Clements/Lucas-Clements
In the mid-17th century Robert Clements, son of Daniel Clements, owned large estates in counties Down and Cavan. He was attainted in 1689 but his county Cavan estate was restored to him under William III. By his wife, a Miss Sandford of Castlerea, county Roscommon, he had three sons. His youngest son, Nathaniel, was father of the 1st Earl of Leitrim. His second son, Robert, held the Rathkenny estate in county Cavan and died in 1723. He was succeeded by his son Theophilus Clements. In 1795, Theophilus’ daughter Elizabeth Anne, married as his first wife, the Reverend Edward Lucas of the Castle Shane, county Monaghan, family and it was this couple’s son Theophilus E. Lucas, who eventually inherited the Rathkenny estate. Theophilus assumed the name and arms of Clements in 1823 and was succeeded in 1852 by his son, Theophilus Lucas-Clements, who held an estate in the parishes of Drung, Kildrumsherdan and Mullagh at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. In 1878, he owned 2,426 acres in county Cavan and 632 acres in county Meath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Rakenny/Rathkenny House | Rakenny | Drung | Cootehill | Cootehill No 1 | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H539114
OS Sheet: 16 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Wood Lodge | Rakenny | Drung | Cootehill | Cootehill No 1 | Tullygarvey | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H540107
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 27 |
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| Lismore Lodge | Crossdoney/Lismore Demesne | Kilmore | Cavan | Crossdoney | Clanmahon | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H370006
OS Sheet: 25 Discovery map: 34 |
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| Drumkeen | Drumkeen | Annagelliff | Cavan | Cavan Rural | Upper Loughtee | Cavan |
OSI Ref: H411072
OS Sheet: 20 Discovery map: 34 |
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Archival sources
- Copy of grant of arms being Clements quartering Lucas to Theophilus Edward Lucas of Rathkenny, Co Cavan on his assuming under Royal Licence the name and arms of Clements, 23 July 1823. GO MS 106: 146.; National Library of Ireland
- Lucas-Clements Papers concerning the family’s Co Cavan estate in the 19th and 20th centuries, including maps, deeds, wills, correspondence and estate rentals. LCA; OMARC Maynooth University Archive & Research Centre
- Farnham Papers contain references to the Clements families of Ashfield and Rathkenny, see Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Mulligan & Martyn, 23 Jan 1852, Vol 13 (29), MRGS 39/006, (microfilm copy in NUIG) [673 acres held under fee farm grant from Lucas-Clements]; National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Higinbotham, 27 Nov 1857, Vol 48 (51), MRGS 39/023, (microfilm copy in NUIG) lands of Drumherriff [South] adjoining Rakenny, held under lease dated 1724 from Theophilus Clements; National Archives of 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] : 85
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Cootehill Union, 59
- LEWIS, Samuel. ''A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland''. London: S. Lewis & Co., 1837: I, 398, 521 & 604
- LEET, Ambrose. ''A directory to the market towns, villages, gentlemen's seats, and other noted places in Ireland''. Dublin: Printed by B. Smith, 1814 : 330
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: 208, 212
Modern printed sources
- MALCOMSON, A.P.W. ed. ''The Clements Archive''. Irish Manuscripts Commission, 2010: All
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 95
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report and supplementary report on the Lucas-Clements Papers from 1717, relating to the property of Major Lucas-Clements, Rathkenny House, Cootehill, and to lands in Cos Meath and Cavan, Nos 291 & 406.
- BENCE-JONES, Mark. ''A Guide to Irish Country Houses''. Revised ed. London: Constable, 1988. : 186, 239