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- 1884-1885 (Creation)
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c.60 ff
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Lady Emily Alfreda Julia Bury was the youngest daughter of the 3rd earl of Charleville. She became heir to the estates at Charleville Forest when her uncle Alfred Bury, 5th earl of Charleville died leaving no male heirs. The title became extinct at this point. She married Captain Kenneth Howard an army officer, in 1881, and he assumed the additional surname Bury by royal license after their marriage. She had two children, Marjorie who died at 22 years of age, and a son, Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury, the famous mountaineer and explorer.
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Scope and content
Daily rent book for Lady Emily Howard-Bury's Estate from October 1884 - December 1885. Arranged by date of payment and recording townland, tenant's name, observations, arrears and gale day payments.