The material consists of deeds, wills, marriage settlements, legal searches, statements, opinions, accounts and correspondence relating to the legal and administrative affairs of the Moore family of Moynehall, County Cavan. The documents are primarily concerned with Samuel Moore the elder and his younger son and namesake, who succeeded to the estate as a consequence of the untimely death of his elder brother. Of particular note is the material relating to the case of Moore v Jackson, which provides a good example of the complex set of procedures required to break an entail to facilitate the mortgaging of lands. Also of note are the copies of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century documents, the originals of which may no longer survive; and statements of title such as P15/1/2/1/1 which contain valuable genealogical information of the Moore family across three centuries.
Sans titreThis sub-series contains supporting documentation providing proof of the claims made in the statements of title in the case of Moore to Jackson.
Sans titreCopy memorial of release of the lands of Summerhill otherwise Dromhaury in county Meath, the manor Moynehall and its appurtenances in county Cavan and part of the town and lands of Ardaghstown otherwise Mooremount in county Louth from Thomas Tenison in county Roscommon esquire and Anthony Adams of Ardpatrick in county Louth clerk to Samuel Moore. Item no. 13 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/1.
Sans titreStatements of title and related observations concerning Samuel Moore's title to the Moynehall estate and the financial status of the estate.
Sans titreCopy deed of annuity between Samuel Moore of Cullys in county Cavan of the first part; Richard Young Reynolds of Tully in county Cavan of the second part; and the Reverend William Maginis of Deansfort in county Cavan, Dean of Kilmore of the third part for the yearly sum of £670 payable by Moore to Maginis by two equal half yearly payments on 29 September and 25 March during the natural life of Samuel Moore. Item no. 16 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/1.
Sans titreFurther statement of title (No. 3) on behalf of Samuel Moore and Gerard Moore to enable counsel to settle draft deed making tenant to the precipe and draft recovery for Edward Litton, with Litton’s opinion of same. For related supporting documentation, see P15/1/2/2/15-17 and P15/1/2/2/24.
Sans titreFurther statement of title (No. 8) explanatory of the acts appearing on a negative search from the Registry Office to affect the Manor of Moynehall and other lands in county Cavan, the estate of Samuel Moore. For related supporting documentation, see P15/1/2/1/8 and P15/1/2/2/30-33.
Sans titreCopy deed making tenant to the precipe between Samuel Moore of Cullies House in county Cavan of the first part; Gerard Moore of Cullies House in county Cavan, eldest son and heir apparent to Samuel Moore, of the second part; Robert Story of Capel Street, Dublin, gentleman, of the third part; and Montray Erskine of Dublin, gentleman, of the fourth part. The deed abolished the estates tail in the Manor of Moynehall in order to convert the property into absolute ownership (fee simple) so that it could be mortgaged. Item no. 26 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/4.
Sans titreCopy reconveyance of mortgage dated 5 August 1835 between James Blackwood of Saint Field in county Down and James Blacker of St Andrew Street in the city of Dublin of the first part; Samuel Moore of Cullis House in county Cavan of the second part; Gerard Moore of the same address, eldest son and heir apparent of Samuel Moore of the third part; and Thomas Tennison of Castle Tennison in county Roscommon of the fourth part of the towns and lands of Cullies otherwise Cullis and the towns and lands of Drumboe otherwise Drumboes. Item no. 39 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/6.
Sans titreCopy memorial of a deed of annuity dated 14 March 1807 between Samuel Moore of Moynehall in county Cavan of the first part; William Ashe of the city of Dublin of the second part; James Johnston of the city of Dublin, attorney, of the third part; and Elizabeth Blacker and Alicia Blacker of the city of Dublin, spinsters, and Mary Moore, mother of said Samuel Moore, of the fourth part, granting to William Ashe an annuity of £500 payable by Samuel Moore during his natural life out of the manor of Moynehall in consideration of £3,000. Item no. 45 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/9.
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