Roberts (Britfieldstown)
A family settled in county Cork from the early 17th century, Francis Roberts was granted Britfieldstown and other lands amounting to 966 acres in 1667. Family members married into the Hodder, Westropp and Walton families. In 1765 Thomas Roberts married Amy daughter and co heir of William Johnson of Lisard, county Limerick. At the time of Griffith's Valuation Sir Thomas Roberts held a townland in the parish of Inch St Lawrence, barony of Clanwilliam, county Limerick as well as townlands in the parish of Ballyfoyle, barony of Kinalea, county Cork. Dame Anne Roberts (nee Walton) was a lessor in the parish of Kinure. The representatives of Benjamin Roberts held townlands in the parish of Inishannon in the same barony. In June 1851 the Britfieldstown estate, amounting to over 1,200 acres and 304 acres in county Limerick and 51 acres in county Tipperary was advertised for sale, on behalf of Sir Thomas Howland Roberts, an insolvent debtor. Lands at Grange, barony of Fermoy, the estate of Hodder William Roberts deceased were advertised for sale in June 1855. Lands in the baronies of Ibane and Barryroe and East Carbery, in which the Roberts and Westrop families held interests, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court in November 1864.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Britfieldstown | Britfieldstown | Ballyfoyle | Kinsale | Ballyfoyle 190 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W779548
OS Sheet: 113 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Sheep Glen | Rathroe | Ballinaboy | Kinsale | Templemichael 198 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W621614
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Fort Richard | Killowen | Ballyfoyle | Kinsale | Ballyfoyle 190 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W759529
OS Sheet: 113 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Glendoneen | Dooneen South | Ballymartle | Kinsale | Ballymartle 195 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W633556
OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Annagh More House (Cork) | Annagh More | Inishshannon | Bandon | Ballymurphy 5 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W566603
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Rigsdale House | Rigsdale | Dunderrow | Kinsale | Templemichael 198 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W596604
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Walton Court | Kinure | Kinure | Kinsale | Kinure 193 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W698498
OS Sheet: 112 Discovery map: 87 |
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Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Roberts, 13 June 1851, Vol 8 (10), MRGS 39/003, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Roberts, Jauncey, 19 June 1855, Vol 35 (31), MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Roberts, 3 November 1864, Vol 74, MRGS 39/036, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 119
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony, 3(Rathroe), 10 (Britfieldstown & Killowen), 15 (Dooneen South), 31 (Rigsdale), 33 (Annagh More), 52 (Kinure)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Vol.I, 147. Ballymartle Parish, Vol.II, 182, Kilmoney Parish
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1147-1148
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 2421-2422
- HOWARD, Joseph Jackson and CRISP, Frederick Arthur (eds). ''Visitation of Ireland''. Baltimore: reprint by Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., 1973: Roberts of Glassenbury, Co Kent, Britfields Town, Co Cork & city of Cork. I, 97-99
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 47-48