Singleton (Mell)
John Fowke of Dublin settled in Ireland at the beginning of the 18th century. He married Patience, sister and co-heir of the Right Honourable Henry Singleton, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Their son Sydenham Fowke succeeded to some of Henry Singleton’s estate and assumed the name Singleton in 1759. In the mid-19th century Henry Sydenham Singleton held an estate in the county Cavan parishes of Shercock, Drumgoon and Knockbride. In the 1870s, Henry S. Singleton of Mell, county Louth and Hazely Heath, Hampshire, owned 6,609 acres in county Cavan, 1,463 in county Louth and 508 acres in county Meath.
Associated Families
No houses were found for this estate
Archival sources
- Deeds (36) and other papers, relating to properties of the Singleton family in Cos Louth, Meath and Pierce Court, Lissagonn, etc, Co Cavan, 1695-1901. D 7254-7289; National Library of Ireland
- Lease and release relating to lands of Ralaghan, parish of Shercock, Co Cavan, Hon Robert French and Robert Percival of Knightsbrook, Co Meath of the first part and the Hon Henry Singleton and Edward Meade of Drogheda of the second part, 13 & 14 Mar 1754. D 10,475-10,476.; National Library of Ireland
- Lease by John Singleton to George Huston of part of the lands of Tullybrick, Co Cavan, 10 Feb 1810. D 8953.; National Library of Ireland
- Rents received book for Ardagh, Carricknashanna, Collon, and Mell, Co. Louth, Glasleck and Shercock, Co. Cavan, Creewood and Rathdrinagh, Co. Meath, and Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Singleton and Whitshed estates. 1865-1897. D3711/2/2/1-/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Rental for the estate of John Roland Singleton in the parishes of Tullyallen and Drumshallon, Co. Louth, and Knockride and Drumgoon, Co. Cavan, and for the estate of William Augustus Adams in Killineer, parish of St Peter's Co. Louth, and Corravilla, Corlattylannan, and Kinnea Manor, all in the parish of Knockbride, Co. Cavan. 1 November 1892-29 September 1901. D3711/2/1/3; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Farnham Papers, Manuscript Collection List 95; National Library of Ireland
- Rental of Alfred H. Wynne as agent for the following estate and others: Harry Sydenham Singleton's estate in the parishes of Tullyallen and Drumshallon, Co. Louth and Knockbridge, and Drumgoon, Co. Cavan; 1 November 1873-1 November 1878. D3711/2/1/1 ; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
Modern printed sources
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 551
- NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND. Reports on Private Collections: Report on the Vance Papers, solicitors, Bailieborough, relating to the Fitzherbert, Pratt and Singleton families and to lands in Cos Cavan and Meath, No 195.