Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann National Library of Ireland Collection List No. 61 Dopping-Hepenstal Papers (MSS 35,829-32,874) (Accessions No. 1700, 1707, 1711) Estate records with some domestic material relating to the Dopping-Hepenstal family of Derrycassen, county Longford, c. 1644-1955. Compiled by Brigid Clesham and John Kirwan, 2000-1 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................. 4 OUTLINE FAMILY TREE OF THE DOPPING FAMILY.......................................11 OUTLINE FAMILY TREE OF THE HEPENSTAL FAMILY.................................13 I. ESTATE ADMINISTRATION..................................................................................14 I.i. All Estates................................................................................................................ 14 I.i.1. Abstracts of Title ..............................................................................................14 I.i.2. Charges on the Estate........................................................................................16 I.i.2.a. Marriage settlements and other charges/annuities ..................................... 16 I.i.2.b. Mortgages .................................................................................................. 17 I.i.3. Testamentary papers ......................................................................................... 23 I.i.4. Rentals .............................................................................................................. 26 I.i.5. Accounts ........................................................................................................... 29 I.i.6. Schedules of deeds............................................................................................31 I.i.7. Correspondence files......................................................................................... 32 I.i.8. Other files ......................................................................................................... 36 I.i.8.a. Tithe purchase............................................................................................ 36 I.i.8.b. Files of legal documents ............................................................................38 I.i.8.c. Contractor's files ........................................................................................ 39 I.ii. County Longford estate .......................................................................................... 40 I.ii.1. Title Deeds....................................................................................................... 41 I.ii.2. Leases .............................................................................................................. 41 I.ii.3. Legal papers..................................................................................................... 41 I.ii.4. Rentals ............................................................................................................. 43 I.ii.5. Accounts .......................................................................................................... 43 I.ii.6. Correspondence files ....................................................................................... 43 I.ii.7. Land Commission papers ................................................................................ 47 I.iii. County Wicklow North ......................................................................................... 47 I.iii.1. Title Deeds...................................................................................................... 48 I.iii.2. Leases ............................................................................................................. 55 I.iii.3. Legal Papers ................................................................................................... 58 I.iii.4. Correspondence files ...................................................................................... 59 I.iii.5. Land Commission papers ...............................................................................67 I.iv. County Wicklow South.......................................................................................... 67 I.iv.1. Title Deeds...................................................................................................... 67 I.iv.2. Leases.............................................................................................................. 72 I.iv.3. Legal papers.................................................................................................... 74 I.iv.4. Correspondence files....................................................................................... 74 I.iv.5. Land Commission papers................................................................................ 78 I.v. County Dublin, Sandymount .................................................................................. 79 I.v.1. Title Deeds ....................................................................................................... 80 I.v.2. Leases............................................................................................................... 80 I.v.3. Legal papers ..................................................................................................... 80 I.v.4. Correspondence files........................................................................................ 82 2 I.vi. County Dublin, Dalkey.......................................................................................... 83 I.vi.1. Title Deeds...................................................................................................... 83 I.vi.2. Leases.............................................................................................................. 87 I.vi.3. Legal papers.................................................................................................... 87 I.vi.4 Correspondence files........................................................................................ 87 I.vii. Dublin City, Harcourt St.......................................................................................89 I.vii.1. Title Deeds..................................................................................................... 89 I.vii.2. Leases ............................................................................................................ 93 I.vii.3. Legal papers................................................................................................... 94 I.vii.4. Correspondence files ..................................................................................... 94 I.viii. Dublin City, Prussia St ........................................................................................97 I.viii.1. Title Deeds.................................................................................................... 97 I.viii.2. Leases .......................................................................................................... 98 I.viii.3. Legal papers.................................................................................................. 98 I.viii.4. Correspondence files .................................................................................... 99 I.ix. Dublin City, other properties ............................................................................... 102 I.ix.1. Title Deeds.................................................................................................... 102 I.ix.2. Leases............................................................................................................ 104 I.ix.3. Legal papers.................................................................................................. 105 I.ix.4. Correspondence file ...................................................................................... 105 II. FAMILY.................................................................................................................... 106 II.i. Legal papers ......................................................................................................... 106 II.ii. Army related matters........................................................................................... 115 II.iii. Investments ........................................................................................................ 116 II.iv. Miscellaneous..................................................................................................... 117 INDEX............................................................................................................................ 123 3 INTRODUCTION The Dopping-Hepenstal Family The Dopping-Hepenstal family of Derrycassan House on the shores of Lough Gowna, County Longford were the descendants of two 'New English' settler families who arrived in Ireland in the mid-seventeenth century. The hyphenated surname derives from the marriage of the Rev. L. W. Dopping with Miss Diana Dalyrymple Hepenstal, which event occurred on 30 July 1858. The Dopping family had an estate centred on the townland of Derrycassan while the much larger Hepenstal estate was situated in Wicklow and Dublin. The Dopping Family The earliest references to the Dopping family date from the mid-sixteenth century when the family was located at Frampton-upon-Severn in Gloucester. The first reference to a Dopping in Ireland is in 1640, when one Anthony Dopping M.P. was clerk to the Privy Council