Lymbery
Family history sources suggest that the Lymbery family were associated with the barony of Gaultiere, county Waterford, after the Cromwellian settlement when Gregory Lymbery was in possession of Kilcop House. Many members of the family served as clergymen in county Waterford in the eighteenth century. In 1850 Rev.John Lymbery offered over 250 acres of his lands at Drumrusk, barony of Gaultiere for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. Anne Lymbery offered over 100 acres for sale in Mary 1854. These lands were located at Ballyloughbeg, barony of Gaultiere and held under a lease dated 1701 between Richard Christmas and John Stephens.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilcop House | Kilcop Upper | Kilcop | Waterford | Wodstown 94 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S670070
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
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| Drumrusk House | Drumrusk | Kill St. Nicholas | Waterford | Fatihlegg 90 | Gaultiere | Waterford |
OSI Ref: S681081
OS Sheet: 18 Discovery map: 76 |
Archival sources
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lymbery, 13 December 1850, Vol 4, MRGS 39/002, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lymbery, 28 March 1854, Vol 26, MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Barony of Gautliere: 30 (Drumrusk)
Modern printed sources
- NOLAN, W, POWER, T.P. & COWMAN, D. (eds). ''Waterford: History and Society''. (Dublin: Geography Publications, 1992). : MORRIS, Henry F. The "principal inhabitants" of county Waterford in 1746. pp.318