Widenham

There appear to be two branches of this family one in county Limerick and one in county Cork. Henry Widenham of Court, county Limerick, son of Henry Widenham was granted lands in the baronies of Kenry and Pubblebrien, county Limerick in 1684. He died in 1719 leaving two daughters, his co heiresss. Mary married Valentine Quin of Adare and Alice married Price Hartstonge, eldest son of Sir Standish Hartstonge, 2nd Baronet, of Bruff, county Limerick. In 1703 Henry Widenham of Court bought part of the confiscated estate of James II in the baronies of Kenry and Connello. Walter Widenham of Limerick city made his will in March 1797 leaving all his property in trust to Captain Widenham of Castle Widenham, county Cork, and Edmund Burton, Clifton, county Clare, for the benefit of his daughter, Frances Blood, for life and then to her children and in default to his three nephews, William, Hyacinth and Francis Compton. Lieutenant Colonel John Widenham was granted over 2,600 acres in the barony of Fermoy, county Cork in 1666.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Court/Kildimo Court	Court	Kildimo	Rathkeale	Kildimo 127	Kenry	Limerick	OSI Ref: R467 528 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 65
Quinsborough	Parteen	St Patricks	Limerick	Ballyglass 113	Bunratty Lower	Clare	OSI Ref: R575 604 OS Sheet: 63 Discovery map: 58
Milford	Sreelane	Kilmurry	Limerick	Ballysimon 45	Clanwilliam	Limerick	OSI Ref: R616 580 OS Sheet: 5 Discovery map: 65
Castle Widenham [Blackwater Castle]	Castlewidenham	Castletownroche	Fermoy	Castletownroche 130	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R686 021 OS Sheet: 26 Discovery map: 73

Archival sources

Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of Daniel Widenham (younger brother of Henry Widenham of Court to whom arms granted in 1715) & to V.J.U. Hunt of Friarstown, descendant of Henry Hunt of Ligadoon, Co Limerick by Margaret daughter of Daniel Widenham, 3 May 1934. GO MS 111d:115-116; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of Widenham of Court in Limerick, c 1650-1812. GO MS 171:499-504 ; National Library of Ireland
Copy of confirmation of arms being Compton quartering Widenham, to Commander Henry Compton RN of Court, Co Limerick, 22 Aug 1839. GO MS 107:170-171; National Library of Ireland
Collis & Ward, solicitors collection, includes deeds, leases, legal papers etc re the Widenhams of Castletown & Ballinvoher, Co Cork, 1666-1791. Small Accs Index 98, Parcel 24 & D.20590-205902; National Archives of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Files, Parish of Castletownroche; Cork County Library

Contemporary printed sources

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''The General Armory of England, Scotland, Wales; Comprising A Registry of Armorial Bearings From the Earliest To the Present Time''. London: Harrison, 1884 : Widenham entry
ELLIS, Eilish & EUSTACE, P. Beryl. "Registry of Deeds Dublin Abstracts of Wills, Vol III, 1785-1832''. Dublin: Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1984: III, 244-245
''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstract of wills of J. Wideham of Castletownroche, 1709 & H. Widenham of Court, Co Limerick, 1719. II, No 2 (1944)
HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 111-112
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Smyth Papers (from 1730), the property of Miss K. T. Smyth, Castletownroche, relating to the Widerham and Smyth families and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 56
''The Irish Genealogist'': Abstracts of Wills (from the Swanzy Collection), II (1943-1955), 52-60
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 79 (Castle Widenham)