Staples
The Staples family baronets held land in a number of Irish counties, Queen’s County, Derry, Tyrone, Cavan and Mayo. The Cavan estate may have come into their possession through the marriage of Sir Alexander Staples and Abigail daughter and heiress of Thomas Townley of county Cavan. Their only son Sir Robert Staples, born in 1740, had by his second wife a son and successor Sir Robert and a daughter Hannah, who married Ralph Smyth of Gaybrook, county Westmeath. Her marriage portion was charged on the county Cavan estate. The Staples county Cavan estate was in the parishes of Lavey, Annagelliff and Kilmore. In a resume of Sir Robert Staples estate ownership circa 1828, the county Cavan estate was comprised of 1,500 acres. In 1878, Sir Nathaniel Staples of Lissane, county Tyrone, owned 1,457 acres in county Dublin, 990 acres in county Londonderry and 3,078 acres in county Tyrone. Records in PRONI suggest that the county Cavan estate was possibly sold in 1878. The Staples family held some church lands in the parish of Kilmainemore, barony of Kilmaine, county Mayo. Mary Vesey, eldest daughter of Archbishop John Vesey of Tuam, married early in the 18th century Sir Robert Staples 2nd Baronet. The Staples appear to have purchased Turin from the sale of the Dillon-Browne estate in 1851. Most of the Staples county Mayo estate was let to members of the Fair family. In 1878, Robert Staples of Dunmore, Durrow, Queen's County [Laois] owned 1,385 acres in county Mayo, 4,003 in county Londonderry and 1,424 in Queen's county. Miss K. Staples sold 1,387 acres to the Congested Districts' Board on 28 Nov 1907.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turin | Turin | Kilmainemore | Ballinrobe | Kilmaine 24 | Kilmaine | Mayo |
OSI Ref: M276 578
OS Sheet: 122 Discovery map: 38 |
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Archival sources
- Staples Papers, D/1567, some reference to Co Mayo estate at D/1567/A/4/1-4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- S. Gordon & Son, solicitors' collection, contains documents re the Staples estates, including Cos Mayo & Tipperary. Small Accs. Index 103, D.18,038-18,095, M.2250-2261, T.7196-7206; National Archives of Ireland
- Staples Papers, Rough draft release of the marriage portion of Mrs Hannah Smyth, widow, nee Staples [daughter of Sir Robert Staples, 7th Bt, widow of Ralph Smyth of Gaybrook, Co. Westmeath, and called 'Anna Maria' by Burke's Peerage and Baronetage], which had been charged on the Staples estate in Co. Cavan. This included the lands of Gortnakilline, Upper Edinticalary otherwise Idinticlare, Dromhelagh otherwise Dromhillah, Clarebane, Coletragh, Grillagh, Kilnalack, etc. [in the parishes of Lavey, Annageliff, and Kilmore], 1829. D1567/A/10/1; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Staples Papers, Deeds of settlement, mortgage, release etc with related papers affecting the various Staples’ estates, including the Cavan estate in 1878. D1567/A/14; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Staples Papers, Envelope containing a resumé of the landownership of Sir Robert Staples, 8th Bt, headed 'Short epitome of estates and other properties on which the owner (a baronet) wishes to borrow £28,000 or £30,000. Includes details of estates in Cos Derry, Tyrone, Queen’s Co, Cavan and Mayo. Circa 1828. D1567/D/2/4; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Certified Copy of Will of Sir Robert Staples of Dunmose, Queen's County. Includes details relating to lands in the Counties of Cavan, Tyrone, Londonderry, Mayo and Queen's County. 27 March 1889. LPC/1389; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. '' 18th Annual Report of the Congested Districts' Board for Ireland'', [Cd 4927] HC 1909, xvi. Appendix XXXII: 141
- 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] : 424