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13th Rich. II. Grants customs to the Bishop of Leighlin.

18th Rich. II. a. 55. Exemption against the King's collectors.

3rd Henry IV. Grant of the weirs.

8th James I.

8th James I., Grant Cocket.
3d 4th James II., 14th March.

3d James II., 13th Jan., or 4th James II.

CHARTERS AND GRANTS OF FAIRS, ETC., (IRELAND) INSCRIBED ON PATENT ROLLS CHANCERY IN ROLLS OFFICE, DUBLIN.

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Askeatten.
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Ardagh.

Galballye.

Shanegowleigh.

Ballingary.

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Dec. 5, 1612, to Wm. Lacie, gent., a Tuesday market, and a fair on 24th June and the day following. Rent, 6s. 8d. Irish.

Downmoylin.

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Keilmeedy.

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Nantinan.

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Kilfinny.

Ballinoreeny.

Cahirelly West.

Tullow.
Anglesborough.
Bally brood.

Portenard.

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Instructions by the king to Maister Wm. Lacy, sent unto the lande of Ireland, relating much to Thos. Fitzgerald, Esq., of Kildare, who was to be desired to accept of the office of deputy lieutenant of Ireland, under Prince Edward, the king's son, whom, etc.f

CHARTERS TO KILMALLOCK BORO.

Feb. 15, 1482, 4th Edward VI.

April 24, 1594, 36th Elizabeth.

March 1, 1374, grant Bir. Tur. 49th Edward III., abstract.

July 15, 1482, 22nd Edward IV., set out.

April 15, 1584, set out.

January 11, 1584, 99

ASKEYTON BORO.

March 30, 1613, set out.

June 10, 1610 '99

In addition, there are charters for fairs at Adare, Ardpatrick, Ballybrood, Herbertstown, Knocktoran, Kil mallock Kilmore, Kilteely, Pallasgreane, Patrickswell, and Turagh. There are three patents for Newcastle granted to the ancestors of the Earl of Devon.

Letter of King Edward III. to the Lord Barry of Mounster 29th September.

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REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE CITY OF LIMERICK SINCE A.D. 1559.

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*The Act of Union deprived the city of one representative. First Parliament after the Union. The Reform Bill gave two members to the city.

This gentleman was great-grandfather of Henry Maunsell, Esq, J.P., of Fanstown, Kilmallock. Richard Maunsell's eldest son, Thomas, was member for Kilmallock, A.D. 1769; he was King's Counsel, and died while going circuit in Ennis, from a cold caught in Galway. Thomas Maunsell, Esq., of Plassey, was member for the Borough of Granard, and then for Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, in the Irish parliament.

1841

1845

1847

July, 1852

1854

James O'Brien, returned Dec.

1857

May, 1858

May, 1859

July, 1865

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Hon John Massy.

Sir Edw. Fitzharris, Bt.

1797

C. Silver Oliver, Esq.

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Lieut.-Col. W. Odell.
Charles S. Oliver, Esq.
Lieut-Col. W. Odell.
Lieut-Col. W. Odell.
Hon. Windham Quin.
Lieut. Col. W. Odell.
Hon Windham Quin.
Lieut-Col. W. Odell.
Hon. Windham Quin.
Hon R. H. Fitzgibbon.
Hon. Windham Quin.
Hon. H. R. Fitzgibbon.
Capt Standish O'Grady.
Fitzgibbon, S. O'Grady.
Fitzgibbon, O'Grady.
Fitzgibbon, O'Grady.
Fitzgibbon, W. S. O'Brien.

Fitzgibbon, W. S. O'Brien.
W. S. O'Brien, Caleb Powell.
W. S. O'Brien, W. Monsell.
Samuel Dickson, in place of
William S O'Brien, con.
victed of High Treason at
the Special Commission in
Clonmel, October, 1848.|||
Wyndham Goold, in place of
S. Dickson, deceased.

WILLIAM IV.

1831

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REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF
KILMALLOCK, FROM THE YEAR 1583 TO THE UNION.

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They also represented Kerry and Clare.

1661

Walter Waller represented Limerick and Kilmallock. Capt. Geo. Ingoldsby represented Limerick and Kilmallock.

John Bridges, Esq.

CHICH. HOUSE. Brook Bridges, Esq.

Murrough Boyle succeeded
John Bridges, deceased.

This gentleman exerted himself so strenuously in behalf of the Hanoverian succession, that King George I. appointed him Governor of the Castle of Limerick in 1714, and May 9, 1715, he was created Baron Carbery, of Carbery, in the county of Cork. He was of the Privy Council to George I. and George II, and was member in the British parliament for Westbury in Wiltshire. See Almon's Peerage of Ireland, vol. ii. p. 182. Sir Thomas Southwell was condemned at Galway, for his attachment to King William's interest, as mentioned in a former page; but after the victory at the Boyne he was released. In 1714, he was appointed one of the Privy ouncil, and one of the Commissioners and Governors of his Majesty s revenue in Ireland; and in 1717, he was created Baron Southwell, of Castlematress, in the county of L merick.

Created Lord Baron Massy in 1776.

Mr. W. S. O'Brien, having spent some years in penal exile in New South Wales, received the royal pardon afterwards, and returned home, where he was beloved and esteemed for the possession of every excellent

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REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF
ASKEATON, FROM THE YEAR 1613 TO THE UNION.

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HIGH SHERIFFS OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK SINCE THE YEAR 1371.*

1371 William Cadygan,

1372 James De la Hyde,

1376 Sir Thomas Clifford, Knt.

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1670 Robert Taylour,

1671 John Maunsell,

1403 Thos. Fitzmaurice, brother to the Earl 1669 Arthur Ormesby,

of Kildare.

1424 Sir William Fitzthomas, Knt.

1425 Sir William Fitzwilliam, Knt.

1672 George Evans,

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quality and the exercise of the duties of a kind and exemplary landlord. He was elected chairman of the Newcastle Board of Guardians, the duties of which he admirably fulfilled. He died in 1864, at Bangor, North Wales. His remains are interred at the Mausoleum, Cahermoyle.

There are several omissions in the early part of this roll, but no more perfect one could be made out.

+ Brother of Robert Powell, ancestor of Caleb Powell, M.P. Co. Limerick, in 1841.

1679 John Odell,

1723 Rice Blennerhasset, of Riddlestown,

1680 Gerald Fitzgerald, Knight of the Glyn, 1724 Berkley Taylor, of Ballynort,††

1682 John Jephson,

1683 William Harrison,

1684 William Harrison, 1685 Drury Wray,

1686 Joseph Stepney, of Abington,* 1687 Edward Rice,

1688 Edward Rice,

1689 Maurice Fitzgerald,

1690 Maurice Fitzgerald,

1692 Charles Oliver,

1693 George Mansell, 1694 Michael Searle,

1695 Ralph Wilson, of Bilboa,

1696 George King, of Kilpeacon,
1697 Thomas Maunsell,
1698 Thomas Maunsell
1699 Richard Pope,

1700 Joseph Stepney, of Abington,
1701 John Walcot, of Croagh,
1702 Henry Widenham, of Court,
1703 William Pierce,

1704 Abraham Green, of Ballymacrees,
1705 Samuel Frend,

1706 Robert Taylor, of Ballynort,t
1707 Richard Southwell, of Inniscouch,
1708 Ralph Wilson, of Bohir,
1709 Edward Croker, Rawleighstown,
1710 Robert Ryves, of Castle Jane,
1711 Hugh Massy, of Duntryleague,§
1712 John Newell,

1713 John Gabbett, of Rathjordan,
1714 Henry Baylee, of Lough Gur,||
1715 Thomas Maunsell, of Mount Sion,
1716 Richard Taylor. of Hollypark,
1717 Samuel Maunsell, of Bally brood,
1718 Francis Drew, of Drew's Court,
1719 William Harison, of Ballyvorneen,
1720 Nicholas Lysaght, of Brickfield,
1721 William Wilson, of Cahirconlish,T
1722 Thomas Evans, of Miltown,*

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1725 John Waller, of Castletown,
1726 William Bury, of Shannon Grove,
1727 Edward Taylor, of Ballynort,‡‡
1728 Gamaliel Fitzgerald, of Cloghready,
1729 Connell Vereker, of Roxborough,
1730 John Purdon, of Tullagh,
1731 John Lysaght, of Brickfield,
1732 George Green, of Abbey,
1733 Ralph Wilson, of Bohir,
1734 Henry Green, of Ballymacrees,
1735 Ed. Croker, of Rawleighstown,
1736 Joseph Gabbett, of Ballyvorneen,
1737 Colthurst Langton, of Bruree,
1738 Anthony Parker, of Dunkip,
1739 Hugh Massy, of Lisard, §§
1740 Robert Coote, of Ballyclough,
1741 William Ryves, of Castle Jane,
1742 John Fitz Maurice, of Springfield,
1743 Hon. J. Evans, of Bulgadin,
1744 George Fosbery, of Clorane,
1745 John Westrop, of Attyflin,

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1746 Stepney Rawson Stepney, of Abington,
1747 Wyndham Quin, of Adare, ¶¶
1748 John Creed, of Uregare,

1749 John Bateman, of Calow,

1750 Hon. Henry Southwell, of Stoneville,'
1751 John Odell, of Bealdurogy,
1752 Hugh Massy, of Cloghonarld,
1753 Richard Powell, of New Garden,
1754 William Green, of Ballymacrees,
1755 John Croker, of Ballyneguard,†††
1756 Gerald Blenerhasset, of Riddlestown,
1757 Edward Warter Wilson, of Bilboa, ‡‡‡
1758 Richard Bourke, of Drumsally,$$$
1759 Hon. Thomas Southwell,
1760 John Brown, of Danesfort,
1761 Anthony Parker, jun., of Dunkip,
1762 John Thomas Waller, of Castletown,
1763 Thomas Royse, of Nantenan,
1764 Silver Oliver, of Castle Oliver,||||||

* Lord Clarendon, in his diary, says: "He was false to his king, his country, and his neighbours". His estate in Limerick now belongs to Lord Cloncurry.

↑ Elected member for Askeaton, 1692, 1695, 1703, and 1713.

Brother to the first Lord Southwell, and member for the county in 1727.

$ Father to Lord Baron Massy.

Baylee, of Longh Gur, who was related to the Pery family, passed a very jovial career among the "flaunting wassailers of high and low degree", possessing a large revenue in determinable interests in lands Elected member for the city of Limerick in 1739.

Brother to the first Lord Carbery.

†† Elected member for Askeaton in 1723.

‡‡ Elected member for Askeaton in 1727.

$$ Created Lord Baron Massy, in 1776.

Son to the first Lord Carbery.

T¶ Elected member for Kilmallock in 1768; died in May. 1789.

*** Second son to the first Lord Southwell, and Mayor of Limerick in 1750,

ttt Elected Member for Fethard in 1768; died in Newtown Pery, 11th February, 1795, aged 65, being born in 1780; buried at Cahercarney.

ttt Edward Warter Wilson, of Bilboa, eldest branch of Sir Ralph Wilson's family, married Frances Anne, daughter of the second Lord Carbery, and had issue an only child, married to Sir John Rouse. The Wilson estate being settled on him, he bequeathed it to his son by a second mariage, who sold the greater part in the year 1830, to the Honble. Waller O'Grady, second son of Chiet Baron Viscount Guillamore. The mansion house of Bilboa was a large pile, (built of brick imported from Holland, about the year 1740,) with an extensive well timbered demesne, deer park, containing 400 acres. etc. The insurgents attacked Bilboa Court in 1798, and carried away large quantities of lead and copper from the roof.

$$$ Created a baronet in 1785 Eldest son of Richard Bourke, of Drumsally, a solicitor, who was greatgrandfather of the late General Sir Richard Bourke, of Thonfelds, and great-great-grandfather of Richard Bourke, Esq., of honfields, one of the Inspectors of Irish Poor Laws, and of Sir Richard Donnellan De Burgo, Bart., of Island House, Castle Connell. Richard, the solicitur, is said to have left £100,000 to his children. He died, aged 80, in 1756.

Elected a member for Kilmallock in 1757, in the room of William Blakeney. Esq, and at the general election in 1761, he was elected to the same borough. In 1768 he was returned o Parliament for the county

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