Payne
Reverend Somers Payne was among the principal lessors in the parish of Inishannon at the time of Griffith's Valuation. His wife was Frances Caroline Butson whose father held estates at Clonfert, county Galway. Members of the Payne family owned over 1500 acres in county Cork in the 1870s. John Warren Payne was agent on the Bantry estate in the mid 19th century.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Highfort | Rockfort | Brinny | Bandon | Brinny 3 | East Carbery (East) | Cork |
OSI Ref: W536591
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Danesfort (Inishannon) | Dunkeeran | Inishannon | Bandon | Ballymurphy 5 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W541594
OS Sheet: 97 Discovery map: 87 |
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| Upton | Garryhankard | Knockavilly | Bandon | Brinny 3 | Kinalea | Cork |
OSI Ref: W530606
OS Sheet: 96 Discovery map: 87 |
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Archival sources
- Correspondence, mainly with A. W. Payne, agent, in respect of the estates of the Earl of Bantry in Co. Cork, together with financial accounts, eviction notices, etc., relating to the estates 1840 - 1881. Earl of Bantry Papers, Ms. 8599 ; National Library of Ireland
- Photocopied valuations of the estates of J. Barter, R.A. Orpen, Anna Perrier, Rev Somers Payne, J. Mulholland & reps of late John Hassett, 1887-1889. 111/101(ii); National Archives of Ireland
- Bantry Estate Collection, includes documents re John Warren Payne & the Rev Somers Payne, 1835-1853. IE BL/EP/B; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
- U013: Bantry Estate Accounts, 1825-26: Earl of Bantry in account with Rev. S. Payne, 1825-26. MS copy by P. O Maidin of MS 428 in GEH. OFF; Cork City and County Archives
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Innishannon; Cork County Library
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Innishannon; Cork County Library
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Innishannon; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : East Carbery (East) Barony: 37 (Rockfort)
- 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] : 363
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 132
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: Brinny Parish, Vol.I, 225.
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kinalea Barony, 35 (Dunkeeran), 56 (Garryhankard)