Cosby (Becks Court)
In the mid-19th century William Cosby held 3 townlands in the parish of Denn, county Cavan and his sister Frances held one. In 1876, William Cosby of Annahilt, county Down owned 504 acres in the county. William Cosby and other family members are buried in Annahilt graveyard where a gravestone records that William of H.M. 63rd Regiment died in 1864, his sister Frances in 1885 and William’s son Major William Cosby in 1890. William and Frances were the children of the Reverend Arnold Cosby (died 1817) of Becks Court, Bailieborough, county Cavan, rector of Killinkere and his wife Frances Beatty. The Reverend Arnold was the eldest son of Thomas Cosby of Becks Court, High Sheriff of county Cavan in 1765 and his wife Catherine, daughter of Captain William Stopford, brother of James 1st Earl of Courtown (Crossle Record).
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckscourt House | Beckscourt | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Bailieborough | Clankee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: N680971
OS Sheet: 34 Discovery map: 35 |
Archival sources
- Box of deeds, accounts, correspondence, Irish Land Commission sale papers, etc, concerning the Blackbull estate of the Cosby family in the parish of Denn, barony of Loughtee, Co. Cavan, including a map of 1808. 1800-1923. D2426/24; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Memorial of a deed between Isaiah Corry, Belfast, Thomas Charles Stewart Corry, Bailieboro Castle, Co. Cavan and Rev. Arnold Cosby, Becks Court, Co. Cavan granting Isaiah Corry and his heirs the annual sum of £150 from Thomas Charles Stewart Corry. 1806. D4054/7; 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] : 102
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 63
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 99
Modern printed sources
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Nesbitt Papers from 1666, relating to the Cosby and Nesbitt families and to lands in Co Cavan, No 134.