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- 4 September 1826 (Creation)
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The Coote family’s association with Ireland began with Sir Charles Coote (1581-1642), who in 1621 was granted one of the first baronetcies in Ireland for his military service to the crown during the Nine Years War. In 1628, he founded the town of Mountrath in county Laois. His son and namesake was created Earl of Mountrath in 1660. The title became extinct in 1802 on the death of Charles Henry Coote, 7th Earl of Mountrath. However, the title Baron Castlecoote, granted to Charles Henry in 1800 for his support of the Act of Union, passed to his distant cousin and namesake, Charles Henry Coote (1754-1823) of Leopardstown Park, county Dublin, eldest son of the Very Reverend Charles Coote, Dean of Kilfenora. Along with the title, he also inherited the 7th Earl’s Irish properties. This title, too, became extinct on the death of Eyre Tilson Coote (1793-1827), the third baron, but his widow, Barbara née Meredyth, retained ownership of the Coote estate. Following her death in 1874, the estate passed to Sir Eyre Coote (1857-1925) of West Park, Hampshire, grandson of the younger brother of the second Baron Castlecoote. The Coote Papers reflect this rather complex network of family relationships and resulting problems of succession.
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Lease between Richard Mellifont, Bray, county Wicklow, farmer, of the first part and Stephen Byrne, Bray, county Wicklow, shopkeeper, of the second part.
Property: That piece of ground situate on the east side of the town of Bray in the county of Wicklow bounded on the north by a passage leading to the tenantry of the said Richard Mellifont, on the south by houses and tenements of Richard Mellifont now in the possession of Thomas Byrne, on the east by the ground and premises in the possession of the aforesaid Stephen Byrne and on the west by the street of Bray, being 24 feet in the front, 24 feet in the rere and 40 feet from front to rere.
Term: 61 years from 25 March 1826.
Conditions: £9 British to be paid by two equal half-yearly payments on every 25th day of March and 29th day of September.
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- Béarla
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Paper document in fragile condition. Handle with care.