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- 11 May 1835-20 July 1836 (Creation)
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66 items (one item outsize)
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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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Searches (mostly negative) in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas, the Exchequer and King’s Bench for recognizances, judgments, redocquetted judgments and revivals of judgments against and bonds to the Crown between 1690 and 1835 by members of the Moore family. Also a negative search in the Registry Office for acts of Samuel Moore and others to affect the Moyne Hall estate; searches in the Court of Common Pleas for recoveries suffered by James Moore or Samuel Moore between 1700 and 1733; and an affidavit of Samuel Moore in the Court of Chancery as to the encumbrances affecting his estates. The documents have been numbered from 1 to 64. Items numbered 30 and 51 have attachments of certificates of receipt of the debt and costs from Samuel Moore in the case of Keown v. Moore and Sneyd v. Moore, respectively. In three folders. Some items fragile. Also see P15/1/2/3/2 and P15/1/2/3/4.
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Some items in this file are fragile and may require conservation treatment.