Levinge (Co Tipperary)
At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) Godfrey Levinge is recorded as the holder of land in the parish of Graystown, barony of Slievardagh, county Tipperary. He also held a townland in the parish of Mullingar, county Westmeath . He was a grandson of the 4th Baronet. Godfrey Levinge was the son of Richard Levinge of Lurgo, county Tipperary and his wife Anne daughter of Godfrey Taylor of Noan. He married Lydia daughter of Henry Langley of Archerstown, county Tipperary. In the 1870s his cousin William Henry Levinge owned 2,333 acres in county Tipperary. William H. Levinge became the 9th Baronet in 1885.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Pedigree of Levinge, Barts., of Baddesley Ensor in Warwickshire and Parwick in Co. Derbyshire, of High Park, Co. Westmeath, of Lurgoe, Co. Tipperary and Belview, Co. Kilkenny, c.1530 -- 1813. Genealogical Office: Ms.171, pp.365-7 ; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to the estates at Lisnamrock, Co. Tipperary of the Langley family, with references to the families of Hemphill, Levinge and Tuthill, 1778-1916. M.5621 (1-55) ; National Library of Ireland
- Documents relating to the Levinge family of Mullingar, including correspondence and estate papers, 1750 - 1909. Levinge Papers, Ms. 8731 ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 165
- 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] : 270
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Levinge Papers (from 1627), formerly at Violetstown, Mullingar, now in the National Library of Ireland, relating to the Levinge family and to lands in Co. Westmeath, Longford and Cork. No. 301
- MOSLEY, Charles (ed). ''Burke's Peerage and Baronetage''. Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999: II, 1694-1696