Jephson-Norreys (Mallow Castle)
Following the Desmond Rebellion in the 16th century, Mallow Castle was granted to Sir John Norreys, Lord President of Munster. His niece Elizabeth married Sir John Jephson in 1607 and their descendants lived at Mallow Castle for almost 400 years. The Jephson estate was situated in the parish of Mallow, barony of Fermoy, county Cork. Sir C.D. Jephson Norreys is recorded as holding at least 5 townlands there in the mid 19th century. In the 1870s Sir Denham Jephson Norreys owned 698 acres in county Cork. He died in 1888 and the title became extinct as his two unmarried sons had predeceased him.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mallow Castle | Castlelands | Mallow | Mallow | Mallow North Urban 251 & South Urban 252 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W564 983
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
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| Cortigan | Bearforest Lower | Mallow | Mallow | Mallow North Urban 251 | Fermoy | Cork |
OSI Ref: W564 977
OS Sheet: 33 Discovery map: 80 |
Archival sources
- Copy of royal licence to Charles Denham Orlando Jephson to take the name Norreys after that of Jephson and to quarter firstly Norreys, July 18, 1838. GO Ms.151, pp.363-4 & 372 ; National Library of Ireland
- Fifty six letters and papers relating to the political activities of C. D. O. Jephson, M. P. of Mallow, mainly concerning the 1830 election, 1825-30. Microfilm P 3751; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms being Norreys quartering Jephson to Charles Denham Orlando Jephson M. P., of Mallow on his assuming under Royal Licence the name and arms of Jephson Norreys, July 1, 1838. GO Ms.107, pp.144-5 ; National Library of Ireland
- Brief of a suit in Chancery on behalf of Sir Jephson Norreys, Bart., administrator of Denham Jephson against Clement Hume and others in respect of lands in County Cork, 1840. Ms 5881; National Library of Ireland
- Draft pedigrees of Jephson of Mallow, 1556 -- 1814. GO MS 803: 13; National Library of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Jephson of Proyle, Co. Hampshire, of Mallow, of Lismore, Co. Waterford, of Cork City, of Carrick on Suir, 1635 -- 1789. GO MS 141, p.170 ; National Library of Ireland
- Deeds relating to the town of Mallow & the Jephson & Nash families, 1718-1864. 999/403; National Archives of Ireland
- Jephson Norreys Papers, including rentals 1841-1867, workmens' accounts & letter books, 19th century, in Mallow Castle in 1975, see James S. Donnelly's book; Private Possession
- Irish Tourist Association Survey files, Parish of Macroom; Cork County Library
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Fermoy Barony, 129 (Bearforest Lower), 131 (Castlelands)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 338-339 (Mallow Castle)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 281 (Mallow Castle)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 130
- 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] : 340
- TOWNSEND, Horatio. ''Statistical survey of the county of Cork...'' Dublin: Royal Dublin Society, 1810: 515 (Mallow Castle)
- SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxx, 267 (Mallow Castle)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 234 (Mallow)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 1016-1017
- HAJBA, Anna-Maria. ''Historical Genealogical Architectural notes on some Houses of Cork. Volume I: North Cork''. Whitegate: Ballinakella Press, 2002: 130, 255-256
- BURKE, Sir Bernard & BURKE, Ashworth P. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1907: 1257
- ''Jnl. of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society''.: BERRY, Henry F. The English settlement in Mallow under the Jephson family in the 17th century. With note on the Bettesworth family. Ser. 2, Vol. XII (1906), pp. 1-26, 1906); Vol. XIII, (1907) p. 204
- ''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). XXIII, 2nd Series (1917), 80-89 (Mallow castle)
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Jephson Papers (from 1657), the property of Brig. M. D. Jephson, Mallow Castle, Co. Cork, relating to the Jephson and Norreys families and to lands in Co. Cork and properties in Mallow. No.300
- DONNELLY, James S., Jr. ''The land and the people of nineteenth-century Cork''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1975: 389 & index
- ''Weekly Irish Times'': 26 June 1937 Mallow Castle