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Ms. letter from George Turnbull, Charleville Estate Office, Tullamore, concerning a meeting of the subscribers to the Charleville Presentation Fund. During a meeting of the Relief Committee held the same evening, Mr. D.A. Bradley was appointed secretary and was directed to write by that evening’s post to “her Ladyship forwarding a similar resolution to that passed at the former meeting”. Mr. Pat Rigney expressed his belief that Lady Emily had expressed the wish that the money should go to the Relief Fund and that the subscribers were in agreement.

Address and presentation to Lady Emily A.J. Howard-Bury by the residents of Tullamore and the tenants on the Charleville Estate. The latter groups express their congratulations on Lady Emily’s return to health and to Charleville Forest. They desire that Lady Emily’s children, who have accompanied her, may “always consider this their home… [and] continue to reside among their own people and with [ Lady Emily’s ] example adhere to the noble traditions of their family”. The subscribers beg her acceptance of the accompanying presentation “as a lasting memorial of the friendly feelings they entertain “towards her.
Includes Lady Emily’s reply of thanks for the diamond stais which she will “value…all [her] life” as a reminder of the “friendship and affection of all who have known [her] since childhood, and of their love and esteem for [her] family”. She also desires that her children, after an absence of three years in Charleville, will grow up amongst the tenants and “by & bye prove themselves worthy of your love and respect”. Lady Emily concludes with the wish that the “happy relations” so long existing between her family and the tenants may continue “ for many generations”

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.

9 Land Commission Schedule of Tenancies for the estate of Lady Emily Howard Bury for 1920-1923. Ordered by number and records tenants name, postal address, townland, nature of tenure, annual rent, gale days, half-yearly rents due, payments made by tenant, balance due, compounded arrears of rent and date of receipt.

Tenement valuation of Charleville estates ordered by townland and OS map coordinate. Records reference to map, occupier, immediate lessors, description of tenement, area, land, buildings, half rents, total and observations. Indexed alphabetically by townlands and streets from Cloncollog to Water Lane at the front of volume.

Cash book for 4th Earl of Charleville, Charles William Francis Bury from 1872 to his death in 1874, the 5th Earl of Charleville, Alfred Bury from 1874 to his death in 1875 and Lady Emily Howard-Bury to the year 1878.

Letter from the Estates Commissioners' Offices of the Irish Land Commission dated 12 March 1913 relating to the holding of Dr Moorehead on the estate map. The letter notes that it had been found necessary to amend the area of the holding.

Large hand drawn map (1900) of the townland of Clonagh East. Coloured lines on the map indicate property owned by Lady Emily Howard-Bury, property owned by Boylan, and an outline of a roadway involved in a right of way dispute. Map measures 107x65cm.

4 OS maps of the estate of Lady Emily Howard-Bury prepared by the Irish Land Commission.