Vernon

The Vernons of county Cavan were a branch of the Vernon family of Clontarf Castle, county Dublin. John Edward Vernon was the son of the Reverend John Fane Vernon. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation (1856) John E. Vernon, an Irish Land Commissioner, held an estate in the county Cavan parish of Drumlane, with small additions in the parishes of Tomregan and Kilmore. He purchased Erne Hill House part of the Knipe estate in the Encumbered Estate Court, 18 June 1858. In 1846 John E. Vernon married Harriet Leslie, daughter of the Bishop of Kilmore, and they had two sons and a daughter. In the 1870s, John E. Vernon of Erne Hill and Dublin owned 1,766 acres in county Cavan.

Associated Families

Houses

Name	Townland	Civil Parish	PLU	DED	Barony	County	Map Ref
Erne Hill House	Corporations Lands	Annagh	Cavan	Grilly	Loughtee Lower	Cavan	OSI Ref: H373169 OS Sheet: 11 Discovery map: 27A
Ballyhugh House	Ballyhugh	Drumlane	Cavan	Ardue	Lower Loughtee	Cavan	OSI Ref: H304145 OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 27
Aubawn	Aghabane	Kildallan	Cavan	Killashandra	Tullyhunco	Cavan	OSI Ref: H290084 OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map:
Castle Cosby	Kevit Upper or Castlecosby	kilm	Cavan	Crossdoney	Clanmahon	Cavan	OSI Ref: H381011 OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map:

Archival sources

Family history of Vernon of various places including Clontarf, Co Dublin and Aubone [Aubawn?], Co Cavan, 1052-1836. GO MS 173:240-260.; National Library of Ireland
Vernon Papers, containing correspondence re estate, family and other matters, 19th century. Ms 18,949 includes letter to John Fane Vernon re family matters, 1870-1910. Mss 18,948-18,955.; National Library of Ireland
Draft agreement. John E. Vernon Esq. of Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin [and Erne Hill, Co. Cavan] to Rt Hon. Earl of Erne of Crum Castle, Co. Fermanagh. 1876. D1939/16/2A/24; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Description : Copy mortgage for £5,500. The Earl of Erne to J.E. Vernon of Erne Hill, Co. Cavan and Thomas L. Papillion, Chelmsford, Clerk in Holy Orders. Killynick Estate, Co. Fermanagh. [See D1939/16/2A/17-18 and D1939/16/2A/21-31.] 11 December 1876. D1939/26/12/29; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
4 letters concerning dispute over ownership of trees, referring to maps etc to see of the land on which the trees were planted was included in the original conveyance to Edward Henderson. (There is a possible connection with previous document D2359/1). Parties: Irish Land Commission and John & Fane Vernon Wilton Place; Dublin to Edward Henderson, Kilnaglare Co.Cavan. December 1882-March 1890. D2359/2 & /3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Testator: Rev. John Vernon, Aubawn, Nr. Killesandra. Executor: John E. Vernon, Cavan. Court Ref.: Cant. 2/585. 1843. EDOL/1907; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland

Contemporary printed sources

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] : 458
LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 44 (Ballyhugh)
''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cavan Union, 106 (Castle Cosby); 163 (Ballyhugh)
LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 79 (Aubawn); 184 (Castle Cosby)