Bandon Estate Office (Doherty and Jones)(Bound Volumes) U137

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Cork City and County Archives Bandon Estate Office (Doherty and Jones) Collection (Ref U137) Rental Ledgers, Cash Books, and Other Volumes Descriptive List 2013 Cork City and County Archives

Table of Contents CONTEXT ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Creator (1) ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Creator (2) ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Archival History ................................................................................................................................... 3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................... 3 Scope and Content.............................................................................................................................. 3 System of Arrangement ...................................................................................................................... 5 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE.......................................................................................................... 6 ALLIED MATERIALS .................................................................................................................................. 6 ARCHIVIST’S NOTE .................................................................................................................................. 6 List of Items and Descriptions................................................................................................................. 7 1 Rental Ledgers............................................................................................................................. 7 1A Rental Ledgers, Earl of Bandon’s Estate ................................................................................. 8 1B Rental Ledgers (Managed Estates)........................................................................................ 24 2 U137/RO Rentals Other(audited rentals and cash accounts, auction rentals)........................30 3 U137/CB Cash Books and other financial volumes................................................................... 40 3A U137/CB/A Cash Books etc, Earl of Bandon's Estate ............................................................ 40 3B U137/CB/B Cash Books etc, Bandon Estate Office ............................................................... 48 4 U137/EV Estate Volumes, estate management records (other than rentals, cash books) .....58 4A U137/EV/A Estate Volumes, Earl of Bandon's Estate ........................................................... 58 4B U137/EV/B Estate Volumes, Bandon Estate Office............................................................... 63 5 U137/LB Letter Books, Bandon Estate Office ........................................................................... 65 Appendix: Townlands/Denominations, Earl of Bandon’s Estates .............................................. 66

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IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference:

U137

Title:

Bandon Estate Office (Doherty and Jones) – Rental Ledgers, Cash Books, and other Volumes

Level of description:

sub-fonds

Date:

1719 - ca 1964

Extent:

133 volumes, 4 boxes

CONTEXT Creator (1) Earl of Bandon Landed Estate

Biographical/Administrative History: Francis Bernard, an English settler, acquired Castle Mahon, near Bandon, in 1639. His son, Francis, who succeeded in 1690, held several high state offices, including Solicitor General (1711), and amassed a fortune which he used to purchase large amounts of land, much of it forfeited by those who had supported James II against William III, most notably the earl of Clancarty. Bernard's holdings, managed by his agent Nathaniel Dangger, included the town of Macroom and much land in west Cork. His son Francis succeeded in 1731 and greatly altered and added to the house and demense, renaming it Castle Bernard. His nephew James Bernard succeeded in 1783, followed by his son Francis in 1790, who became Baron Bandon in 1793 and Viscount Bandon in 1795. He was created Earl of Bandon in 1800, evidently in part owing to his support for the Act of Union. James Bernard succeeded as 2nd earl in 1830. He married Albinia, daughter of Charles Brodrick, archbishop of Cashel, of the prominent Midleton family. His younger son Charles Brodrick Bernard became archbishop of Tuam in 1867, while his eldest son Francis succeeded in 1856. The 2nd earl had had to grant substantial abatements for arrears of rent in 1849, following the Great Famine of 1845-49. For much of the 19th century the estate was managed, evidently not always well, by gentlemen-agents, who included the Reverends Samuel Beamish and Joseph Jervois, and the 3rd earl's brother, Henry Boyle Bernard of Coolmain Castle, Kilbrittain. The estate had grown to include lands in east Cork and Co Waterford, and in 1878 was estimated to contain nearly 41,000 acres. Most of the estate was in two large groupings known as the Eastern and Western Estates. James Bernard succeeded as 4th earl in 1877. He engaged Richard Doherty as his land agent, and he and his son Richard and business partner George Thomas Jones worked with the earl to reorganise the estate, with settlements being made in 1876, 1895, and 1896, including mortgaging of lands to Richard Wheeler Doherty. Much of the estate was sold to tenants under 1903's Wyndham Land Act. Castle Bernard was burned to the ground by an IRA raiding party led by Sean Hales on 21 June 1921. The earl himself was kidnapped for a few weeks and later settled in England. His distant cousin, Percy Bernard, of the Tuam branch, a distinguished RAF officer, succeeded as 5th and last earl in 1924, the title becoming extinct on his

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death in 1979. [Sources: Morrissey, C, 'The Bernards of Bandon', Bandon Historical Journal, No 28, 2012; Landed Estates Database, O'Moore Institute, NUI Galway (www.landedestates.ie); Wikipedia (entries regarding earls of Bandon)] Creator (2) Bandon Estate Office (Doherty and Jones) Richard Wheeler Doherty, his son Richard, and his business partner George Thomas Jones worked as land agents for James Bernard, 4th earl of Bandon (acceded 1877). RW Doherty appears to have already represented many members of the Bernard family before this time. The firm became known as the Bandon Estate Office (and as Doherty and Jones) and represented many other estates and landowners in the vicinity of Bandon and elsewhere. Other estates for which they held the agency include Warren (appointed agents in 1899), Synge, Fitzpatrick, Moorhead of Oakmount, Gillman, and others. The firm's documents include substantial records of dealings with other estates and agencies, as well as ledgers, deeds, leases, and other documents relating to estates in the period before they were appointed agents. Many of these estates were broken up and sold to tenants under the land acts of the 1900s, effectively ending the demand for such land agencies, although the collection contains a few volumes with entries for subsequent years. Archival History The collection was acquired by Padraig O'Maidin, County Librarian, for Cork Archives Council in 1971. In 2008 the outsize ledgers in the collection were professionally conserved by Mucross Bookbindery, with grant aid from the Heritage Council. In 2013, these volumes were listed, with rental ledgers being placed in a single series. Other large volumes, including cash books and letter books, and related rental and other volumes in boxes in the collection, were also listed and placed in series. The majority of boxes in the collection, however, still await full listing, and changes to some series may occur on foot of final listing of the whole collection.

CONTENT AND STRUCTURE Scope and Content

Sub-fonds consisting of bound volumes from the Bandon Estate Office, being primarily, but not exclusively, records of the estate of the earl of Bandon. These rental ledgers and other related volumes were listed and arranged in series in 2013. Some series, in particular U137/RO and U137/LB are likely to be augmented on foot of further listing of the overall fonds, and reference numbers for these series should be regarded as provisional. Many of the estate records date from before the time when Doherty and Jones came to hold the land agency, and document the work of earlier land agents, and the tenancies of those times. Eg, the earliest Bandon Estate volume containing rentals dates from 1719-28 (U137/EV/A/001).

The present sub-fonds includes the following series:

U137/RL Rental ledgers documenting denominations (holdings) of land, tenants, rents, and other details. These cover most of the 19th century. There are two sub-series. U137/RL/A consists of rentals relating to the earl of Bandon's estate. U137/RL/B consists of other rentals documenting several estates (sometimes including that of the earl of Bandon) and other single estates also

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managed by the Bandon Estate Office. Items U137/RL/B/006, 013 and 014, which contain entries up to the 1950s and 1960s, refer to the firm of F Hall and Son, solicitors, South Mall, Cork, and may not relate to Doherty and Jones-managed property. 1803-1903 (-1964). U137/RO Rentals other than those maintained as ledgers. These included annual audited rentals and cash accounts, auction rentals, and other unbound rentals. Full listing of all such rentals not completed. See U137/RO/69 (audited rentals and cash accounts, 1882-1904), Box 145 (same, 1885- 98), and Box 156 (same, 1885-98). U137/CB Cash Books, Day Books, and other financial volumes, including rent books and account books. Again, these have been divided into sub-series, U137/CB/A covering earl of Bandon estate records, and U137/RL/CB/B covering mixed estates and other separate estate volumes. U137/EV Series for estate ledgers and volumes not covered by above series. These include the 1719- 28 estate agent's volume containing rentals, accounts, lists of leases, and other estate information. The series also contains wages books, agent's memorandum books, other mixed account books, and a volume on lease arrangements. U137/LB The collection contains many letterbooks, mainly by Richard Wheeler Doherty, which were not listed in 2013. U137/LB/1, a letterbook covering the period 1879-82, was listed as it was stored with large rental ledgers. Other letterbooks are in boxes awaiting listing. The collection as a whole documents the huge range of work carried out by the firm and earlier land agents, particularly for the Earls of Bandon and their vast, sprawling estate. There is much information on tenants, making the rentals, in particular, a valuable source for local and family history. The records also shed light on the social and political history of the period c1719-1903, including events such as the Great Famine (1845-49), the Land Wars of the 1880s, and the Land Acts and the sale of estates from 1903 on. Some fascinating enclosures also occur, eg, in U137/RL/A/047, a file on barytes mining on the earl's land at Dunmanus, 1913-20. The firm's work with many large estates throughout Co Cork and beyond, especially in west Cork, make the collection a key resource for the study of landed estates in Ireland. An appendix listing townlands and denominations in the estates of the earl of Bandon follows this descriptive list.

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System of Arrangement Listed records arranged into series, some with sub-series. Only rental ledger series are closed, with other series subject to possible additions and revision on completion of listing of the whole collection. Items within series/sub-series are mainly in chronological order, with some modification to place some similar or closely related material together. This is noted in series/sub-series and item descriptions.

U137/RL Rental Ledgers

1A 1B

U137/RL/A Rental Ledgers, Earl of Bandon's Estate U137/RL/B Rental Ledgers, Bandon Estate Office

2 3

U137/RO Rentals Other (audited rentals and cash accounts, auction rentals)

U137/CB Cash Books and other financial volumes U137/CB/A Cash Books etc, Earl of Bandon's Estate U137/CB/B Cash Books etc, Bandon Estate Office

3A 3B

4 U137/EV Estate Volumes, estate management records (other than rentals, cash books) 4A U137/EV/A Estate Volumes, Earl of Bandon's Estate 4B U137/EV/B Estate Volumes, Bandon Estate Office 5 U137/LB Letter Books, Bandon Estate Office

Subjects: Bandon, Earls of (Bernard) Bernard, James, 4 th Earl of Bandon

Doherty, Richard Wheeler (Land Agent, Bandon)

Bandon Estate Office (Doherty and Jones)

Landed Estate Papers

Eighteenth Century Cork

Nineteenth Century Cork

Great Famine (1845-49)

Landlord and Tenant

Land War

Tenant Purchase

West Cork

Macroom, Co Cork

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CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE Conditions Governing Access: Open to those holding a current Readers ticket Conditions Governing Reproduction: Subject to rules governing reproduction of records at CCCA Language: English Finding Aids: Descriptive List (ISAD-G)

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related Units of Description:

CCCA: Reference

Description

Other

SM726

Case Brief O'Connor v. Earl of Bandon

SM641

Bernard Deeds

National Library of Ireland:

Bernard deeds, wills, and pedigrees

University College Cork, Boole Library, Special Collections:

Bernard deeds

RULES /CONVENTIONS USED: ISAD (G)

PUBLICATION NOTE:

Extracts from U137/EV/A/001 published in Prendergast, Jean, ‘The Doherty Papers: Estate of the Earl of Bandon Part One’, Journal of the Cork Genealogical Society , No 1 (2001)

ARCHIVIST’S NOTE Timmy O Connor Local Government Archivist Date: June 2013

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List of Items and Descriptions 1 Rental Ledgers

Reference:

U137/RL

Title: Level: Date:

Rental Ledgers

series

1803 - 1964

Extent:

61 volumes, 3 indexes, 1 box of enclosures

Scope and Content: Large ledgers containing rentals of lands in estates managed by the Bandon Estate Office, particularly the estates of the Earls of Bandon. The records document holdings, tenancies, terms of leases, and details of rent owed and paid. They are a key record of those who lived on estates as tenants, of estate management by land agents and owners, and the changing fortunes of landed estates throughout the nineteenth century. Most of the land owners concerned held lands in the vicinity of Bandon, but some held wider land interests, most notably the earls of Bandon, with lands scattered throughout Co Cork and beyond, from Durrus to Co Waterford, with substantial holdings around Macroom, including much of the town. Most of this estate was in two large groupings known as the Eastern and Western Estates. The Estate Office held rentals from the period prior to their appointment as agents, eg, Castle Mahon Estate Agent's Ledger with rentals and accounts, 1719-28 (U137/EV/01).Tenant purchase under land acts such as the 1903 Wyndham Act led to the breakup of such estates, as documented in part in some of the rentals. The rentals often differ somewhat in format and information contained, and have been arranged into sub-series and groupings as follows. U137/RL/A is a sub-series containing rentals of the estate of the Earl of Bandon. These have been arranged into two groupings (U137/RL/A/1-29; U137/RL/A/30-47). Items 1-20 are rentals based on tenants' names, generally noting name, rent, a description of the holding, terms of lease, and details of rent owed and paid. These are arranged chronologically. Items 21-29 are 'rough' rentals, also based on tenants's names, but generally adding only the name of the denomination and a record of rent and arrears. Items 30-47 are rentals based on townlands and denominations. These generally note the denomination name, tenants' names, area, and rent, although some do not include tenants' names. 1803-1901 U137/RL/B consists of rent ledgers relating to several estates managed by the Bandon Estate Office (some including earl of Bandon's estate information), and ledgers relating to separate estates also managed by the firm. These 14 items are arranged in chronological order, and their format and the estates to which they refer are noted in descriptions for individual items. Items U137/RL/B/006, 013, and 014, which contain entries up to the 1950s and 1960s, refer to the firm of F Hall and Son, solicitors, South Mall, Cork, and may not relate to Doherty and Jones-managed property. 1822- 1964 U137/RL/C is a small sub-series containing three indexes to rent ledgers occurring in the collection, and a box of enclosures from ledgers.

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Rental Ledgers, Earl of Bandon’s Estate

Reference:

U137/RL/A

Title: Level: Date:

Rental Ledgers, Earl of Bandon's Estate

sub-series 1803-1901 47 volumes

Extent:

Scope and Content: Rentals of the estate of the Earl of Bandon, from Bandon Estate Office. These have been arranged into two groupings (U137/RL/A/1-29; U137/RL/A/30-47). Items 1-20 are rentals based on tenants' names, generally noting name, rent, a description of the holding, terms of lease, and details of rent owed and paid. These are arranged chronologically. Within this grouping, items 21-29 are 'rough' rentals, also based on tenants' names, but generally adding only the name of the denomination and a record of rent and arrears. Items 30-47 are rentals based on townlands and denominations. These generally note the denomination name, tenants' names, area, and rent, although some do not include tenants' names. Differences in format and information contained are noted in item-level descriptions.

Ref.

Date: 1803 - 1813

U137/RL/A/001

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 385 ff [many blank] Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid, and folio number. The volume is indexed. Most payments are recorded as received by S Jervois and Rev Joseph Jervois ('as per Settlement', and 'Agency account') .The holdings appear to be largely in the Eastern Estate. After folio 177, a number of folios with tenancy information but no record of payments occur, and there are a number of blank folios. From folios 325 to 339 there are entries recording payments ('rents & Co') received by Sampson Jervois out of the estate of the Earl of Bandon (1803-05). Folios 340 to 385 record similar payments received by Rev Joseph Jervois, 1806-13.

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Ref.

Date: 1803 - 1812

U137/RL/A/002

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 172 ff Scope and Content:

Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding, and of the terms of the lease, most leases being for a term of three stated lives. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed below the line by a record of rents and arrears due and paid, and reference to folio [ie, page in another volume containing information on the same holding]. The lands are in the western estate. All payments recorded in the volume appear to have been received by Rev Sam Beamish '& acounted for by him as per Settlement'. Entries after folio 123 contain top- of-page information on denomination, tenant, and tenure, but no record of payments.

Ref.

Date: 1809 - 1813

U137/RL/A/003

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 370 ff (many blank) Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid, and folio number. The volume is indexed. Most payments are recorded as received by Rev Joseph Jervois ('as per Settlement', and 'Agency account'). Folios 1 to 168 contain details of tenancies and payments in the Eastern Estate of the Bandon Estate. Blank folios follow, but folios 300 to 315 contain entries for denominations in Co Waterford. Annual statements of payments received by Jervois ('Rents & Co') follow on folios 320-22 (Waterford denominations), and folios 340 to 370 (Earl of Bandon's estates).

Ref.

Date: 1822

U137/RL/A/004

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 227 ff Scope and Content:

Rental recording name of tenant, annual rent, and denomination, followed by details of arrears due Sep-Nov 1820 and two years' rent due Sep-Nov 1822, the payment of rent, allowances, and arrears due Sep-Nov 1822. The lands are in the eastern estate. [Unique in having landscape pages recording arrears and rent details for a single year only, by tenant, rent, and denomination. See also U137/RL/B/001 which begins in 1822 and covers the earl of Bandon's estates]

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Ref.

Date: 1822-24

U137/RL/A/005

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 278 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding, and of the terms of the lease [date of lease and extent of holding only recorded for some tenants]. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears, but these fields are blank for most folios. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed, eg, 'FL 1', 'FL 16' [apparently a reference to another ledger containing further information. Some numbered references to 'Old Ledgers' are also noted]. A typical entry in this rental runs as follows (first entry): 'Dr William Harris per annum £90 0s 0d for part of the lands of Ardprior and Milleragh commonly called Coulta, with the meadow the bog the commons thereunto belonging and the course reas and rushy fields as formerly held by John and James Fitzgerald, in the barony of Orrery and Kilmore, in the parish of [blank] in the county of Cork for 3 lives from the 1st May 1799 - lives viz John Harris, son to John Harris of the city of Cork, Mary Francis and James Purcell (son of Pearce Purcell) of Altimere in the county of Cork, with liberty for cutting turf on the Bog of Ardprior for the use of the tenants only'. This type of rental contains much information on the nature of tenant tenure and the history and physical characteristics of many of the holdings.

[Apparently relates to the Eastern Estate.]

Ref.

Date: 1822 - 1844

U137/RL/A/006

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 223 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid, and folio number. The volume mainly covers the period 1825-44, with some folios containing information for 1822-24 carried forward from an earlier 'Farm Ledger'. The holdings are in the Western Estate. [Same format as U137/RL/A/005]

Ref.

Date: 1822 - 1844

U137/RL/A/007

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 57 ff Scope and Content: Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding,

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and of the terms of the lease [date of lease and extent of holding only recorded for some tenants]. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears, but these fields are blank for most folios. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed [noting related entries in another ledger]. References to pages in 'New Book' are added to most folios. [Eastern Estate. Possibly part of a larger rental: see U137/RL/A/008. Similar to U137/RL/A/005]

Ref.

Date: 1822 - 1844

U137/RL/A/008

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 160 ff (numbered 25-29, 81-206) Scope and Content:

Ref.

Date: 1822 - 1844

U137/RL/A/009

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 231 ff (numbered 9 to 240) Scope and Content:

Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding, and of the terms of the lease [date of lease and extent of holding only recorded for some tenants]. Area, lease date,and (in some cases) land price are also often noted. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears, but these fields are blank for most folios. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed [references to related entries in another ledger]. References to pages in 'New Book' have been added to most folios. [The lands are mainly in the Earl of Bandon's Eastern Estate, but some are from the western estate (eg, Willsgrove, Farran McShoney)]. [Partial? See U137/RL/A/007, similar to U137/RL/A/005]

Ref.

Date: 1823 - 1829 (1830)

U137/RL/A/010

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 375 folios [some blank] Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, and name of holding. Pencil notes on arrears are entered under the headings, followed by recorded details of rents and arrears

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due and paid. Some references to 'Old Ledger' and 'New Ledger' occur. The holdings appear to be largely in the Eastern Estate. [Somewhat similar to U137/RL/A/005, but with no printed field headings]

Ref.

Date: 1825 - 1844

U137/RL/A/011

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 262 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid, and folio number. Some folios cover more than one holding. The holdings appear to be largely in the Eastern Estate. [Same format as U137/RL/A/005]

Ref.

Date: 1826-31 (1837)

U137/RL/A/012

Level : item Title: Macroom Rental Extent: 58 folios Scope and Content:

'Rental of the Macrome Property'. Rental of [earl of Bandon] estate in Macroom, Co Cork. Tenant name, annual rent, terms of lease, and area recorded at top of each folio. Property referred to in each as 'holdings in Macrome', but is not otherwise described. The lower part of the folio records debits and credits, covering rent and arrears due from 1826 to 1831. Payments received (by S Payne) and arrears outstanding are totalled at September 1837. Some enclosures present, eg, folio 12: receipt dated 22 Nov 1828; and folio 24: proposal by James Murphy for tenancy of house in Macroom town from Lord Bandon and Robert Hedges dated 1 May 1830. [See also U137/EV/A/001]

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Ref.

Date: 1838-44

U137/RL/A/013

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 233 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, name of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid. Some references to 'Old Ledger' and 'New Ledger' occur. The holdings appear to be largely in the Western Estate. [Similar format to U137/RL/A/005, but a slimmer volume, with less information and no printed field headings]

Ref.

Date: 1845 - 1849

U137/RL/A/014

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 107 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding, and of the terms of the lease. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears due and received. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed, eg, '163', '188', referring to another ledger containing related information. Folios in the present volume are numbered 148 to 254, evidently continuing on from another volume. [Eastern Estate; see U137/RL/A/15 and 16]

Ref.

Date: 1845 - 1849

U137/RL/A/015

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 156 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding, and of the terms of the lease. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears due and received. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed, eg, '37', '69', referring to another ledger containing related information. Folios in the present volume are numbered 1 to 156, evidently continuing on from another volume. [eastern estate; possibly continuing from U137/RL/A/14 or 16]

Ref.

Date: 1845 - 1849

U137/RL/A/016

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 108 folios Scope and Content: Rental recording, on each folio, the name of a tenant, amount of rent, a description of the holding,

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and of the terms of the lease. This information is at the top of the folio, and is followed by fields for recording information on rents and arrears due and received. A field headed 'Folio' is generally completed, eg, '164', '171', referring to another ledger containing related information. Folios in the present volume are numbered 156 to 263, evidently continuing on from another volume. [eastern estate; possibly continuing from U137/RL/A/14 or 15]

Ref.

Date: 1845-56

U137/RL/A/017

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 283 folios Scope and Content:

Ref.

Date: 1845-56

U137/RL/A/018

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 291 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant's name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. This is followed by a record of payments owed and made, allowances and arrears, and folio and 'old ledger' references. Entries loosely alphabetical by farm name.

Western Estate. [Same format as U137/RL/A/005]

Ref.

Date: 1845 - 1852

U137/RL/A/019

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 278 ff Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each folio, tenant name, annual rent, description of holding, terms of lease, and area. Beneath are recorded details of rents and arrears due and paid. Notes referring to later pages and 'new ledger' also occur. The holdings appear to be largely in the Western Estate. [Same format as U137/RL/A/005]

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Ref.

Date: 1845-48

U137/RL/A/020

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 149 folios Scope and Content:

Ref.

Date: 1822 - 1828

U137/RL/A/021

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 179 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at top, name of tenant, annual rent, and name of holding (farm/townland), followed by a record of payments due and made. The volume is indexed. [Relates to the western estate. Simple or 'rough' record, but covers all of that estate]

Ref.

Date:

U137/RL/A/022

Level : item Title: 1826 - 1844 Extent: [20 ff] Scope and Content: Portion of rental ledger, covering holdings in the townlands of Toames and Lauragh only.

Ref.

Date: 1829 - 1838

U137/RL/A/023

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 202 folios Scope and Content: Rental noting, at top, name of tenant and of denomination, followed by a record of payments due and received. This volume covers holdings in the western estate.

Ref.

Date: 1847 - 1852

U137/RL/A/024

Level : item Title: Rental (Rough - Partial) Extent: 35 ff Scope and Content:

Rental, with numbered folios running from 278 to 302, covering denominations [in the Bandon estate], 1847-52. Each folio notes tenant's name, rent and denomination, followed by a dated record

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of rent due and received. More than one holding is included on some folios. Evidently a fragment of a larger rental. The entries are rougher than in most other rentals, suggesting this may be a draft, or a working record, not a final version. Denominations listed are from the following townlands: Ballyowrane, Derrivereen, Moneygaff, Shannaway, Ballineen, Derrygra, Lassinaroe, Dunkerry and Derrylamane, Clasharoggy and Curra, Kilroan, Clonmara, Maularoggy, Breaghneagh, and Ballymacredmond. [See U137/RL/C/001]

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Date: 1851 -1856

U137/RL/A/025

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 144 folios Scope and Content: Rental noting, at top, name of tenant and of denomination, followed by a record of payments due and received. This volume covers holdings in the western estate.

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Date: 1853 - 1859

U137/RL/A/026

Level : item Title: Rental [Durrus] Extent: 140 ff Scope and Content: Rough rent ledger recording, at the top of each folio, the name of the tenant and of the denomination, followed by a record of payments due and received. Denomination/townland names include Carrigboy, Rossmore, Brahalish, Gearahmeen, Classadoo, Carrickbue, Croties, Dromathineen, Coomkeen, Drumnea, Lassinaroe, and Ballyhowran. [A modern note on cover calls this item the 'Durrus Ledger'. Some overlap with western estate townlands, but no references to Bandon or Doherty]

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Date: 1855 - 1856

U137/RL/A/027

Level : item Title: Rental [Bandon Estate, fragment] Extent: 34 ff Scope and Content:

Part of Rental of the eastern estate of the Earl of Bandon. Folios are stiched together but not bound, and are numbered 150 to 184. Each folio records townland name, tenants' names, arrears, rent, yearly rent and arrears, and totals. May have been part of a bound ledger, but appears not to have been bound.

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Date: 1874 - 1880

U137/RL/A/028

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 263 folios Scope and Content: Rental recording, at top, name of tenant, annual rent, and name of holding (farm/townland), followed by a record of payments due and made. [Relates to the western estate.]

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Date: 1882

U137/RL/A/029

Level : item Title: Rental [Bandon Estate, fragment] Extent: 33 ff Scope and Content:

[Partial] Rental of the Earl of Bandon's estate. Folios are stiched together but not bound, and are numbered 1 to 37. Each folio records townland name, tenants' names, yearly rent, arrears, totals, and observations. May have been part of a bound ledger, but appears not to have been bound.

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Date: 1815 - 1820

U137/RL/A/030

Level : item Title: Rental (Townland Rental) Extent: 94 folios Scope and Content:

Rental noting rents received by Rev Joseph Jervois for part of the Estate of the Earl of Bandon, from November 1815 to November 1820 (note inside first page). Each folio notes the name of the townland on top, and then records names of tenants, a brief summary of their lease, and rents due and received. The rental covers lands in the eastern estate, property in Macroom, and (ff80-93) lands in Co Waterford.

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Date: 1820 - 1824

U137/RL/A/031

Level : item Title: Rental (Farm) Extent: 5 folios Scope and Content:

Rental with columns on the left recording Names of Farms, Number, and arrears and rents (including two years' rent) due and paid, and allowances, 1820-22. On the right are recorded disbursements (payments received), 1822-24, being usually rent and interest, but also including other payments, eg (folio 1), 'flags for the church and carriage of the same from Cork'. The rental does not record tenant names, apart from noting names with payments for rent. [Farms in eastern estate]

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Date: 1822

U137/RL/A/032

Level : item Title: Farm Rental 1822 Extent: 29 folios Scope and Content:

Rental for 1822, recording total rent per annum for each farm. At the top of each folio is recorded the farm name and total rental. The remainder of the folio lists tenants on each farm by name, rents due for two years to 1822, cash received, and arrears due. Some folios contain entries for several farms, the farms containing a few or one tenant only. The rental appears to cover farms in both the Eastern and Western Estate. [Similar to U137/RL/A/034]

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Date: 1827-45

U137/RL/A/033

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 144 folios Scope and Content:

Rental ledger. On the left (debit) side of each folio is recorded the names of farms, arrears and rents due, and cash received. The right (credit) side of the folio is headed 'Disbursements' and records details of payments received, in date order, with totals. The rental covers the eastern and western estates. Annually (eg, folios 73, 120) there are statements of account between Henry Boyle Bernard [estate agent] and the earl of Bandon. [Same format as U137/RL/A/036. Accounts similar to U137/EV/A/001]

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Date: 1842-44

U137/RL/A/034

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 78 folios Scope and Content: Rental noting, at top, name of farm/townland, and below the names of tenants and dates of rents and arrears due and paid. The rental appears to cover the Western Estate. [Similar to U137/RL/A/032]

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Date: 1845 - 1856

U137/RL/A/035

Level : item Title: Rental (Townland Rental) Extent: 149 folios Scope and Content: Rental noting, at the top of each folio, townland/farm name, followed by a record of rent and arrears due and received from named tenants over several years. [Eastern estate]

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Date: 1846-50

U137/RL/A/036

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 57 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording names of farms, rent details and disbursements. Includes annual statements of account with Henry Boyle Bernard [agent]. In the same format as U137/RL/A/033, to which it appears to be a continuation

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Date: 1851 - 1858

U137/RL/A/037

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 178 folios Scope and Content: Rental ledger recording totals for named farms, and related disbursements. Tenant names are not recorded. Pages to the left of the ledger, headed 'Rental', record Name of farm, Arrears Due, One Year's Rent Due, Cash Received, Allowances, Cash Received and Allowance, and Arrears Due. The right side of the ledger, headed 'Disbursements', records and dates lodgements made. 178 folios in the volume, entries on the following folios only: ff8-14; ff20-27; ff33-40; ff47-54; ff61-63; ff85-94; ff99-108.

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Date: 1857-67

U137/RL/A/038

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 511 folios Scope and Content:

[Apparently relates to the Western Estate, see U137/RL/A/037]

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Date: 1867 - 1873

U137/RL/A/039

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 196 folios Scope and Content: Rental recording information on denominations, tenants' names, holdings, and payments. Along the

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top of each folio, the following fields occur: Number of Holding, Denominations [name of holding], Tenants' Names, Contents of Holdings [area], Yearly Rent, Gale Days, and a few other fields including 'Tenure', often left blank. The lower part of the folio records payments due and made for 1867. However, information on other holdings, in different townlands, is also recorded on most folios, for 1873. The holdings named at the top of each folio appear to be in the eastern estate, while those named in the lower part of the foilio are from the western estate. Similar to U137/RL/A/038, but differs in covering two years only, and in documenting unrelated holdings on the same folio, from different Bandon estates.

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Date: 1868-77

U137/RL/A/040

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: c300pp Scope and Content:

Rental recording information on denominations, tenants' names, holdings, and payments. Along the top of each folio, the following fields occur: Number of Holding, Denominations [name of holding], Tenants' Names, Contents of Holding [area], and Yearly Rent. The volume is printed in folios, but generally a different holding is documented on each side, ie, one on the left, the other on the right. Information, eg, on terms of lease, or changes in tenancy, is added in many cases. The lower part of each page records payments and totals, and has fields for income tax, allowances, and 'Remarks'. There are also references to other ledgers. Some enclosures, eg, Holding 270: agreement about hotel and land at Kilmacsimon signed by HB Bernard dated 6 February 1871. The volume covers 376 numbered holdings. Holdings appear to be in the Eastern Estate. [Matching volume to U137/RL/A/041]

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Date: 1868-77

U137/RL/A/041

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: c300pp Scope and Content:

Rental recording information on denominations, tenants' names, holdings, and payments. Along the top of each folio, the following fields occur: Number of Holding, Denominations [name of holding], Tenants' Names, Contents of Holding [area], and Yearly Rent. The volume is printed in folios, but generally a different holding is documented on each side, ie, one on the left, the other on the right. Information, eg, on terms of lease, or changes in tenancy, is added in many cases. The lower part of each page records payments and totals, and has fields for income tax, allowances, and 'Remarks' (eg, Holding No 389: 'Remarks' records that earl of Bandon agreed to reduced rent arranged by tenant Mr Woods with Col Bernard]. Reference is made to related ledgers (eg, for Holding No 1: 'Page 1, NL' [new ledger]). The rental documents 389 numbered holdings.

[Apparently relates to the Western Estate, matching volume to U137/RL/A/040]

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Date: 1878 - 1891

U137/RL/A/042

Level : item Title: Bandon Estate Tenants' Rent Ledger Extent: 1054 pp Scope and Content:

Volume headed 'Bandon Estate - Tenants' Rent Ledger'. Each page is headed by the following fields: Denomination [name of holding]; Tenure [generally 'Judicial' and 'fixed by Land Commission']; Tenant's Name [with subsidiary field for address]; Contents of Holding, Rent, and Ordnance Valuation; and Poor Law Union and Electoral Division. The lower part of each page records rents and monies due and received, with columns for poor rate, income tax, allowances, and remarks. [Huge volume, which seems to cover eastern and western estates. See also U137/RL/A/045 and U137/RL/B/010].

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Date: 1878 - 1883

U137/RL/A/043

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 305 ff (some gaps) Scope and Content:

Rental with printed fields along top noting Denomination, Tenant Name Contents of Holding (acreage), Yearly Rent, and other fields usually left blank. Below, entries record rent due and received, and any remarks, eg, regarding payment arrangements, allowances, and rates and cess notes. The volume is indexed. Several, but not all, of the townlands named are in the western estate. Landlord and agent not named. [See U137/RL/A/038]

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Date: 1883-1890

U137/RL/A/044

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 351 folios Scope and Content:

Rental recording information on denominations, tenants' names, holdings, and payments. Along the top of each folio, the following fields occur: Number of Holding, Denominations [name of holding], Tenants' Names, Contents of Holdings [area], Yearly Rent, Gale Days, and a few other fields usually left blank. The lower part of the folio records payments due and made for a number of years. Information for some holdings is continued on a later folio. [Apparently relates to the Western Estate, but with some farm names not recorded earlier. Similar to U137/RL/A/038, but folio-style, and no reference to income tax, or 'Remarks' column]

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Date: 1886 - 1909

U137/RL/A/045

Level : item Title: Bandon Estate Tenants' Rent Ledger Extent: 926 pp Scope and Content:

Volume headed 'Bandon Estate - Tenants' Rent Ledger'. Each page is headed by the following fields: Denomination [name of holding]; Tenure [often blank, sometimes 'Judicial' or 'Yearly']; Tenant's Name [subsidiary field for address usually blank]; Contents of Holding, Rent, and Ordnance Valuation; and Poor Law Union and Electoral Division. The lower part of each page records rents and monies due and received. The number of years covered varies. Notes in crayon refer to 'N.L.' [new ledger, for later entries]. The rental covers townlands in both the eastern and western estates. Indexed by townland. [See also U137/RL/A/042 and U137/RL/B/010]

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Date: 1889 - 1909

U137/RL/A/046

Level : item Title: Rental Extent: 627 pp + c100 enclosures Scope and Content:

Rental recording, at the top of each page, the name of denomination, tenant name, area, and annual rent. This is followed below by a dated record of payments due and received, with poor rate and allowances also noted. The ledger does not have printed fields. Notes are added in pencil and crayon, eg, references to new ledgers, notes on rates, and notes of vesting of holding with the tenant (eg, p123, 'Vested 22 July 1909.. £319'). The volume has no cover and spine. Its many enclosures have been removed from the pages and placed in sleeves stored separately. The enclosures consist mainly of rate notices, rent receipts, and some estate correspondence. The enclosures are from the following pages: 5, 32-33, 38-39, 66-67, 86-87, 130-131, 166-67, 192-93, 204-05, 216-17, 250-51, 258-59, 286-87, 290-91, 300-01, 304-05, 306-07, 310-11, 338-39, 348-49, 370-71, 382-83, 402-03, 406-07, 438-39, 446-47, 464-65, 467-68, 472-73, 474-75, 490-91, 500-51, 506-07, 508-09, 518-19, 536-37, 540-41, 542-43, 546-47, 558-59, 560-61, 572-73, 576-77, 578-79, 610-11, 836-37, and 892-93. Also present is an estimate for pipe work, dated 18 May 1910, from Saracen Foundry, Glasgow. The rental appears to relate to the Western Estate.

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