Cotter

A family, possibly of Danish origin, who were settled in county Cork from at least the 16th century. James Cotter of Anngrove, county Cork, was executed in 1720 for supporting the Stuart claim to the English throne. His son, James Cotter of Rockforest, was member of parliament for Askeaton and was created a baronet in 1768. In 1746 he married Arrabella Casaubon, a widow, daughter and co heir of Lord Chief Justice John Rogerson. They had four sons. In 1820 their grandson, Sir James Laurence Cotter, member of parliament for Mallow, married Helena T. Lombard, daughter and co heir of James Lombard of Lombardstown, county Cork. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the Cotter estate was located in the parishes of Clonmeen and Kilshannig, barony of Duhallow and Rahan, barony of Fermoy. Lands in the barony of Fermoy belonging to Sir James Cotter were advertised for sale in June 1850. In the 1870s Sir James L. Cotter of Sunny Hill, Mallow, owned 3,785 acres in county Cork while his uncle the Reverend George Cotter of Rockforest owned 916 acres. see http://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/OCotterHeber.php

Associated Families

Cotter

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Aldworth	Aldworth	Kilshannig	Mallow	Kilshannig 248	Duhallow	Cork	OSI Ref: W502 937 OS Sheet: 41 Discovery map: 80
Lombardstown House	Lombardstown	Kilshannig	Mallow	Kilshannig 248	Duhallow	Cork	OSI Ref: W470 965 OS Sheet: 32 Discovery map: 80
Rockforest	Rockforest East	Rahan	Mallow	Rahan 255	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W608 989 OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80
Anngrove	Anngrove	Carrigtohill	Middleton	Carrigtohill 270	Barrymore	Cork	OSI Ref: W806 743 OS Sheet: 75 Discovery map: 81
Ashton	Knockrea	St Nicholas	Cork	Blackrock 95	Cork	Cork	OSI Ref: W690 712 OS Sheet: 74 Discovery map: 87
Stannard's Grove	Carrigdownane Lower	Carrigdownane	Mitchelstown	Derryvillane 290	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: R732 076 OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 73
Sunny Hill	Annabella	Mallow	Mallow	Mallow Rural 250	Fermoy	Cork	OSI Ref: W546 984 OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80

Archival sources

Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Cotter, 4 June 1850, Vol 1 (40), MRGS 39/001, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
A collection of transcripts of deeds, letters and other documents (some in Irish) relating to members of the Cotter family, from the 17th to 19th century, compiled by the Rev. George E. Cotter, c. 1878. MS 711 ; National Library of Ireland
Pedigree of the Cotter family of county Cork (Leader Collection); Irish Genealogical Research Society Library
Cotter (Laurence) of Ballyvillon, Co. Cork. appellant versus James, Earl of Barrymore, respondent concerning the lands of Ballyvillon, Liminisky, Tineglassy, and Danecollig, Co. Cork. Appellants' case and respondent's case. 1732-3. House of Lords Appeals: Vol. 11 ; King's Inn Library
Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Mallow; Cork County Library

Contemporary printed sources

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 120
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] : 103
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Duhallow, Part II, 7 (Aldworth), 32 (Lombardstown)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 27 (Carrigdownane Lower), 173 (Rockforest East),
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 13 (Ashton), 338 (Rockforest), 361 (Stannard's Grove - William Adams)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 208 (Ashton), 279 (Stannard's Grove), II, 338-341 & 480 (Rockforest)
SMITH, Charles, M.D. ''The ancient and present state of the county and city of Cork. Containing a natural, civil, ecclesiastical, historical and topographical description thereof ''. First published 1750. This edition published Cork: John Connor, 1815: I, 341 (Rockforest)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cork Barony, 93 (Knockrea)
TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 515 (Rockforest)
TAYLOR, George & SKINNER, Andrew. ''Maps of the Roads of Ireland, surveyed in 1777 and corrected down to 1783''. Facsimile of 2nd edition. Shannon: Irish University Press, 1969: 167 (Anngrove - Dobson)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 242 (Rockforest East)
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxii, 296 (Rockforest)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 234 (Rockforest), 235 (Mallow), 345 (Ann-Grove [Dobson])
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.107

Modern printed sources

BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 329-330
HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 27, 249, 315, 339
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 243 (Rockforest)
BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 6 (Anngrove)
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: J. C. Notes on the Cotter family of Rockforest, Co Cork. XIV, 2nd Series (1908), 1-12
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXIV, 2nd Series (1918), 175-176 (Rockforest)
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: The Cotter Family of Rockforest, Co Cork, being portion of a history of the family by the late Rev Charles P. Cotter. XLIII 2nd Series (1938), 21-31
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: HOGAN, William & Ó BUACHALLA, Liam (eds). The Letters and Papers of James Cotter Junior 1689-1720. 2nd Series, LXVIII (1963), 66-95
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: BLACKALL, Sir Henry. Note on the letters and papers of James Cotter Junior 1689-1720. 2nd Series, LXIX (1964), 136-138
''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: Historical and Topographical Notes, etc on Buttevant, Doneraile, Mallow and Places in their vicinity. Collected by James Grove White (c 1906). XXVI (1920), 226-227 (Stannard's Grove)
GLIN, Knight of, GRIFFIN, D. J. & ROBINSON, N.K (eds).'' Vanishing Country Houses of Ireland''. Dublin: Irish Architectural Archive/Irish Georgian Society, 1989. : 45