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Trevor

ESTATE PAPERS OF THE TREVOR FAMILY
1607-1900
TITLE DEEDS AND LEASES
DROMARA TOWNLANDS OF DRIN, DREE, GRANSHA AND CROSSGAR


The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the custodian for a large body of personal papers belonging to the Estate of the Trevor Family.  Of particular interest to researchers of Dromara Parish in County Down, is the collection of the original title deeds and leases (and a few wills) for tenants in the townlands of Drin, Dree, Gransha and Crossgar.  (NOTE:  The referenced Crossgar is a townland in Dromara Parish, not Crossgar the Village in another Parish.) The most numerous documents are the original leases that normally contain the name of the tenant, his occupation and residence as well as his signature.  The leases often mention the name and age of some of the leaseholder’s children as their lifetimes sometimes measure the duration of the lease.
The following table is a transcription of the PRONI catalogue that lists the documents in PRONI Collection D/778.  Only the documents relevant to the Dromara townlands of Drin, Dree, Gransha and Crossgar are included in the table.  A second table is included for PRONI Collection D/1954 which hold different, but similar, leases of the same estate.
Copies of the leases are available from the PRONI for a nominal fee covering copying and postage.  Normally the PRONI would be able to identify a document by the PRONI ID Number, Record Date and Name. The leases are pre-printed templates of such a size that each lease will result in several copy pages that would need to be fitted together to reconstruct the document.
A third table is included with relevant maps PRONI Collection D1954 MAPS for these four townlands in Dromara Parish.  Copies of the maps are also available from PRONI.  The cost of copies will vary depending on the size of the map.  It would be wise to contact the PRONI first for an estimate.
The website and email address for PRONI was last seen at: http://proni.nics.gov.uk/  and proni@dcalni.gov.uk
Patrick McKenney, Brussels, Belgium.

 RECORD COLLECTION D/778

File
No.

PRONI
ID Number

Record
Date

Record
Type

 Name

 Occupation

Dromara
Townland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

D/778/57

20 Oct 1717

lease

Baxter, Sarah

McKenny, Phellemy

Morgan, Katherine

 

Farmer

Crossgar

Croan, Down

Widow of John Baxter

 

wife of Phellemy McKenny

2

D/778/106

1 Nov 1752

lease

Scott, John

Farmer

Gransha

 

3

D/778/153A&B

28 Aug 1758

lease

Kyle, Robert

Farmer

Dree

 

4

D/778/154

28 Aug 1758

lease

Chambers, William

Farmer

Dree

 

5

D/778/156

28 Aug 1758

lease

Kennan, Henry

Kennan, Jane

Farmer

Dree

Dree

Children:  Jane and John

Wife of Henry Kennan

6

D/778/157

28 Aug 1758

lease

McCans, Alexander

Farmer

Dree

 

7

D778/167

26 Feb 1761

lease

Baxter, James

Farmer

Crossgar

 

8

D778/172

23 Oct 1762

lease

Moor, Patrick

Farmer

Crossgar

 

9

D/778/173

23 Oct 1762

lease

Morgan, Edward

Farmer

Crossgar

 

10

D/778/175

23 Oct 1762

lease

Pool, William

Farmer

Crossgar

 

11

D/778/176

23 Oct 1762

lease

Holms, Alexander

Farmer

Crossgar

 

12

D/778/177

23 Oct 1762

lease

Hannah, John, Jr.

Farmer

Crossgar

 

13

D/778/178

23 Oct 1762

lease

Rainey, Henry

Hill, Robert

Farmer

Crossgar

 

14

D/778/179

23 Oct 1762

lease

Davison, Adam

Farmer

Crossgar

 

15

D/778/180

23 Oct 1762

lease

Baxter, James Jr.

Farmer

Crossgar

 

16

D/778/181

23 Oct 1762

lease

Baxter, James Jr.

Farmer

Crossgar

 

17

D/778/182

23 Oct 1762

lease

Baxter, Robert

Hearthmoney

 Collector

Crossgar

Lease for "The Grazing Park"

18

D/778/183

23 Oct 1762

lease

Hamilton, Robert

Farmer

Crossgar

 

19

D/778/184

23 Oct 1762

lease

Hanna. Alexander

Farmer

Crossgar

 

20

D/778/185

23 Oct 1762

lease

Rogers, John

Farmer

Crossgar

 

21

D/778/186

23 Oct 1762

lease

Blain, Samuel

Farmer

Crossgar

 

22

D/778/187

23 Oct 1762

lease

Carr, Robert

Farmer

Gransha

 

23

D/778/188

23 Oct 1762

lease

Smyth

shopkeeper

Gransha

 

24

D/778/192

4 Sept 1764

lease

Hamilton, Gawen

Farmer

Gransha

 

25

D/778/194

4 Oct 1765

lease

Thompson, John

Thompson, William

Johnston, John

Farmer

Farmer

Farmer

Gransha

Gransha

Gransha

 

26

D/778/198

19 Aug 1767

lease

Moor, Samuel

Farmer

Gransha

 

27

D/778/199

19 Aug 1767

lease

Duff, Alexander

Farmer

Gransha

 

28

D/778/229

7 June 1793

lease

Massey, Hugh

Money, Hugh

None Given

None Given

Gransha

Gransha

 

29

D/778/231

7 June 1793

lease

Mooney, Hugh

Farmer

Gransha

 

30

D/778/248

7 Aug 1793

lease

McFadden, James

Farmer

Gransha

 

31

D/778/249

7 Aug 1793

lease

Livingston, Samuel

Farmer

Gransha

Lease for Mill of Gransha

32

D/778/250

7 Aug 1793

lease

Carr, Robert

Farmer

Gransha

 

33

D/778/258A

7 Dec 1793

lease

Black, James

Linendraper

Crossgar

Resident of  Woodford

34

D/778/259

10 Jan 1794

lease

McKenny, John

Farmer

Crossgar

30 acres arable

29 acres green pasture in Drin

35

D/778/260

10 March 1794

lease

McMurray, William

Farmer

Gransha

 

36

D/778/261

 

 lease

McMurray, Samuel

Farmer

Gransha

 

37

D/778/262

3 May 1794

lease

Adair, John

Adair, James

Farmer

Farmer

Gransha

Gransha

 

38

D/778/264A&B