Stanford (Bilberry)
In an appendix to an account of the life of William Bedell, Bishop of Kilmore, edited by Thomas Warton Jones there is a family tree which records the Bedell and Stanford family connection. The Bedell family originally came to Ireland from Essex in the early 17th century. Bishop Bedell’s son Ambrose, a soldier, was granted lands in county Cavan under the Acts of Settlement. His brother, the Reverend William Bedell, was vicar of Kinawley and had a daughter Isabella who married Major Daniel French of Belturbet (died 1702). Their daughter Eleanor married John Stanford of Belturbet and this couple eventually inherited the Bedell estate in county Cavan. In the mid-19th century Captain Bedell Stanford held land in the parishes of Kildallan and Killashandra. He married Elizabeth Gale and their son, John Woodward Stanford, owned 605 acres in county Cavan in 1876 and William J. Stanford of Dublin owned 798 acres. Other members of the Stanford family were the composer Charles Villier Stanford (1852-1924) and William Bedell Stanford (1910-1984), classical scholar and Irish senator.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carn House | Carn | Kildallan | Bawnboy | Carn | Tullyhunco | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H297135
OS Sheet: Discovery map: 27A |
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| Bilberry Hill | Mullaghmore | Kildallan | Bawnboy | Bilberry | Tullyhunco | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H265132
OS Sheet: 14 Discovery map: 27 |
Archival sources
- Moore and Tibbits, solicitors’ papers, 2 copies of a draft lease of Chetwode Priory House with the farm and lands held therewith in Bucks, from WHB and MHB to Bedel Stanford of co. Cavan, Ireland, for the term of his life and six months after his death, 20 Aug 1833. CR 237/690/52-53; Warwickshire County Record Office
- Stanford Papers including leases, deeds, wills and other papers relating to the Stanford family and property in co Cavan, 1641-1823. Microfilm P 799.; National Library of Ireland
- Records of Clarke and Gordon, Solicitors, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, include a bundles of documents; re estate and family papers of Bedel Stanford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, concerning lands at Knockbeggar, Lurganboy and Gortgommon, Co Fermanagh, Drumherrif, Enaragh, Killyvilly, Ardue, Clonmullagh, Gortrahan and Ture, Co Cavan. Also include a copy will of Daniel Stanford, Dublin, 1785, and a copy will and codicil of Bedel Stanford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, 1856. 1785-1859. D1096/67/5 & /6.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Description : Conveyance from Bedell Stanford to Colonel John Madden of the two Annaghs/Annies [part of the Hilton Park demesne], Co. Monaghan, together with a large number of wills and other title deeds of the Stanford family back to 1745, including: the will of John Stanford of Dublin, 1745, the will of Bedell Stanford of Belturbet, Co. Cavan, 1774, and the will of Elizabeth Stanford of Belturbet, widow, 1797. 1810. D3465/A/7; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Folder titled 'Bishop William Bedell' containing copy of documents and published material along with notes of searches in local Record Offices and IGI on the Bedell family. c. 1965-2005. D4446/A/1/206; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Extracts from Bedell's life by Archbishop Reeves, also Bedell family pedigree, 1550-1900. 1779-1786. T1203/1/2; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Ambrose Bedell of Carne. Copy Will. 20 April 1683. T1203/2/3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Bedell H. Stanford Belturbet Drawing of Arms shown on tombstone. 1776. T2105/6; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Genealogical information relating to families of Bedell, Bradshaw, Stanford, Johnston, Bell, French, Somerville, Hartson etc., compiled by Thomas William Johnston, with further expansion by Louise Josephine Storms and Richard G. Storms, Aug. 1970. Ms. 5888/1-4; Trinity College Dublin
- Pedigree of the Bedell family of Suffolk, England and Co Cavan, 16th-19th cents. GO MS 824/11; National Library of Ireland
- Bundle of c.60 docs: Estate papers and correspondence of Bedel Stanford, Cheltenham, Gloucester, concerning lands at Knockbeggar, Lurganboy, and Gortgommon, Co. Fermanagh, Drumherrif, Enaragh, Killyvilly, Ardue, Clonmullagh, Gortrahan and Ture, Co. Cavan, Magherabeg, Co. Wicklow and a tenement in Gardiner's Row, Dublin and including:- Copy fee farm grant forever, Stephen Butler Belturbet, Co. Cavan to John Hecklefield, Newtown, Co. Fermanagh, concerning lands at Gortgommon, Co. Fermanagh. Rent 16 shillings p.a. [1661]. 1661-1859. D1096/67/6; 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] : 423
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''15th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Records Ireland,'' 1825. Vol XVI, Appendix I, Grants under Acts of Settlement: 96
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Bawnboy Union, 83 & 94
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 69 (Bilberry)
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: II, 79 (Bilberry)