Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 81 Killadoon Papers (Clements Papers) (MSS 36,010-36,070) A collection of estate and family papers concerning the Clements family, Earls of Leitrim from Killadoon, Co Kildare and Mohill Co Leitrim Compiled by Dr Anthony Malcomson and Brigid Clesham Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 1 Table of Contents CLASSIFICATION SCHEME..................................................................................................3 Deeds and related documents, 1588-1877..................................................................................4 II Rentals, valuations and surveys, 1686 and 1747–1872 ........................................................32 III Family and personal correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim and Lady Leitrim, c.1785-1854 ..............................................................................................................................56 IV Correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim about politics, patronage, elections, militia and local government, 1793-1854.................................................................................................297 IV.i The Co. Donegal Militia..............................................................................................297 IV. ii General correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim about politics, patronage, elections and local government..........................................................................................................314 V Estate and business correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim, 1787 and 1802-1854......402 VI Correspondence of the Hon. W.S. Clements, later 3rd Earl of Leitrim, 1820-77 .............457 VII Clements of Ashfield papers............................................................................................491 Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 2 KILLADOON PAPERS CLASSIFICATION SCHEME Mss. 36,010-36,024 Deeds and related documents, 1588-1877 Ms. 36,025 Rentals, valuations and surveys, 1686 and 1747-1872 Mss. 36,026-36,030 Correspondence of all sorts, 1626-94 and 1718-1804 Mss. 36,031-36,053 Family and personal correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim and Lady Leitrim, c.1785-1854 Mss. 36,054-36,062 Correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim about politics, patronage, elections, militia and local government, 1793-1854 Mss. 36,063-36,068 Estate and business correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim, 1787 and 1802-54 Ms. 36,069 Correspondence of the Hon. W.S. Clements, later 3rd Earl of Leitrim, 1820-77, and some later Clements papers, 1893-1931 Ms. 36,070 Clements of Ashfield papers, 1782-1879 and 1893-1931 Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 3 KILLADOON PAPERS DATE DESCRIPTION Deeds and related documents, 1588-1877 Ms. 36,010 1750-1877 Box of deeds, leases, etc, relating to the Clements/Earl of Leitrim estate of Mohill, Co. Leitrim. Much of this material constitutes the title to Anskert, near Mohill, an additional townland purchased by the 3rd Earl of Leitrim for £800 in 1868. However, as is often the case, the copy deeds which document the title are of much wider significance: in particular, they throw light on the build-up of the Leitrim estate of the Latouche family of Harristown, Co. Kildare, in the 1770s and 1780s through large purchases from the Earl of Bellamont and, possibly, the 1st Viscount Southwell [whose wife was the daughter and co-heiress of Arthur Cecil Hamilton of Castle Hamilton, Killeshandra, Co. Cavan. At this time Nathaniel Clements, for a variety of reasons including his loss in the disastrous venture of Malone, Clements and Gore’s Bank [see Ms. 36,021], was only in a position to buy from Lord Bellamont in 1777 the one townland of Beihy, near Mohill, and so lost out to the Latouches, who then became rivals to the Clementses in county politics.] The box includes: 1750-52 Fat bundle of Mohill estate leases granted by Nathaniel Clements [immediately after his purchase of the estate]. 5 Dec. 1771 Copy conveyance from Charles, Earl of Bellamont, to David Latouche [the Elder] of Dublin, of the lands of Corduff, Greddogue, Cornary, Carrickvogher, Anskert, Cormore, etc, baronies of Carrigallen and Mohill, Co. Leitrim, comprising 1,166 acres of profitable land and 231 acres of bog, for £5,800. 15 Apr. 1774 Copy assignment by Theobald Wolfe and David Latouche the Elder to David Latouche the Younger of a mortgage on the estates of George, [1st] Viscount Southwell in Cos Cavan, Leitrim, Longford and Donegal. The amount of the mortgage is not stated, nor are the locations of the lands given in full. The Co. Leitrim lands are Drummucker, Dromod, etc, and so are near Mohill. The document is endorsed ‘Gurteengragan’. There is a townland of Gorteen near Mohill, but otherwise nothing which fits this description. Nor is it clear whether all Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 4 KILLADOON PAPERS DATE DESCRIPTION or any of the Leitrim townlands fell to the Latouches, either by sale or foreclosure. ‘Gurteengragan’ may well have been a townland which was acquired long subsequently by an earl of Leitrim. 1 Oct. 1868 Printed sale particulars of the Co. Leitrim estate [of John Latouche of Harristown], comprising 4,438 statute acres in the parish of Cloone and baronies of Carrigallen and Mohill, with a nett rental of over £1,500 p.a. Other townlands are Drumquinlivan, Dromore and Lavareen, Augharan, Aughadraminchin, Corronary, Druminbawn, Drumhess, etc, etc. Ms. 36,011 1717: 1728?: Box of deeds, leases, etc, in respect of Manor 1747: 1754- Hamilton and nearby Glenboy, Co. Leitrim, including: 1867: 1873 1728?: 1772 Fine and lease of Glenboy, the separate manor and estate beside Manor Hamilton. 1754 Lease from Sir Ralph Gore, [6th Bt, of Belleisle, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh], of the lands of Aughamore, Co. Sligo, a detached part of the Hamilton/Gore estate of Manor Hamilton. 1754-1867 Fat bundle of deeds, leases, Landed Estates Court rentals and conveyances, etc, all relating to the substantial holdings of the Cullen family of Skreeny, Manor Hamilton, under the Gores and Clementses. Included in the bundle is a renewal of 1 December 1824 which recites that on 18 March 1762 the Rt Hon. Nathaniel Clements let a total of 1156 acres, including Skreeny West, to Patrick Cullen. A portion (called Rockwood) of this Cullen estate was bought back by the 3rd Earl of Leitrim for £710 on 20 November 1865. 1755: 1760-73 Bundle of Manor Hamilton leases, one of them granted by Sir Ralph Gore, 1755, and the rest by Nathaniel Clements. They are mostly urban, and probably document the minor building boom referred to in the Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 5 KILLADOON PAPERS DATE DESCRIPTION memorial addressed by the inhabitants to Robert Clements in 1782 (Ms. 36,030/5). 10 Feb. 1759 Indenture between Henry Sandford and Frederick Gore of Dublin and James Daly of Carrownekelly, Co. Galway, of the first part, Nathaniel Clements of Dublin of the second part, and Sir Ralph Gore of Belleisle, Co. Fermanagh, of the third part, whereby, pursuant to an act of parliament of 31 George II, Sir Ralph sells his Manor Hamilton estate to Clements and with the proceeds buys an undivided third part of an estate in Co. Galway [presumably part of the Dunmore estate of the St George family]. The purchase price of the Manor Hamilton estate was £21,822. 1767: 1848-50 Copy of the settlement of 3 December 1767 made on the marriage of Nathaniel Clements’s daughter, Catherine, and Eyre Massy [later Lord Clarina], which among other things charges the Glenboy estate with an annuity of £300 to be paid to the Massys or the survivor of them; together with correspondence, 1848-50, of the 2nd Earl of Leitrim, in which he points out that any failure to pay this annuity is not his responsibility, since Nathaniel Clements did not leave the Glenboy estate to Lord Leitrim’s father, the 1st Earl. [See also under Ms. 36,034/16.] 4 May 1770 Original and counterpart of an indenture by which Nathaniel Clements borrows from Thomas Lehunt[e] of Dublin the sum of £5,000, secured by mortgage on the Manor Hamilton estate. 23 Nov. 1776 Reconveyance from Richard Lehunte of Artramont, Co. Wexford, and others, to Nathaniel Clements of the mortgage secured on his Manor Hamilton estate, in consideration of the payment by him of £5,000. 1782: 1799: Bundle of deeds and leases involving the 1st and 2nd 1826-7 Earls of Leitrim and Patrick Carter of Drumlease, Co. Leitrim [(d.1799), agent for the 1st Earl’s Co. Leitrim estate, c.1785–1799], and his descendants, and the lands of Cloneen, Manor Hamilton; these lands had been granted to Carter in perpetuity, but the Carters had neglected to insert new lives in the lease to replace those which had dropped. [For more papers on the subject, see Ms. 33,826/1.] Killadoon List in NLI printed 20/11/07 Page 6 KILLADOON PAPERS DATE DESCRIPTION Ms. 36,012 1730: 1734: Small bundle of title deeds to the Ashfield estate, 1739-40 Cootehill, Co. Cavan. This had been inherited by Nathaniel Clements’s elder brother, Theophilus, from their father, and bought by Nathaniel for himself during and after the complicated process of winding up Theophilus’s embarrassed affairs [see Ms. 36,017/3]. The bundle mainly comprises: 9 July 1730 Assignment from the executors of Theophilus Clements to Francis Burton [Theophilus Clements’s brother-in-law] of the manor of Ashfield in consideration of £1,800. [This was probably a conveyance in trust for Nathaniel Clements.] 1 Nov. 1740 Reconveyance from the executors of St Leger Gilbert and others to Nathaniel Clements of a mortgage on the manor of Ashfield in consideration of £2,338. [This was presumably the paying off of a debt of Theophilus’s. If this interpretation is correct, and the documentation is complete, it means that the purchase of Theophilus’s long-leasehold interest in Ashfield cost Nathaniel £4,138.] Ms. 36,013 1736-72 Bundle of title deeds to various premises in Dublin City acquired by Nathaniel Clements, including: 24 Sep. 1736 Conveyance by William, Viscount Mountjoy, to Nathaniel Clements, in consideration of £115, of a share in the Aungier Street Playhouse built by [the late] Sir Edward Lovett Pearce [d.1733].