352
- 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 (Rathkeale Castle)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 165
Modern printed sources
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 2669-2670
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 73 (Castle Matrix), 265 (Stoneville)
- EUSTACE, P. Beryl (ed.). ''Registry of Deeds, Dublin: Abstracts of Wills''. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1954: Wills of Sir Thomas Southwell 1724 & of Richard Southwell, Enniscouch. I, 131 & 178