Judge (Mosstown and Gageborough)
Arthur Judge of Mosstown, parish of Killare, county Westmeath, had eleven children by his wife Mary Bardiville of Athlone (ancestry.co.uk/). In 1703, their eldest son John Judge married Elizabeth Poyntz of Gageborough, King’s County, located close to the county Westmeath border at Horseleap. This couple inherited the Gageborough estate. The estate of their descendant John Chapman Judge at Gageborough (990 acres) and Montrath (983 acres), parish of Rahugh, county Westmeath was for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court in December 1852 but is still recorded as in his possession at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854). He was a church warden for the parish of Horseleap in 1833 (National Archives CS0/RP/1833/2256). His eldest son Poyntz Chapman Judge married in 1852 Elizabeth Hester Lucas of Bray, county Wicklow and they had an only son John Chapman Judge. Poyntz C Judge died in 1866 and Mrs Judge is recorded as the owner of 470 acres in county Westmeath in the mid-1870s. Her son John Chapman Judge married Jemima Reynolds and had a daughter Eileen. He died in 1902. (Gaelic Gleanings 1989, Vol 8, Issue 1, 7) Thomas Judge of Grangebeg, county Westmeath, was another son of Arthur Judge of Mosstown. Thomas married Abigail Smyth and one of their daughters and co-heiresses married John D'Arcy of Dunmow, county Meath and the Grangebeg estate passed to their descendants. There is reference to a William Judge of Mosstown in a document in the National Archives (C3437). O'Brien records the sale of Mosstown to Cuthbert Fetherstonhaugh in 1790.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Mosstown | Mosstown Demesne | Killare | Mullingar | Killare 65 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N261461
OS Sheet: 24 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Grange Beg House | Grange Beg | Killucan | Castletowndelvin | Riverdale 44 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N609515
OS Sheet: 21 Discovery map: 42 |
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| Ballinderry Cottage | Ballinderry | Mullingar | Mullingar | Mullingar Rural 85 | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N439522
OS Sheet: 19 Discovery map: 41 |
Archival sources
- Dopping-Hepenstal Papers, Bonds of indemnity for £1,000. George Palmer, Mathias McManus, John Chapman Judge, Edward Kelly and John Palmer to Anthony John Dopping, High Sheriff, Co Westmeath George Palmer, appointed under-sheriff 26 February 1825. Ms. 35,874 (6); National Library of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Judge, 10 Dec 1852, Vol 19 (46), MRGS 39/008, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland
- Encumbered Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Lucas and Judge, 25 Nov 1853, Vol 25 (14), MRGS 39/011, (microfilm copy in UG) Lucas interest in Grange Kiltobber, parish of Kilbeggan; National Archives of Ireland
- Landed Estates' Court Rentals (O'Brien), Bagnall and Judge, 3 Nov 1865, Vol 78 (55), MRGS 39/038, (microfilm copy in UG); National Archives of Ireland