Hobson (Cos Cork & Wexford)
The first member of the Le Hunte family to settle in county Wexford was an officer in Cromwell's army. By the beginning of the 19th century Richard Le Hunte was resident at Artramont, Castlebridge, county Wexford. Richard's daughter Maria Alicia married in 1820 Samuel Meade Hobson son of Samuel M. Hobson of Muckridge, county Cork. In the 1870s Samuel Le Hunte Hobson of London owned 124 acres in county Cork and 1,464 acres in county Wexford. His estate in both counties was advertised for sale in April 1872. At the same time the Reverend John Meade Hobson of Adamstown, Enniscorthy, county Wexford, owned 970 acres in county Tipperary. In the mid 19th century the Reverend Richard Hobson held land in the parish of Colman, barony of Middlethird, county Tipperary.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Muckridge House | Muckridge Demesne | Youghal | Youghal | Youghal Rural 339 | Imokilly | Cork |
OSI Ref: X086 796
OS Sheet: 67 Discovery map: 81 |
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Archival sources
- Landed Estates’ Court Rentals (O’Brien), Hobson, 19 Apr 1872, Vol 105 (45), MRGS 39/049, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- L.E.C. rental of Muckridge, Co Cork & lands in Co Wexford, 1872. 999/533/12; National Archives of Ireland
- Detailed abstracts of wills of Hobson of Wexford, of Lackin, Co. Tipperary and of Co. Clare, 1665 -- 1782. Genealogical Office: Ms.141, p.12 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Imokilly Barony, 49 (Muckridge Demesne)
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 300 (Muckridge - Richard Fitzgerald)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 728 (Muckridge - William Fitzgerald)
- 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] : 220
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 126, 164
- 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: 130 (Muckridge)
- WILSON, William. ''The Post-Chaise Companion or Travellers Directory Through Ireland''. The author: Dublin, 1786 : 253 (Muckridge)
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 329
- ''Tipperary Historical Journal'': MARNANE, Denis G. White v. Gill: Tipperary Famine Clearances Revisited in 1863. (2005), 137-154