Landed Estates
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Ruxton (Ardee)

William FitzHerbert, the second son of William FitzHerbert, 3rd Lord of Swynnerton, married the only child of Sir Henry Pierce of Pierce Court or Shercock, county Cavan. Their son William FitzHerbert of Shercock had three sons who all died without heirs. One of his five daughters, Letitia, married John Ruxton of Ardee, county Louth. Their daughter, Mary Ruxton, married James Corry of Shantonagh, county Monaghan while their eldest son William held lands in the Shercock locality. His grandson, also named William Ruxton, was the immediate lessor of 12 townlands in the parish of Shercock and other lands in the parishes of Drumgoon and Knockbride, county Cavan, at the time of Griffith’s Valuation. However, by 1878 William Ruxton of Ardee had disposed of his Cavan estate but still owned an estate of 2,262 acres in county Louth. In May 1857, the estate of William Ruxton in the parishes of Shercock, Knockbridge and Drumgoon, amounting to 2,865 acres was offered for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court.

Associated Families

No houses were found for this estate

Archival sources

  • Six deeds relating to the manors of Kineagh and Cashell alias Piersecourt in Co Cavan, including a fine Henry Pierse and Eleanor, his wife, to William FitzHerbert of Norbury, Derbyshire, 1657; a mortgage of the manors dated 16 August 1685 and the will (31 March 1740) and probate (25 June 1747) of William FitzHerbert the elder of Shercock,1657-1754. D 6956-6961.; National Library of Ireland
  • Letter to Lord Dufferin from Fitzherbert RUXTON, Hazlewood, Sligo, offering himself as a candidate for Dufferin's estate agent. 6 May 1853. D1071/H/B/R/471; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Assignment of mortgage. Shercock or Ruxton Estate in Co. Cavan. 8 July 1867. D1503/2/38/10; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates Court certificate of lodgement. Ruxton Estate, Co. Cavan. 2 July 1857. D1503/2/38/17; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Agreement. Ruxton Estate, Co. Cavan. 20 June 1857. D1503/2/38/18; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Copy deed made between James Corry, Shantonagh, Co. Monaghan, John Corry, his eldest son, John Montgomery, Ballylick, Co. Monaghan and John Ruxton, Black Castle, Co. Meath for settlement of lands following the marriage of James Corry to Mary Ruxton. 1796. D4054/6; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
  • Papers relating to the family of Ruxton or Ruxton Fitzherbert, of Blackcastle, Co. Meath, including a rental and disbursements of the estates of Samuel Ruxton Fitzherbert, copy of the will of Margaret Ruxton and particulars of the will of Sophia Ruxton, together with family correspondence, 1796-1799; 1812-1814 and 1836-1855. Ms. 8987; National Library of Ireland
  • Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of William Ruxton of Ardee House, Co Louth and Shercock, Co Cavan and to his grandson William Ruxton of Ardee with descent from Fitzherbert of Swynerton, Co Stafford, 5 Dec 1862. GO MS 108: 436-437.; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of FitzHerbert of Norbury, Co Derby, of Swinnerton, Co Stafford, of Shercock, Co Cavan, c 1500-1791. GO MS179: 359-364.; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of Pierce Barts of Pierce Court, Co Cavan, c 1550-1662. GO MS 112: 404.; National Library of Ireland
  • Pedigree of Ruxton of Ardee, Co Louth, of Shercock, Co Cavan and Blackcastle, Co Meath, 1721-c 1810. GO MS 179: 363.; National Library of Ireland
  • Copy of confirmation of arms to the descendants of William Ruxton of Ardee House, Co Louth and Shercock, Co Cavan and to his grandson William Ruxton of Ardee with descent from Fitzherbert of Swynerton, Co Stafford, 5 Dec 1862. GO MS 108: 436-437.; National Library of Ireland
  • Seven deeds, including a will, relating to the property of the Fitzherbert family in Shercock and other places in Co. Cavan, 1656-1754. D. 6956-62; National Library of Ireland
  • 27 deeds relating to lands in Ardee, Co. Louth, Parties include John Fitzherbert Ruxton of Ardee House, Thomas Byrne of Lurgan, Co. Armagh and Anthony Foster of Dublin, 1681, 1744-1827. D. 18,594 - 18620; National Library of Ireland
  • Marriage settlement of John Fitzherbert Ruxton of Ardee, and Anna E. Coddington of Old Bridge, Co. Meath Jan. 22, 1820. D 18542; National Library of Ireland
  • Deeds, etc. relating to property of the Ruxton family near Ardee and in Dublin City, 18th c. D. 5511-32; National Archives of Ireland
  • Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Ruxton, 12 May 1857, Vol 45 (16), MRGS 39/022, (microfilm copy in NUIG); National Archives of Ireland

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