RARE BOOK, LITERATURE & COLLECTORS’ SALE May 30th & 31st

113 Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 771. Co. Tipperary: Marriage Settlement of 1781. A very large Indenture (3 membranes), being the marriage settlement, dated 2 June 1781, of Catherine Mary Ann Mathew, a minor, only child and sole heiress of Charles Mathew of Thurles, deceased (by her guardian, Francis Mathew of Thomastown and her mother Elizabeth Mathew) and Hugh O’Reilly, eldest son and heir of James O’Reilly of Ballinlough Co. Westmeath. The trustees are Thomas (Nugent) Earl of Westmeath and Theobald Butler of Wilford, Co. Tipperary. Includes schedule of the debts of James O’Reilly, totalling £8,000. Francis Mathew, cousin of the bride, became the first Earl Landaff; Fr. Theobald Mathew, the Apostle of Temperance, was their cousin. Hugh O’Reilly was created a baronet in 1795 and changed his name to Nugent on the death of his uncle in 1812. Important families. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €200 - €300 772. The Incorporated Society in Dublin for Promoting English Protestant Schools in Ireland Manuscripts: A good collection of: . 2 3 leases for the year 1818, mostly dated 4 March, granting lands in Farra, Co. Westmeath, to farmers; · 7 May 1828: lease to William Norwood of Dunmanway of the late school lands of Dunmanway, Co. Cork; · 6 March 1839: Lease of land to Richard Ring of Farra (with M/ss map) · 1 December 1847: 2 copies of lease (on vellum) to Edward Fitzgerald Esq. of Rockfield near Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, of part of Shannon Grove “on which the large and extensive building formerly used as a school house by the said Incorporated Society now stands” (with m/ss map). The Incorporated Society was established in 1733 with the aim of providing free elementary education for destitute Catholic children who would be brought up as Protestants. Landlords anxious to obtain a trained workforce supported the scheme by providing lands and building schools. By the end of the 18th century, reports showed that conditions in the schools were appalling, and they were eventually discontinued on the recommendations of a Government Commission of Enquiry of 1825. As a m/ss., w.a.f., a good collection. These deeds show how the Society leased out lands it had been given to local farmers. (1) €300 - €400 773. Co. Offaly Manuscript: A Ledger, Account Book for Charleville Castle, 1814-1817, approx. 82pp (37cms x 23cms), containing weekly returns of income and expenditure for Charleville Castle, Tullamore, from 1 January 1814 to June 1817. Income was principally derived from accounts in Newcomen’s and other private banks. Expenditure consisted mainly of payments to clothiers, builders and servants. A payment of £10.0.0 is recorded for a benefit concert for the Italian soprano Violante Camporesi, and a substantial payment of £86.6.0 was made on 5 June 1814 “for six cut stone pinnacles for Tullamore Church”. Orig. marble boards. As a m/ss., w.a.f. The Charleville estate was owned during this period by the antiquarian and politician Charles Bury, who had been created an earl in 1806. He had recently rebuilt the castle in neo-Gothic style to the designs of Francis Johnston, and did much to develop the town of Tullamore. €250 - €400 770. Relating to Lands in Co. Kerry, 1762 Manuscript: Large document on Vellum, in English, 3 membranes. Royal portrait at top left corner; across the top a scroll of vine leaves with an English rose and a Scottish thistle. Seal of the Irish Court of Common Pleas (intact). Endorsed: “ An exemplification of a recovery suffered by Richard Chute Esq. and Francis Chute, his son of lands in the County of Kerry, Easter Term 1762 .” Prior to 1834 it was illegal for the owner of an entailed estate to sell any part of his lands. Lawyers, however, found some ingenious methods of evading this restriction, one of which was a fictitious lawsuit in which the owner was said to “suffer a common recovery”. An “exemplification of common recovery”was generally an impressive (and no doubt expensive) document – large, written on vellum in an ornate script, headed with the Royal portrait and national emblems, and bearing the large seal of the relevant court. The legal phraseology was often extremely complicated, but so formulaic that it was seldom written out in full. In this case, the owners were Richard and Francis Chute of Tullygarran and the prospective purchasers were the Hon. William Crosbie of Ardfert and Stephen Mills of Cork, banker. The lands are named as Tullygarran, Ballygakin alias Ballygakee, Ballyard, and Clogherclinin alias Clogherclemin, in the barony of Traughanackmee. A large impressive document, as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1) €250 - €400