Barrett-Lennard

This family descend from Thomas Barrett-Lennard (1761-1857), created a baronet in 1801, the illegitimate son of Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 17th Baron Dacre. Church lands in the Clones area were granted to Sir Henry Duke in the late 16th century. Sir Henry’s great granddaughter, Anne Loftus, married Richard Lennard who took the additional name of Barrett when he was left a property in Essex by Sir Edward Barrett. Their grandson Richard Barrett-Lennard married Anne, Baroness Dacre and they were the parents of the 17th Baron Dacre. The Barrett-Lennard county Monaghan estate was mainly located in the parish of Clones but also in the parishes of Aghabog and Killeevan. The family were absentee and lived at Belhus, Aveley, Essex. The estate was run by agents such as William Mayne and Nicholas Ellis. In 1876, the Barrett-Lennard Irish estate was comprised of 7,920 acres.

Associated Families

No associated families were found for this estate

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Lisnaroe	Lisnaroe Near	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H487272 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 28A
Mount Salem	Mullanamoy	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H491254 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 28A
Salem Cottage	Mullanamoy	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H492257 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 28A
Ferney Hill	Clonkeen Lucas	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H502238 OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 28A
Cloncurrin House	Cloncurrin	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H499247 OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 28A
Ashfield	Kilgormly	Clones	Clones	St Tierney	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H563288 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A
Munnilly House	Munnilly	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H487239 OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 28A
Drumcru	Drumcru Renwick	Clones	Clones	St Tierney	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H553289 OS Sheet: 12 Discovery map: 28A
Teehill Cottage	Teehill	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H496252 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map:
Clonboy	Clonboy	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H495255 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 28A
Cloncallick	Cloncallick	Clones	Clones	Clones Rural	Dartree	Monaghan	OSI Ref: H491234 OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 28A

Archival sources

Barrett-Lennard family, baronets of Belhus, title deeds, manorial records, estate and family papers, 1260-1900. D/DL; Essex Record Office
Majority of the Barrett Lennard Estate Papers are in the Essex County Record Office, D/DL. PRONI holds a microfilm copy MIC170; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Volume containing copies of out-letters from William Mayne, Freamemount, agent for the Barrett Lennard estate at Clones, 1804-1817. D1232/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Marriage settlement Barrett and Lennard relating to manors in Cos Monaghan and Fermanagh and in England, April 1681. D389/12; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Conolly Papers – Papers of Richard Barrett re lands in Dublin, Fermanagh and Monaghan, 1600-1694. Microfilm P 6950; National Library of Ireland
Copies of Barrett Lennard Papers, c 1581-1859. T/2529 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
The Barrett Lennard papers in PRONI comprise microfilm copies or originals of c.1,200 letters and papers relating to the Co. Monaghan estates and the political activities of the Barrett Lennard family of Belhus, Essex, and Clones, Co. Monaghan, 1581-1866. D1232; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Clones Union, 8, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23, 36, 39
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 360 (Lisnaroe)
ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 163 (Lisnaroe)
SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 180-181

Modern printed sources

''Clogher Record'': HUTTON, Brian. A note on the Barrett-Lennards of Clones. V, No 3 (1962), 197-200.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. Clones Rent Roll 1821. XIII, No 1 (1988), 32-37.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. Clones Rent Rolls for 1679 and 1681. XIII, No 1 (1988), 126-128.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. The Mills on Clones Estate. XIII, No 2 (1989), 91-95.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. Notes on some Families of the Clones Area. XIII, No 3 (1990), 115-124.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. Notes on some old Public Buildings in Clones. XIV, No 2 (1992), 104-108.
''Clogher Record'': Ó MÓRDHA, Pilip. Early History of Modern Clones 1604-1640. XVI, No 1, (1997), 95-100.
''Clogher Record'': SCHLEGEL, Donald M. Lease abstracts for the Clones Estate, County Monaghan. XVIII, No 1 (2003), 53-84.
COLLINS, Peter. ''County Monaghan Records in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland''. PRONI, Belfast, 1998: 15-22
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical history of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire''. London: Harrison, 1883: 319
BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1886: 366 (Dacre) & 825 (Barrett-Lennard)