Annesley
Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey, was granted large tracts of lands in counties Tipperary, Kerry, Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and other counties under the Acts of Settlement. When Richard, 6th Earl of Anglesey, died in 1761 there was some dispute over the legitimacy of his successor. The Irish estates eventually passsed to his son Arthu,r Viscount Valentia, created Earl of Mountnorris in 1793. The English estates passed to his cousin Richard, 5th Lord Altham. The 2nd Earl Mountnorris died without surviving male heirs in 1844 and the title Viscount Valentia passed to his cousin Arthur Annesley of Bletchington, Oxfordshire. Arthur Annesley, Viscount Valentia, was one of the principal lessors in the parish of Ballinvoher, barony of Corkaguiny, county Kerry, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The family's principal estates were in counties Cavan, Down and Queen's (Laois) and their main seat was at Bletchingdon Park, Woodstock, Oxford. In 1866, over 1600 acres of the estate of Arthur Annesley in the barony of Corkaguiny, were offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In 1876, the 5th Earl of Annesley owned an estate of 24,221 acres in county Cavan while other family members held a further 3,600 acres in the county. Most of the Annesley estate was in the parish of Templeport, barony of Tullyhaw but also in the parishes of Tomregan, Kilmore, Drumlane, Drung and Laragh. Other parts of this extensive estate were in the parishes of Annagelliff, Kildallan, Annagh, Castleterra, Lavey and Urney.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Glendoon | Doon | Tomregan | Bawnboy | Ballyconnell | Tullyhaw | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H271188
OS Sheet: 10 Discovery map: 27A |
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| Clonervy | Clonervy | Castleterra | Cavan | Clonervy | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H470067
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Lisnamandra | Lisnamandra | Kilmore | Cavan | Crossdoney | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H378018
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Arnmore | Drumelis | Urney | Cavan | Cavan Rural | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H402059
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Earlsvale | Kinnypottle | Urney | Cavan | Cavan Rural | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H421055
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 34 |
Archival sources
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Annesley, 20 November 1866, Vol 83, MRGS 39/040, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Annesley Papers, include title deeds & rent accounts of Annesley estates in Munster Cos Kerry, Clare & Tipperary 1692-1824. D1503; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Copies of Annesley of Bletchingdon papers, Bodleian Library, Oxford, include 2 rentals & account relating to the Annesley estate regarding lands in Cos Cork, Clare, Kerry, Meath, Wexford, Tyrone and Kildare, c.1740-1849. T3350/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Anglesey (Richard) Earl of appellant versus Charles Annesley re family estate in Ireland at Knockgrenan, Camolin, Co. Wexford and in the counties of Meath, Queens Co., Cavan, Kilkenny, Cork, Clare, Kerry, Kildare, Tipperary and City of Dublin. Irish Chancery appeal. Respondent's case. Feb., 1741. House of Lords Appeals: Vol. 4a ; King's Inn Library
- Constat of reprized lands in the Baronies of Beare and Bantry, Co. Cork, granted to the Earl of Anglesey, Sept. 11, 1671. C. 2323 ; National Archives of Ireland
- Estate and family papers re estates in Cos Down, Cavan, Leix and Meath, 1600-2000. D1854.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- A book of 52 maps of the estate of Richard, Earl Annesley, in Co Cavan, mapped by James Bevister and Son, 1805-1817. Ms 2730.; National Library of Ireland
- Counterpart Lease for 3 Lives or 31 years. Yearly Rent £94 6s. Map of the Estate Scale of 30 Perches to 1 inch. Parties: The Rt. Hon. William Richard Earl Annesley, one part, and William Armytage Moore of Arnmore, Co. Cavan of the other part. Lands: Arnmore (SIC), Co. Cavan. 92A. 2R 33P. Irish Plant. Meas. 17 September 1851. D2309/1/11; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Power of Attorney to Agent. Parties: The Rt. Hon. Hugh Annesley of the Castle Castlewellan, Co. Down to William Armytage Moore Esq. of Arnmore, Co. Cavan. 20 August 1880. D2309/1/16; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Agreement appointing Hugh Armytage Moore Agent and Receiver of the Rents of the said Earl's Estates in the counties of Down and Cavan. Parties: The Rt. Hon. Francis Earl Annesley and Hugh Armytage Moore of Rowallane, Co. Down. 23 May 1910. D2309/1/20; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Letters and papers of the Moore family, Co Down. c.1774 - 1786; papers of Rev J Moore, trustee of the Annesley estate, 1838 - 1851. D2309; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Dyas, 26 Jun 1855, Vol 35 (58), MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG) 173 acres of Clonturkan, Annesley estate; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Percival & Blackwood, 15 May 1855, Vol 34 (62), MRGS 39/016, (microfilm copy in NUIG), some of these lands purchased by Lord Annesley; 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] : 8
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 81, 106, 126, 153, 202, 229
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 236 (Clonervy); 290 (Lisnamandra); 329 (Arnmore); 335 (Earlvale)