Collection Items: Ormonde Papers (Additional),

Ormonde Papers (Additional),

1635-ca. 1940

Collection consists primarily of estate property deeds generated by the Butler family relating to properties in Counties Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow, as well as some properties in northern England, 1635-ca. 1940. It also details the dwindling fortunes of the Butler family from the mid-seenteenth until the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details
Contributors:	Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1665-1745 Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758 Ormonde, John Butler, Earl of, 1740-1795. Ormonde, Walter Butler, Marquess of, 1770-1820 Ormonde, James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of, 1777-1838 Ormonde, John Butler, Marquis of, 1808-1854 Ormonde, James Edward William Theobald Butler, Marquis of, 1844-1919 Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1610-1688 Derby, Elizabeth Stanley, Countess of, d. 1717 more
Format:	Manuscript
Language:	English
Subjects:	Butler family Administration of Estates > Ireland > Kilkenny (County) Administration of estates > Ireland > Tipperary (County) Administration of estates > Ireland > Carlow (County) Kilkenny (Ireland) Kilkenny (Ireland : County) > History
Notes:	See also Ormond Family Papers (Collection List No. A17) for other estate and family papers relating to the Butler family. Physical description: ca. 32 boxes more
Arrangement:	Fonds
Access:	Many of the rent books and a few property deeds in this collection have been withdrawn due to their fragility.
Online Access:	Click here for pdf of Collection List.

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Advisory letters regarding the purchase agreements from various Catholic curates and parish priests in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary, some of whom had acted as intermediaries on behalf of the tenants. Includes copies of some letters from Ormond’s estate-agents to the curates, 1904 Feb. 24 - June 13.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1904 Feb. 24 - June 13.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (10 items).

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Advisory letters regarding the purchase agreements from various solicitors firms including James Poe & Son, J. F. M. O’Sullivan, James J. Shee, and Maxwell, Weldon & Co., 1904 Feb. 27 - Nov. 26.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1904 Feb. 27 - Nov. 26.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (18 items).

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Agreement betwen James Edward William Theobald Butler, Marquis of Ormonde, and Thomas O'Keeffe, merchant of Carrick-on-Suir, for weekly tenancy of a garden adjoining Carrick Castle, with subsequent agreement for a lodge house at entrance to Carrick Castle, 1915 Dec. 23 & 1923 June 2 & Dec. 1.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1915 Dec. 23 & 1923 June 2 & Dec. 1.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (8 items).

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Agreements made regarding the increase in tenants’ rent in the district of Kilbride, which straddled the counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, due to the costs of drainage work in the area required by the Commission of Public Works (Feb. 1856). With petition of tenants of the Garryricken Estate requesting a modification in rents now that this drainage scheme was completed (30 Mar. 1871).

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (5 items).

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Agreements of the Kilkenny Castle Estates Company to let part of the surrounding grounds of Kilkenny Castle, Carrick Castle, Kilcash Castle and New Castle Lawn (Dukesmeadow, Co. Kilkenny), 1936-1958.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1936-1958.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (9 items).

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Assisted-purchase agreements between the Marquis of Ormonde and tenants in the barony of Ida, Co. Kilkenny (1-10 Apr. 1897). With schedule of tenancies on the Ormond estate in Kilkenny and Tipperary, showing how much each tenant was in arrears in their rent payments (26pp [1903]), and schedules for three different sections of Ormond’s estate in Co. Tipperary, drawn up for the Irish Land Commission’s Estate Commissioners.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Irish Land Commission
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (12 items).

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Blank tenancy agreement forms, dating from the 1870s. With a blank indenture form for an agreement with The Land Corporation Ltd. (ca. 1893) and blank copies of ‘form no. ten’ of the Court of the Irish Land Commission for an agreement of sale between vendor and tenant.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Irish Land Commission
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (12 items).

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Calculations of rental incomes per townland for the Ormond estate, with a summary of purchase figure calculations and a summary of the findings, [1903].

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Irish Land Commission
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: [1903].
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (5 items).

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Caretaker agreements for Kilkenny Castle, 1921 Aug. 20 - 1949 Dec. 20.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1921 Aug. 20 - 1949 Dec. 20.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (10 items).

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Cash book with details of various estate expenses, 1846 Nov. - 1854 Oct.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1846 Nov. - 1854 Oct.
Notes: Physical description: 1 volume (250 pages).

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Completed "Compulsory Tillage" forms for holdings in Co. Kilkenny, 1917.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1917.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (4 items).

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Copy of circular letter from the trustees of the Marquis of Ormonde's estate, notifying tenants that the trustees were willing to sell them their holdings under the provision of the Land Act, 1903, with a schedule of proposed sales to tenants in Kilmacshane, Co. Kilkenny, 1905 Sept. 1.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1905 Sept. 1.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (7 items).

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Copy of the text of a lease between Charles, Earl of Arran, and Daniel Tynane of Kilkenny City of a piece of ground [? house] facing the south side of Walkin Street, Kilkenny, for twenty-one years at a yearly rent of 16 shillings. An initial payment of £8 was made. The original deed bore the mark of Tynane, 1736 March 6.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1736 March 6.
Notes: Physical description: 1 item (1 page).

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Copybook with listed orders and notices given to various tenants, 1884-1888.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1884-1888.
Notes: Physical description: 1 item (28 pages).

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Correspondence and notes regarding tenants purchase agreements, including list of queries from the Estate Commissioners and list of sales on the Kilcash estate completed under the Land Act 1909, 1909 Oct. 9 - 1910 Nov. 24.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1909 Oct. 9 - 1910 Nov. 24.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (25 items).

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Counterpart of a fee farm grant from Charles, Earl of Arran, to Thomas Barnes of Kilkenny City of the town, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Old Deer Park (a.k.a. Earl’s Grange Park) in Kilkenny City, totalling 304 acres, at a yearly rent of £80. An initial payment of £320 was made. This deed is signed and sealed by Barnes, 1723 Jan. 15.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1723 Jan. 15.
Notes: Physical description: 1 item (2 pages).

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Counterpart [or draft copy] of a lease from Charles, Earl of Arran, to William Colles of Kilkenny City as trustees of Robert Wheeler (infant) of a stone house in the northern quarter of Kilkenny City, previously inhabited by Joseph Wheeler (deceased), for three lives at a yearly rent of £5 19s 4d. An initial payment was made of £5 13s 4d. This deed bears no signature, 1732 July 25.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1732 July 25.
Notes: Physical description: 1 item (1 page).

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Counterparts of lease and fee farm grant from James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, to Thomas Phillips, mayor of Kilkenny, of the townlands, tenements and hereditaments of "Brownstowne: warren" in Kilkenny City, 1699 May 26 & 1702 Sept. 4.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Ormonde, James Butler, Duke of, 1665-1745
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1699 May 26 & 1702 Sept. 4.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (2 items).

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Extracts from estate books from 1838 to 1905 detailing monies paid for building improvements on cottage holdings, with report on holdings in Kilcash to be retained in the event of a sale of the estate to tenants [under the terms of the 1903 Land Act], and schedule of tenancy agreements regarding the Kilcash "No. 1" estate, 1904-1905.

Manuscript

Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1904-1905.
Notes: Physical description: 1 folder (3 items).

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Fee farm grant from Charles Butler, Earl of Arran, to William Waring of Pottlerath, Co. Kilkenny, of a stone house in the north quarter of Kilkenny City at a yearly rent of £4 and two fat turkeys. An initial payment of £26 was made. This deed is signed and sealed by Waring, 1723 Feb. 27.

Manuscript

Main Creator:: Ormonde, Charles Butler, Duke of, 1671-1758
Language:: English
Format:: Manuscript
In collection:: Ormonde Papers (Additional), 1635-ca. 1940.
Published / Created: 1723 Feb. 27.
Notes: Physical description: 1 item (2 pages).

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