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De Vesci Papers Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 89 DE VESCI PAPERS (Accession No. 5344) Papers relating to the family and landed estates of the Viscounts de Vesci. Compiled by A.P.W. Malcomson; with additional listings prepared by Niall Keogh CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...........................................................6 I TITLE DEEDS, C.1533-1835 .........................................................................................19 I.i Muschamp estate, County Laois, 1552-1800 ............................................................................................19 I.ii Muschamp estates (excluding County Laois), 1584-1716........................................................................20 I.iii Primate Boyle’s estates, 1666-1835.......................................................................................................21 I.iv Miscellaneous title deeds to other properties c.1533-c. 1810..............................................................22 II WILLS, SETTLEMENTS, LEASES, MORTGAGES AND MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS, 1600-1984 ..................................................................................................................23 II.i Wills and succession duty papers, 1600-1911 ......................................................................................23 II.ii Settlements, mortgages and miscellaneous deeds, 1658-1984 ............................................................27 III LEASES, 1608-1982 ........................................................................................................35 III.i County Laois leases, 1669-1982 ............................................................................................................35 III.ii Cork and Limerick leases, 1670, 1718-1974 ........................................................................................40 III.iii Leases of other properties and estates, principally the Ossory see estate, in County Laois and elsewhere, 1608-1725, 1879-1974 ........................................................................................................................41 IV LEGAL CASE PAPERS, 1638-1769 .............................................................................42 V PATENTS, COMMISSIONS AND OTHER FORMAL DOCUMENTS, 1677-197445 VI CORRESPONDENCE AND RELATED PAPERS .....................................................48 VI.i Correspondence and related papers of John Vesey and Denny Muschamp, 1670-1716 .................48 VI.i.1 Correspondence and related papers of John Vesey, Bishop of Limerick (1673-9) and Archbishop of Tuam (1679-1716), 1670-1716 .........................................................................................................................48 VI.i.2 Letters and papers of Denny Muschamp (c.1637-1699) reflecting his secretaryship to his father-in- law, Primate Boyle, and involvement in Boyle’s public and private affairs, 1639-1703 ..................................51 VI.i.3 Other political and administrative papers of Denny Muschamp, 1665-94..........................................52 VI.i.4 Papers about Muschamp’s County Laois estates and interests, 1668-1700 ........................................53 VI.i.5 Letters and papers about Muschamp’s estates elsewhere than County Laois, 1626, 1639-40, 1654-98 55 VI.i.6 Miscellaneous letters and papers of Muschamp, 1642, 1653-61, 1668-1703 .....................................57 VI.ii Letters and papers of Sir Thomas Vesey, 1st Bt (c.1663-1730), Bishop of Killaloe (1713-14) and Bishop of Ossory (1714-30), 1699-1730 ..............................................................................................................58 VI.ii.1 Boroughs and politics, 1680, 1713-27............................................................................................58 VI.ii.2 Papers relating to Vesey’s private affairs, 1699-1730....................................................................58 2 VI.ii.3 Papers relating to the Church of Ireland, principally to the diocese of Ossory, 1632–1730 ..........61 VI.iii Letters and papers of Sir John Denny Vesey, 2nd Bt, 1st Lord Knapton (1709-1761), of his son, Thomas, 2nd Lord Knapton and 1st Viscount de Vesci (c.1735-1804), and of John Vesey, 2nd Viscount de Vesci (1771-1855), 1730-1855 ..............................................................................................................................63 VI.iii.1 Letters and papers of the 1st Lord Knapton and the 1st Viscount de Vesci, 1730-1804 .................63 VI.iii.2 Letters and papers of the 2nd Viscount de Vesci and of his agents, Stewart & Swan, later Stewart & Kincaid, 1799-1855.......................................................................................................................................68 VI.iv Letters and papers of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount de Vesci (1803-75), 1812-76 .............................74 VI.iv.1 Family and personal papers, 1812-65.............................................................................................74 VI.iv.2 Miscellaneous business correspondence of the 3rd Viscount de Vesci, 1817-75............................80 VI.iv.3 Correspondence of the 3rd Viscount de Vesci about the Longford/De Vesci estate, 1840-75 .......82 VI.iv.4 Letters and papers of the 3rd Viscount de Vesci about County Laois estate and other affairs, 1827- 76 84 VI.v Letters and papers of the 4th, 5th and 6th Viscounts de Vesci, and of Capt. the Hon. Eustace Vesey and Colonel the Hon. Thomas Eustace Vesey, 1817, 1852, 1870-1986 ............................................................90 VI.v.1 Letters and papers of the 4th Viscount de Vesci, 1872-1903..........................................................90 VI.v.2 Letters and papers of Capt. the Hon. Eustace Vesey, 1817-85 ......................................................92 VI.v.3 Personal and political letters and papers of the 5th Viscount de Vesci, 1897-1932........................92 VI.v.4 Estate correspondence of the 5th Viscount de Vesci, 1908-22, 1943-8 ..........................................94 VI.v.5 Letters and papers of Colonel the Hon. Thomas Eustace Vesey and his wife, Lady Cicely, 1895- 1955 95 VI.v.6 Letters and papers of the 6th Viscount de Vesci and his wife, Susan, 1934-74..............................96 VII ACCOUNT BOOKS, WAGES BOOKS, CASHBOOKS, LEDGERS, INVENTORIES, STOCK BOOKS, 1684-96, C.1720, 1734-C.1950 (BUT MAINLY TO 1900) 97 VII.i Account books, etc, 1684-96, 1734-1805, 1847.....................................................................................97 VII.ii Wages books and cashbooks, 1766-1807..............................................................................................98 VII.iii Ledgers, 1786-1879............................................................................................................................99 VII.iv Account books, 1800-35 ..................................................................................................................100 VII.v Workmen’s account books, 1796-1839 (with gaps), 1867-75 ...........................................................100 VII.vi Day books, 1800-17 .........................................................................................................................101 VII.vii Abbeyleix cotton mill account books, 1806-10..............................................................................101 VII.viii Miscellaneous account books, 1800-17, 1825-6, 1832...................................................................101 VII.ix Household inventories and catalogues, c.1720, 1792-1858 ..........................................................102 VII.x Stock and crop books, 1821-74 ...........................................................................................................103 VII.xi Miscellaneous, 1812-1950 ...............................................................................................................104 VIII RECEIPTS TO THE DE VESCI AGENT OR STEWARD FROM TRADESMEN, CHARITIES, INSURANCE COMPANIES, TAX- AND RATE- COLLECTORS, ETC, 1806, 1809-10, 1816-25, 1843-4, 1862-90, 1917-22 ......................105 3 IX RENTALS, RENT RECEIPT BOOKS, ETC, 1671-3, 1678, 1739-1986 ..................108 IX.i ‘No. 2’ rentals, 1870-1984....................................................................................................................109 IX.ii ‘No. 1’ rentals, 1878-1986....................................................................................................................110 IX.iii Weekly rentals, 1892-1986...................................................................................................................111 IX.iv Miscellaneous rentals, valuations, etc, 1819-80 .................................................................................112 IX.v Rental accounts for the Longford/de Vesci joint and separate estates, 1834-1957 ........................113 IX.vi Mainly twentieth-century rentals, rent receipts and rates receipts for the Abbeyleix estate, 1901- 89 114 X LETTERS AND PAPERS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE VESEY AND ALLIED FAMILIES, THE HISTORY AND CONTENT OF THE DE VESCI PAPERS, AND THE HISTORY OF ABBEYLEIX HOUSE AND THE ABBEYLEIX VICINITY, 1674-1987................................................................................................................................116 XI MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS (MAINLY RECIPÉS), C.1670-1947 .......................118 XII VESEY OF LUCAN TITLE
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