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12 pp. (outsize item)
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The Moynehall estate in county Cavan was granted by the Crown in 1629 jointly to Abigail Moigne née Dodd, widow of Thomas Moigne, Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral; her son Captain Roger Moigne; and her brother-in-law John Greenham. Three years later, Abigail and John released their right to and interest in the lands to Roger. When Roger was slain in the Siege of Drogheda in 1641, his three daughters became jointly entitled to the Moynehall estate. The eldest, Abigail, married Major Nicholas Moore and in 1698 settled her part of the Moynehall estate on her descendants. Samuel Moore the elder (d. 1848) was her great-great-great-grandson. He married Frances Nesbitt of the Lismore family in 1809. Their son Colonel Samuel Moore lived at Rockville and married his first cousin Louisa Nesbitt in 1849. They had an only child, Frances, who in 1883 married Captain Ernest Edward Cator Nevile of Yorkshire.
In 1794, the Moores leased Moynehall to Samuel Adams, whose descendants remained in possession until 1857, when the property was advertised for sale in the Encumbered Estates Court. In 1876, Moynehall belonged to John Fay. Today, it is home to the Backyard Arts and Cultural Centre.
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Copy mortgage dated 5 August 1813 between Samuel Moore of Cullis in county Cavan esquire of the first part and Thomas Tennisson of Castle Tennyson in county Roscommon esquire and the Reverend Anthony Adams of Arthurstown in county Louth clerk, trustees to a release bearing date 16 June 1809 of the second part of the towns and lands of Cullys otherwise Cullis Drumboe otherwise Drumbeg with the rights, members and appurtenances to the said towns, lands and premises situate in the parish of Castle Torragh [Castleterra] and county of Cavan. Term: 500 years. Conditions: Moore to pay the sum of £3,726.7.5½ and the interest thereof at 6 per cent by 20 December 1814. Item no. 14 on P15/1/2/2/1; used as evidence for P15/1/2/1/1.
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Fragile.