White/Hedges White

Richard Hedges of Macroom Castle and Mount Hedges, county Cork, married Mary Eyre and had a son, Richard Hedges Eyre who married Helena Herbert of Muckross, county Kerry. In 1760 their daughter, Frances Jane, married Simon White of Bantry. They were the parents of Richard White created 1st Earl of Bantry in 1816. When Robert Hedges Eyre died without heirs his estates were divided and the second son of the Ist Earl of Bantry inherited the Macroom estate. William Henry White Hedges succeeded his brother as 3rd Earl of Bantry in 1868. The Hedges Macroom estate was mainly in the parish of Macroom and included much of the town. In the 1870s the Earl of Bantry owned 69,500 acres in county Cork while Robert H. White of Glengarriff owned over 16,000 acres, Lady Sarah White of London owned 993 acres and John Hamilton White owned 2,113 acres. The title Earl of Bantry became extinct in 1891 on the death of the 4th Earl. By March 1916 an offer from the Congested Districts' Board had been accepted for 61,589 tenanted acres of the estate of Edward Egerton Leigh White, who had inherited the estate through his mother, the eldest sister of the last Earl of Bantry. At the time of Griffith's Valuation, Robert H. White held townlands in the parish of Liscleary, barony of Kerrycurrihy. The Earl of Bantry's estate was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Fanlobbus, barony of East Carbery, Kilcaskan, Kilcatherine, Killaconenagh and Kilnamanagh, barony of Bear and Durrus and Kilmocomoge, barony of Bantry at the same time. In November 1853, over 33,000 acres of the Bantry estate in the baronies of East Carbery, Bantry and Bere, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. A separate sale notice at the same time relates to the sale of Bere Island and includes a a geological survey produced by Dr. Whitty. The Freeman's Journal reported details of the purchasers. The sale realised over £20,000. Lord Charles Pelham Clinton bought the Bere Island estate of 4,377 acres and over 5,700 acres around Berehaven. In December 1852, over 6000 acres of fee farm and fee simple property belonging to members of the White family and others, were offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. The Freeman's Journal provides details of the purchaser. Premises in the town of Bantry, including Bayview House, in the ownership of members of the White family and others, were offered for sale in the Court in October 1854. The estate of Robert Hedges Eyre White, Reverend Robert Hedges Maunsell Eyre devisees of Robert Hedges Eyre, comprised of 2,273 acres in the baronies of Slievardagh and Middlethird, county Tipperary, was advertised for sale in November 1854. Griffith's Valuation records the county Tipperary estate as located in the parishes of Grangemockler, Kilvemnon and Modeshil, barony of Slievardagh and Drangan, barony of Middlethird.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Gurteenroe Cottage	Gurteenroe	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W331732 OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79
Mount Hedges	Lackaduff	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W324 724 OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79
Rockborough	Rockborough	Macroom	Macroom	Macloneigh 226	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W318 725 OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79
Sandy Hill	Gurteenroe	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W335 728 OS Sheet: 70 Discovery map: 79
Macroom Castle	Lackaduff	Macroom	Macroom	Macroom 227	West Muskerry	Cork	OSI Ref: W338 728 OS Sheet: 71 Discovery map: 79
Raffeen House	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	OSI Ref: W745651 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87
Raffeen Cottage	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	OSI Ref: W742649 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87
Raffeen House [Lower]	Raffeen	Liscleary	Cork	Monkstown 76	Kerrycurrihy	Cork	OSI Ref: W745648 OS Sheet: 87 Discovery map: 87
Glengarriff Lodge	Glengarriff	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan33	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V910574 OS Sheet: 90 Discovery map: 85
Reenmeen Cottage	Reenmeen	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan 33	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V940566 OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map: 85
Glengarriff or Eccles Hotel	Reenmeen West	Kilcaskan	Bantry	Kilcaskan 33	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V936566 OS Sheet: 104 Discovery map: 85
Adrigole House	Adrigole	Kilcaskan	Castletown	Adrigole 37	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V808505 OS Sheet: 116 Discovery map: 84
Reen Lodge	Reen	Kilcaskan	Castletown	Curryglass 39	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V801494 OS Sheet: 116 Discovery map: 84
Mill Cove (Bear)	Ballard	Killaconenagh	Castletown	Curryglass 39	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V709466 OS Sheet: 115 Discovery map: 84
Cametringane House	Cametringane	Killaconenagh	Castletown	Killaconenagh 40	Bear	Cork	OSI Ref: V678457 OS Sheet: 115 Discovery map: 84
Ivy Cottage (Bantry)	Beach	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V977477 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Caherdaniel House (Bantry)	Caherdaniel East	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W016491 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
The Vicarage (Bantry)	Cappanaloha East	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V979474 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Carriganass Castle	Carriganass	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Kealkill 36	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W048568 OS Sheet: 92 Discovery map: 85
Drombrow House	Drumbrow	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W024504 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Glengarriff Castle	Dromgarriff	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V946557 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Bay View (Bantry)	Dromkeal	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W000538 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Inchiclogh House	Inchiclogh	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Rural 22	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W027514 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Coomhola Lodge (Sans Souci) (Bantry)	Mill Little	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V994560 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Reenadisert Court	Reenadisert	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W001531 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85
Bantry House	Seafield	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Bantry Urban 23	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V986482 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Trawnahaha	Trawnahaha	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Whiddy	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: V965489 OS Sheet: 118 Discovery map: 85
Trawnamaddree	Trawnamaddree	Kilmocomoge	Bantry	Glengarriff 32	Bantry	Cork	OSI Ref: W025564 OS Sheet: 105 Discovery map: 85

Archival sources

Bantry Estate Collection. IE BL/EP/B See http://booleweb.ucc.ie/documents/Bantryhouse.pdf for a descriptive list. ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes miscellaneous testamentary, legal & other documents re estates of Hedges of Macroom, Lord Bantry & Hedges Eyre, 18th & 19th centuries. T.3841-3850, M.1012-1032, Co 2432-2437; National Archives of Ireland
Hedges of Macroom, copy letter re suppression of Rapparees, Co Cork, 1703-1714. M.757; National Archives of Ireland
T.U. Sadlier Collection, includes rentals & accounts re estates of Richard Eyre in Cos Galway, Cork & Tipperary, 1752-1804 & Viscount Bantry's estates at Glengariff & Clanlaurence, 1806-1825; Lord Berehaven's accout with Rev S. Payne 1840-1842. Small Accs Index 1/665, M.5943-5947; National Archives of Ireland
Mrs A. Kelly Collection, includes copy exemplification of recovery 1892 & rental of Bantry estate, not dated. Small Accs Index 1/671 (27-28); National Archives of Ireland
T.U. Sadlier Collection, miscellaneous documents including legal papers re Hedges & Eyre Hedges & Macroom estate accounts, 1841-1850. Small Accs Index 1/674, M.1154-1158, D.12753-12759, Co 2785-91, T.4122 ; National Archives of Ireland
Estate accounts of the Earl of Bantry 1825 - 1836. Genealogical Office: Ms. 428 ; National Library of Ireland
Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Eccles Hotel, 16 April 1875, Vol 118, MRGS 39/054, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Earl of Bantry, 25 November 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 21 October 1854, Vol 30, MRGS 39/013, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 29 June 1855, Vol 35, MRGS 39/017, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Earl of Bantry (Bere Island), 25 November 1853, Vol 25, MRGS 39/011 , (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), White & others, 3 December 1852, Vol 19, MRGS 39/009, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Bantry Estate Accounts, Rev. S. Payne, 1825-26. U013.; Cork City and County Archives
Bantry Papers, 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. Ms. 8599 ; National Library of Ireland
Abstract of will of Richard White of Bantry, 1733. GO MS 139, p.5 ; National Library of Ireland
Detailed abstracts of wills of White of Bantry, 1776 -- 1785. GO Ms. 139, p.25; National Library of Ireland
Copy of confirmation of Arms to Richard White of Bantry, March 10, 1797. GO Ms. 103, p.148; National Library of Ireland
Probate of will of Earl of Bantry, will dated 23 June 1869 & six codicils, 1871-1883. 5 May 1884. 999/392/3; National Archives of Ireland
Rental (Chancery) of estate of Robert H.E. White in barony of Bantry, 1901-1902. 999/505/5; National Archives of Ireland
Bill of sale for the cutter Charlotter, Robert Longfield, Castlemary to the Hon William H. White Hedges of Macroom Castle, 24 July 1843. 999/580/1/6; National Archives of Ireland
Book of 14 maps of the estate of Hamilton White and others in the baronies of Bere and Bantry and East Muskerry, Co. Cork. Surveyed by Robert Warren. Names of tenants given, 1852. 20 E. 1. ; National Library of Ireland
Collection of Co Cork leases & other legal documents, principally relating to the Bernard family but also to members of the Gookin, Buckworth, Stammers, Sealy, Beecher, Hedges, Stepney, Champagne, Fitzgerald, Daunt, McCarthy, Sanders, Webb, Bouchier & Baldwin families, 1709-1829. IE BL/SC/CB/1-30 ; University College Cork, Boole Library Archives
Two volumes containing rentals and accounts current of the estates of Robert Hedges Eyre at Berehaven, 1833-1836 and of the Earls of Bantry, 1829-1831 and 1873. Also a rental and account of the Macroom and East Muskerry estate of Col. White Hedges, 1863 and a rental of Cummer and Coomhols (in the barony of Bantry?), 1822. Mss. 3273-3274 ; National Library of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Eyre White, 3 Nov 1853, Vol 24 (24), MRGS 39/010, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Davies & Pearson, (Clonfadda), 28 Apr 1854, Vol 27 (30), MRGS 39/012, (microfilm copy in NUIG) ; National Archives of Ireland
Encumbered Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), White & Eyre, (Co Tipperary), 24 Nov 1854, Vol 32 (15) & 13 June 1856, Vol 40 (38), MRGS 39/014 & 39/019, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Lismore Castle Papers, include rental re sale of lands in baronies of East Carbery, Bere & Bantry, Co Cork, in Encumbered Estates Court, 1853. Collection List 129. MS 43,961; National Archives of Ireland
Baker, Ringwood & Gordon, solicitors' collection, includes documents re Herberts of Kilnamanagh, Co Cork, & Herbert of Altavilla, Co Cork & deed re parts of the Berehaven & Crosshaven estates in case Herbert V Lord Berehaven & others, 1847, 19th century. Small Accs. Index 105, T.11812, D.21,034-21,037, M.3876 ; National Archives of Ireland
Irish Tourist Association Survey Files, Parishes of Adrigole, Bantry, Macroom; 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: 116
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] : 19
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 59 (Kilcaskan Parish), 328-329 (Macroom)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : West Muskerry Barony, 124 (Gurteenroe), 127 (Lackaduff), 132 (Rockborough)
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: 173 (Blackrock), 176 & 178 (Mounthedges - Eyre)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Kerrycurrihy Barony, 44 (Raffeen)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bear: 8 (Glengarriff), 11 (Reenmeen East and West), 15 (Adrigole), 39 (Reen), 77 (Ballard), 82 (Cametringane),
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Bantry: 11 (Caherdaniel East), 14 (Cappanaloha), 15 (Carriganass), 28 (Drombrow), 30 (Dromgarriff), 31 (Dromkeal), 39 (Inchiglogh), 49 (Mill Little), 51 (Reenadisert), 53 (Seafield), 70 (Trawnahaha), 71 (Trawnamaddree)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''24th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 8356], HC 1916, vi, 564-586. Appendix VIII: 41
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxvii, 20 (Glengarriff Castle)
WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 241 (Black Rock)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : 25

Modern printed sources

BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 198 (Macroom)
BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council and Knightage''. London: Burke's Peerage, 1932: 205
MCCARTHY, Kieran. ''In the steps of St Finbarre: Voices and memories of the Lee Valley''. Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing, 2006: 83-84 (re Macroom Castle)
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the White Papers (from 1655), the property of Mrs. C. E. M. Shelswell-White, Bantry House, Co. Cork, relating to the White family and to lands in Co. Cork. No. 147
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Special Lists.: Bantry Estate Papers in the Boole Library, UCC. Special List 441
''Analecta Hibernica'': MacLysaght, Edward. Report on the Herbert papers. XV (1944), 95-107 [includes references to White and Hedges-White material].
O'HEA O'KEEFFE, Jane. ''Voices from the great houses: Cork and Kerry''. (Cork: Mercier Press, 2013): 41-51.
WALFORD, Edward. 'The County families of the United Kingdom''. London: Chatto and Windus, 1885): p.49
''Freeman's Journal'': Incumbered Estates Court sale reports, 4 December 1852, p.4. 26 November 1853, p.4
POWERS, Jane. ''The Irish garden''. (London: Frances Lincoln, 2015). : Bantry House gardens, pp.24-33.