From:
Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com>
1762, Dawson, Bunbury, Gurley, Carmichael, Proctor, Dobbyns, Jackson,
King & George!
Abbreviated
transcription from a long account of property transaction on faded
parchment in the PPP.
The
present-day location of the property is the offices of Carlow County
Council.
Indenture 1762.
This
Indenture made the fourteenth day of July in the Second Year of the
Reign of our Sovereign and Chief Lord, George, King, and so Forth, of
the Kingdom of Ireland, between the Honourable Arthur Dawson, of Athy
Street in the County of Catherlough, and the Court of the Exchequer in
Ireland, Dublin, Esquire, one of the Barons of our Lord the King of
the one part and Henry Bunbury, of the same, Esquire, one of our
Justices of the Peace of our Lord the King, of the other part.
Witnessed here that in
consideration of the yearly Rent and Covenants herein mentioned to
lett the house, out offices and garden adjoining, situate on Athy
Street, in the Town and County of Catherlough, bounded on the West by
the River Barrow walk, on the East by Athy Street, on the North by
Gurley's Plotts and on the South by Dobbyn's and Proctor's Holding.
All That
To Have And To Hold All That
herein mentioned for and during the Reign of our said Lord the King,
by the said Henry Bunbury, his Executors, Administrators, and Assigns,
the said House and the Ground adjoining commencing the twenty first
day of July in the Second Year of the Reign of our said Lord the King.
(signed)
George Dawson, Bart. Henry Bunbury, Esquire, J.P.
Witnessed
this the Fourteenth Day of July in the Second Year of the Reign of our
Sovereign Lord the King, (signed) Walter Carmichael, Clerk for
Catherlough, James Jackson, Assistant Clerk.
Trouble at the Fair of Tullow.
1762
A true transcription of documents from
the Pat Purcell Papers.
County of Carlow ~~~~
The Jurors for our Lord the King upon
their Oath say and present, That Weaver Best of Ardiston in
the County of Carlow, Esquire, Patrick Lynch of Tullow in
the County of Carlow, Yeoman, and John Best of Carlow in the
County of Carlow, Yeoman, on the 29th Day on October in the
Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, with
Force and Arms, that is to say, with Swords, Sticks, and so
forth, at Tullow in the County of Carlow aforesaid in and
upon one James Bradell, a true and faithful Subject of our
said Lord King, in the Peace of God, and of our said Lord
the King, then and there, being, did make an assault and him
did and there did beat, wound and ill treat, so that his
Life was greatly dispaired of and other Wrongs to him then
and there did, contrary to the Peace of our said Lord the
King, his Crown and Dignity.
-
6th April, 1762.
-
(signed by -?- Bunbury)
Best, Bradell, Hopkins & Bunbury.
True transcription of document in the Pat
Purcell Papers.
County of Carlow. 1762
The Jurors for our Lord the King upon
their Oath say and present ~~
That Weaver Best of Ardiston in the
County of Carlow, Esquire ~~ on the 13th Day of March in the
Second Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the
Third, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and
Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and so forth, with
Force and Arms, that is to say, with Swords, Sticks, and so
forth, at Tullow did contemptuously, unjustly and unlawfully
insult menace and threaten the Reverend Francis Hopkins,
Clerk, one of the Justices of our said Lord the King,
appointed to keep the Peace in and for Carlow because he the
said Francis Hopkins had before that -?- as a Justice
taken Examination against Weaver Best for assaulting James
Bradell in Contempt of the Laws of our said Lord the King to
the evil Example of all others in the like case offending
and contrary to the Peace of our said Lord the King his
Crown and Dignity. Proved by the annexed Examination. A True
Bill.
(signed) Thomas Bunbury.
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Source: PPP and Michael Purcell <carlowmike@gmail.com>
The
above is a true and accurate transcript of the original
document.