Bence-Jones
William Bence-Jones of Lisselane, Clonakilty and addresses in Cork city was an attorney who held "important public situations" from the mid-eighteenth century onwards. It is suggested that he was descended from a Jones family from Haverfordwest in Wales. His grandson, also William, was the owner of over 3000 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. He held townlands in the parishes of Island, Kilgarriff and Kilmaloda, barony of East Carbery, at the time of Griffiths Valuation. Mark Bence-Jones (1930-2010), architectural historian and author, was a member of this family.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Lisselane | Lisselane | Kilnagross | Clonakilty | Kilnagross 49 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W410446
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Kilgarriff House | Kilgarriff | Kilgarriff | Clonakilty | Clonakilty Rural 45 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W372429
OS Sheet: 135 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Ahalisky | Ahalisky | Kilmaloda | Clonakilty | Kilmaloda West | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W423483
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 86 |
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| Glenville | Glenville | Ardnageehy | Cork | Glenville 79 | Barrymore | Cork |
OSI Ref: W702 881
OS Sheet: 43 Discovery map: 80 |
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Archival sources
- Farm accounts of Bence-Jones of Glenville Park, Co. Cork (photocopy) rental of Aghalusky ploughland, 1831-1864; Jommet's record book of cultivation, 1872-1876, rental of Clogheen, 1827-1838; balance sheets for Aghalusky, 1848-1880; rental for John Hawkes, 1815, 1818. U.210; Cork City and County Archives
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 126
- 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] : 240
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 80 (Kilgarriff), 103 (Ahalisky)
Modern printed sources
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 137-138 (Glenville Park), 188-189 (Lisselane)
- MONTGOMERY-MASSINGBERD, Hugh (ed). ''Burke's Irish Family Records''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1976: 639-651
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: ANNESLEY, Cressida. The land war in West Cork - the boycott of William Bence Jones. XCIX (1994), pp.1-22.
- WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.75