FitzHerbert/Rothwell (Shantonagh)
William FitzHerbert, the second son of William FitzHerbert, 3rd Lord of Swynnerton, married the only child of Sir Henry Pierce of Pierce Court or Shercock, county Cavan. Their son William FitzHerbert of Shercock had three sons who all died without heirs. One of his five daughters, Letitia, married John Ruxton of Ardee, county Louth. Their daughter, Mary Ruxton, married James Corry of Shantonagh, Castleblayney, county Monaghan. Two of their sons were William Ruxton of Ardee, county Louth and John Ruxton of Black Castle, county Meath. Shirley writes that the Shantonagh estate in the parish of Aghnamullen, county Monaghan, was granted after the Restoration to Lord Massereene and held under him in fee farm by James Corry of Shantonagh. Corry’s daughter Letitia married Thomas Rothwell of Rockfield, county Meath and their son, Thomas Rothwell of Black Castle, Navan, county Meath, inherited the Shantonagh estate and eventually the Black Castle property. Thomas Rothwell assumed the name FitzHerbert in 1863. In 1878, Thomas FitzHerbert of Navan, county Meath, owned 2,387 acres in county Monaghan and 2,011 acres in county Meath. In 1906, Richard Ruxton FitzHerbert owned untenanted land and a mansion house valued at £30 in Tooa.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Shantonagh House | Tooa | Aghnamullen | Castleblayney | Bellatrain | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H762116
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 28B |
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| Farm Hill (Reduff) | Reduff | Aghnamullen | Castleblayney | Bellatrain | Cremorne | Monaghan |
OSI Ref: H771119
OS Sheet: 27 Discovery map: 28B |
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Archival sources
- Pedigree of Rothwell of Rockfield, Co Meath and Shantonagh, Co Monaghan, later FitzHerbert of Black Castle, Co Meath, 1765-1870. GO Ms 179, 363; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of royal license to Thomas Rothwell of Shantonagh, Co Monaghan and Black Castle, Co Meath, to take the name and arms of FitzHerbert only, 19 Sept 1863. GO Ms 152, 378-81; National Library of Ireland
- Copy of grant of arms to Thomas Rothwell of Shantonagh, Co Monaghan and Black Castle, Co Meath, on his assuming name and arms of FitzHerbert, with account of his descent, 19 Sept 1863. GO Ms 109, 29-30; National Library of Ireland
- Rothwell Papers ; National Library of Ireland
- General ledgers of Richard Rothwell of Rockfield, Co. Meath, 1838-1862. Mss. 5084-5085; National Library of Ireland
- Diaries of T. Rothwell, in part relating to relief activities in Ireland, 1835-7, 1847-8. Mss. 2020-1; National Library of Ireland
- Farm account book of Thomas and Richard Rothwell of Rockfield, Kells, Co. Meath, 1816-1818. Ms. 16,835; National Library of Ireland
- Cash book of Thomas Rothwell, of Rockfield, Kells, Co. Meath, 1807-1814. Ms. 16,834; National Library of Ireland
- Rental comprising the following townlands: Aghmakerr, Beagh, Drumillard, Dooraa, Reduff, Rebane, Tullyrain, Tullyglass, Tooa, Shantonagh in county Monaghan, [1885]. T3036/12; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pedigree of Pierce Barts of Pierce Court, Co Cavan, c 1550-1662. GO MS 112: 404.; National Library of Ireland
- Pedigree of FitzHerbert of Norbury, Co Derby, of Swinnerton, Co Stafford, of Shercock, Co Cavan, c 1500-1791. GO MS179: 359-364.; National Library of Ireland
- Copy deed made between James Corry, Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan, John Corry, his eldest son, John Montgomery, Ballylick, Co. Monaghan and John Ruxton, Black Castle, Co. Meath for settlement of lands following the marriage of James Corry to Mary Ruxton. 1796. D4054/6; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Two account books of the estate of R. R. Fitzherbert of Black Castle, Co. Meath, 1827 - 1835. Ms 4117-4118; National Library of Ireland
- Papers relating to the family of Ruxton or Ruxton Fitzherbert, of Blackcastle, Co. Meath, including a rental and disbursements of the estates of Samuel Ruxton Fitzherbert, copy of the will of Margaret Ruxton, together with family correspondence, 1796 - 1799; 1812-1814 and 1836-1855.; National Library of Ireland
- Fourteen deeds relating to the estate and affairs of the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath, 1771-1789. D. 11,671-84; National Library of Ireland
- Twenty-two deeds relating to the estate and affairs of the Ruxton family of Black Castle, Co. Meath, 1790-1823. D. 11,685-11,706; National Library of Ireland
- Lease of land for three lives or 31 years from 1 May, 1739. Rent: £16.3s. per annum + dues. Wm. Fitzherbert, Shercock, to John Beatty, Barnagrow, both, Co. Cavan. Relating to Barnagrow, Killycleare, Cullis, Co. Cavan. 12 November 1739. D645/37; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Seven deeds, including a will, relating to the property of the Fitzherbert family in Shercock and other places in Co. Cavan, 1656-1754. D6956-6962; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Castleblayney Union, 100, 102
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 96 (Shantonagh)
- ORDNANCE SURVEY NAME BOOKS, County Monaghan: I, 90 (Farm Hill)
- SHIRLEY, Evelyn Philip. ''The History of the County of Monaghan''. London: Pickering and Co, 1869: 254 & 256
- 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] : 162
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 87 (Tooa)