Fortescue

Local sources suggest that the Fortescue interest in Waterford began with Edmund Fortescue of London, who married Sarah Aland of Coballymore. Sadleir refers to Lord Fortescue in 1775 who was "connected with the Grandison interest". Hugh, third Earl Fortescue, was the owner of almost 4000 acres in county Waterford in the 1870s. He was among the principal lessors in the parishes of Corbally, Killea, Monamintra and Rathmoylan, barony of Gaultiere, at the time of Griffith's Valuation. The family had extensive estates in different parts of England, notably at Castle Hill in Devon.

Associated Families

Fortescue

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Corbally	Corballymore	Corbally	Waterford	Rathmoylan 92	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S634003 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Summerville/Corbally More	Summerville	Corbally	Waterford	Rathmoylan 93	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S630006 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Creadan A	Creadan	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S704033 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Creadan House	Creadan	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S699025 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Creadan B	Creadan	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S695022 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Monamintra	Monamintra	Monamintra	Waterford	Ballynakill 77	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S625060 OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 76
Coolum	Coolum	Rathmoylan	Waterford	Rathmoylan 93	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: X639991 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Coolum Lodge	Coolum	Rathmoylan	Waterfird	Rathmoylan	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: X645993 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Gortahilly	Gortahilly	Rathmoylan	Waterford	Rathmoylan 93	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S643001 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Lisselty	Lisselty	Rathmoylan	Waterford	Rathmoylan 93	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: X628997 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Nymph Hall	Nymphhall	Killea	Waterford	Killea 91	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: S688008 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 76
Coxtown (Gaultiere)	Coxtown, West	Killea	Waterford	Rathmoylan 93	Gaultiere	Waterford	OSI Ref: X675997 OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 56

Archival sources

Fortescue of Castle Hill Papers (Second Deposit): Estate maps of Co. Waterford. ; Devon Record Office, Exeter
Fortescue of Castle Hill papers relating to estates in Co. Waterford, 18th-20th c. Accession 1262 M/E17/1-49 (Microfilm copy at NLI (P.7651-7652). ; Devon Record Office, Exeter
18th cent: legal papers of the 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan. Stowe MSS 403, 1011-12; British Library
1715-1716: papers of the 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan as Solicitor-General. Mss. 271; Society of Antiquaries of London

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gaultiere: 7 (Corballymore & Summerville), 20 (Coxtown West), 21 (Creadan), 26 (Nymphhall), 43 (Monamintra), 45 (Coolum & Gortahilly), 46 (Lisselty)
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] : 167
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 174
SLATER, Isaac. ''Royal National Directory of Ireland: List of the principal seats''. (Manchester: 1894) : xxxiii, 196 (Summerville House)
BATEMAN, John. ''The great landowners of Great Britain and Ireland''. London: Harrison, 1883. : p.172

Modern printed sources

''Jnl of the Waterford and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society'' : Sadleir, Thomas U. The county of Waterford, 1775: principal gentry. XVI (1913), pp.49-55.