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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.

Statements of title and related observations concerning Samuel Moore's title to the Moynehall estate and the financial status of the estate.

Further 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.

Further 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.

This sub-series contains supporting documentation providing proof of the claims made in the statements of title in the case of Moore to Jackson.

Copy 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.

Copy 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.

Copy 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.

Copy deed of annuity between Samuel Moore, captain in the Cavan Militia of the first part; and William Cosby, brigade major in the yeomanry of the county of Clare for the yearly sum of £100 payable by Moore during the natural life of William Cosby. Item no. 30 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/4.

Copy extract from a Letters Patent dated 12 October 1630 granting amongst other lands those of Lismakeragh in the barony of Loughtee and county of Cavan to Brockhill Taylor for ever. Item no. 33 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/6.