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Assignment over land in Cppancur, Clonmore and Meelaghans between Henry Loftus Tottenham Esq., The Reverend Honourable Edward St Vincent Baron Digby and William Adams, 11 January 1878;
Assignment of interest of William Adams in lands of Cappancur, 1882

Caretaker agreements with agreed weekly payments for premises in the townands of Killarles, Cappyroe, Ballyknockan, Cappanageeragh, Clonmore, Killellery, Ballinagar, Colehill, Knockballyboy, Bawnmore, Newtown and for Geashill Castle (front gate).

Original incoming and copy outgoing correspondence concerning aspects of estate management undertaken by A. & L. Goodbody, solicitors on behalf of Lord Digby, such as correspondence with the Irish Land Commission involving the valuation; inspection and sale of the estate; legitimacy of land ownership; rental arrears; payment receipts; the transfer of Geashill National School; employee salaries; and estate repairs.

Includes letter from Goodbody to Digby: ‘…The Michael Dunne the Inspector means lives with his sister on a 15 acre farm P.L.V. £6 and had 4 cattle. Perhaps you can identify him. The reason who these allottees are asked to raise representation is because the personal representative has to agree to consolidate the plots they are getting with the land they already have. We can ask the Commissioners to waive the consolidation, but cannot anticipate whether they will or not. This may delay matters…’ (1 December 1927)

Handwritten letter from James Chissell to Lord Digby: ‘Received from Messrs A. & L. Goodbody the sum of two hundred pounds, that being the amount of compensation given to me by Lord Digby in consideration of the land taken from me by the Estates Commissioners, for purpose of relieving congestion on the Geashill Estate.’ (23 August 1927)

Letter from Goodbody to Digby: ‘…Then in regard to Reggie’s letter, which I return to you. He knows his own mind very well and as he made you the offer I should advise you to abide by it. I wrote him recently about the National Roman Catholic School at Geashill. It was originally built by your family and vested in the Educational Commissioners at the nominal rent of 1/- and now our mutual acquaintance the Reverend Father Phelan has asked me to vest it free of charge in the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church.’ (15 July 1927)

Lease and a draft lease for part of the lands of Clonmore from Henry Earl Digby to Joseph Grundy for three lives from 1 September 1792, at the yearly rate of £13-12-4.
Including 'A map of the lands of Clonmore in the Parish of in the Barony of Geashill and King's County the Estate of The Right Honourable Henry Lord Digby now in the tenure of John Gundy in 1786 by Pat and John Roe', hand coloured, scale of 20 Perches to an Inch, bordering land leased to M. John Purcell, Joseph Flanigan and Colgan.